This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
HIBAPRESS / MAP
The kickoff of the national individual chess championship and Blitz (flash game), open and female categories, as the 2024-2025 season was given on Saturday in Marrakech.
Organized by the Royal Moroccan Federation of Chess (FRME), this two -day event aims to hoist the level of practitioners of this game and to detect young talents capable of representing Morocco with dignity during the next Arab, continental and international competitions.
In a statement to the MAP, Bouchra Kadiri, president of the FRME, said that the first day is devoted to the tests of the National Individual Chess Championship (Open and Women), while the individual Blitz competitions will take place on Sunday, noting that this championship will allow the federation to complete its sports program for the 2024-2025 season.
In this context, she underlined that this championship knows the participation of all players representing the different leagues affiliated with the Federation, noting that the federation works to make the failures accessible to all, through the establishment of an action plan aimed at integrating this sport in educational establishments, universities and youth houses, thanks to conventions with regional academies of education and training ( higher education establishments.
While welcoming the “remarkable” participation of Moroccan players in the African and Arab championships, Ms. Kadiri indicated that Morocco will host the Arab chess championship from July 20 to 28, organized by the Arab Union of this game, which represents an opportunity for young Moroccan players to confront the Arab practitioners of this discipline.
For his part, the director of the championship, Mustapha Naada, said that this event brings together 58 players and 15 players, qualified via regional qualifiers, in addition to the players who have reached or exceeded an ELO ranking of 2000 points, indicating that the competitions are supervised by the main referee Othman Sebbar (international referee), assisted by a team of dixes.
Competition for the title will be rough, especially since 75 % of participants have an ELO ranking greater than 2,000 points, he added.
According to the FRME, this championship, organized according to the Swiss system in 7, 9 and 11 rounds for the open and female categories, is marked by the participation of a large number of associations affiliated with the Federation.
Players will have to show promptness in decision -making to win national titles in fast failures and Blitz.
Note that the Federation has planned incentive bonuses for the winners of the first places in the different categories, including the National Open Fast Chess Championship (Swiss system, 9 rounds), the National Female Female Female Championship (7 rounds), the National Championship of Blitz Open (11 rounds) and the National Women’s Blitz chess championship (9 rounds).
