# Chess at the 2007 Arab Games

The chess events at the 2007 Pan Arab Games were held from 13 to 21 November at the Olympic Centre in Maadi, a suburb of Cairo, Egypt. Twelve men's teams and nine women's teams competed separately in tournaments conducted at classical time controls (all moves in 90 minutes, plus 30 seconds increment per move). Medals were awarded to the teams scoring the highest number of board points, as well as to individual players with the best performances by percentage score on each board with at least five games played. Medals were also awarded to the best overall performances on any board by percentage score. Bronze medals were awarded for both third and fourth-place individual performances.
The men's teams played a nine-round Swiss-system tournament. Each men's team consisted of six players and matches were contested over four boards. Egypt was the only team to finish the tournament undefeated, conceding only one draw to Algeria and winning the gold medal for the second time in a row with 26 board points. Syria scored 23½ board points to win the silver medal, while Algeria finished with 20½ board points and took bronze.
The women's teams played a round robin. Each women's team consisted of four players and matches were contested over three boards. The Egyptian and Syrian teams tied for first with 17½ board points, but Egypt won the gold medal on superior match points (7½/8 vs. 6½/8 for Syria), having beaten Syria in their direct encounter. Iraq scored 13½ board points to win bronze, while defending gold medallists Algeria, which drew all three medal-winning teams in their direct encounters, scored 13 board points to finish fourth.

## Participating nations

* Algeria
* Egypt
* Iraq
* Jordan
* Lebanon
* Libya
* Morocco
* Qatar
* Sudan
* Syria
* Tunisia
* United Arab Emirates
* Yemen
Eight countries sent both men's and women's teams. Lebanon only competed in the women's tournament, while Jordan, Qatar, Sudan, and Tunisia only competed in the men's tournament.

## Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's team – overall | Egypt (EGY) Essam El-Gindy Bassem Amin Ahmed Adly Mohamed Ezat Khaled Abdel Razik Walaa Sarwat | 26 | Syria (SYR) Adel Omearat Ahmad Hamad Imad Hakki Samir Mohamed Hanni Beitar Jwan Bakr | 23½ | Algeria (ALG) Aimen Rizouk Adlane Arab Saad Belouadah Mohamed Haddouche Mohamed Amine Ghafoul Djamel Ferhi | 20½ |
| Men's team – Board 1 | Aimen Rizouk Algeria | 85.7% | Slim Belkhodja Tunisia | 78.6% | Mohammed Al-Modiahki Qatar | 77.8% |
| Men's team – Board 1 | Aimen Rizouk Algeria | 85.7% | Slim Belkhodja Tunisia | 78.6% | Essam El-Gindy Egypt | 68.8% |
| Men's team – Board 2 | Mohammed Al-Sayed Qatar | 87.5% | Zendan Al-Zendani Yemen | 83.3% | Oussama Bouhaddoun Morocco | 78.6% |
| Men's team – Board 2 | Mohammed Al-Sayed Qatar | 87.5% | Abobker Elarbi Libya | 83.3% | Oussama Bouhaddoun Morocco | 78.6% |
| Men's team – Board 3 | Aziz Ahmad Iraq | 91.7% | – | – | Ahmed Adly Egypt | 81.3% |
| Men's team – Board 3 | Imad Hakki Syria | 91.7% | – | – | Mokhlis El-Adnani Morocco | 50.0% |
| Men's team – Board 4 | Othman Moussa United Arab Emirates | 83.3% | Mohamed Haddouche Algeria | 78.6% | Samir Mohamed Syria | 77.8% |
| Men's team – Board 4 | Othman Moussa United Arab Emirates | 83.3% | Mohamed Haddouche Algeria | 78.6% | Ibrahim Chahrani Libya | 42.9% |
| Men's team – Board 5 | Bashir Al-Qudaimi Yemen | 100% | – | – | Ahmad Samhouri Jordan | 68.8% |
| Men's team – Board 5 | Mohamed Nawfal Iraq | 100% | – | – | Adel Mahmoud El-Kamel Tunisia | 58.3% |
| Men's team – Board 6 | Khaled Ben Nasser Libya | 83.3% | Sami Khadar Jordan | 71.4% | Walaa Sarwat Egypt | 70.0% |
| Men's team – Board 6 | Khaled Ben Nasser Libya | 83.3% | Sami Khadar Jordan | 71.4% | Ali Asim Obid Sudan | 66.7% |
| Men's team – Performance on any board | Bashir Al-Qudaimi Yemen | 100% | – | – | Aziz Ahmad Iraq | 91.7% |
| Men's team – Performance on any board | Mohamed Nawfal Iraq | 100% | – | – | Imad Hakki Syria | 91.7% |
| Women's team – overall | Egypt (EGY) Yosra Alaa El Din Mona Khaled Faridah Basta Sohair | 17½ | Syria (SYR) Dhuha Farha Sheryn Estif Nibal Algildah Afamia Mir Mahmoud | 17½ | Iraq (IRQ) Eman Hassane Al-Rufei Delbak Ibrahim Jannar Worya Mohammed Dhuha Muhsin | 13½ |
| Women's team – Board 1 | Eman Hassane Al-Rufei Iraq | 80.0% | – | – | Hayat Toubal Algeria | 62.5% |
| Women's team – Board 1 | Laila El-Amri Morocco | 80.0% | – | – | Danielle Bedrossian Ghattas Lebanon | 50.0% |
| Women's team – Board 2 | Amina Mezioud Algeria | 91.7% | Yosra Alaa El Din Egypt | 81.3% | Nora Mohamed Saleh United Arab Emirates | 80.0% |
| Women's team – Board 2 | Amina Mezioud Algeria | 91.7% | Yosra Alaa El Din Egypt | 81.3% | Sheryn Estif Syria | 62.5% |
| Women's team – Board 3 | Nibal Algildah Syria | 91.7% | Khalood El-Fouloud Libya | 64.3% | Mona Khaled Egypt | 62.5% |
| Women's team – Board 3 | Nibal Algildah Syria | 91.7% | Khalood El-Fouloud Libya | 64.3% | Hind Bahji Morocco | 58.3% |
| Women's team – Board 4 | Afamia Mir Mahmoud Syria | 100% | Faridah Basta Sohair Egypt | 75.0% | Dhuha Muhsin Iraq | 60.0% |
| Women's team – Board 4 | Afamia Mir Mahmoud Syria | 100% | Faridah Basta Sohair Egypt | 75.0% | Nadhmia Abdulsalam Yemen | 58.3% |
| Women's team – Performance on any board | Afamia Mir Mahmoud Syria | 100% | Amina Mezioud Algeria | 91.7% | Yosra Alaa El Din Egypt | 81.3% |
| Women's team – Performance on any board | Afamia Mir Mahmoud Syria | 100% | Nibal Algildah Syria | 91.7% | Yosra Alaa El Din Egypt | 81.3% |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Egypt)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Syria (SYR) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Iraq (IRQ) | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Egypt (EGY)* | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Algeria (ALG) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Yemen (YEM) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Libya (LBA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Morocco (MAR) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Qatar (QAT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Sudan (SUD) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 18 | 12 | 24 | 54 |