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Article: Tissir moves closer to title.
- Article from:
- Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain)
- Article date:
- October 14, 2009
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Byline: VIJAY MRUTHYUNJAYA
TOP SEED Mohammed Tissir moved closer to the title with his seventh successive victory while Reyjoy Bartaloy and Maher Ayyad kept breathing down his neck a point behind in the second Bahrain Chess Club Championship at the Engineers Society in Juffair.
Maher's younger brother Hussain took sole possession of third spot with 5.5 points while nine players are on five points, seven more on 4.5 points and another 10 on four points among 77 players in the fray.
Interestingly, players with black pieces continued to dominate with 17 victories, including on the top two boards, compared to just six victory for white while the ...