Officers with the winners of the third Qatar Rail Chess Open 2025.
Doha: Qatar Railways Firm (Qatar Rail), in collaboration with the Qatar Chess Affiliation, recognised the winners of the third version of the Qatar Rail Chess Open 2025, held from July 17 to twenty along with the celebration of World Chess Day, which is marked yearly on July 20.
This match aligned with Qatar Rail’s social accountability technique, which goals manage and host participating neighborhood actions and initiatives that foster engagement and construct a stronger sense of neighborhood throughout the Doha Metro and Lusail Tram networks.
The third version attracted a lot of members and witnessed robust competitors amongst {many professional} and beginner chess gamers of varied ages and nationalities.
The qualifying stage came about on July 17 on the Qatar Chess Coaching Heart, the place members had been divided into two teams and competed underneath a knockout system to find out the finalists.
The ultimate stage of the match was hosted at Al Bidda Station on the Doha Metro on July 20, which witnessed thrilling matches between the certified gamers, adopted by an award ceremony recognizing the winners.
Bologan Victor claimed first place with a complete of seven.5 factors, edging out syed Abdul khader—who secured second place with the identical rating—primarily based on tiebreak standards.
Zhu Chen completed in third place with 7 factors, whereas Johan Jobsy secured fourth place with 6 factors, forward of Abel Sajan, who ranked fifth with 5.5 factors.
In recognition of the energetic position performed by Qatar Rail in supporting the game of chess within the State of Qatar and its contribution to making a constructive impression locally, the corporate was honoured by the Worldwide Chess Federation (FIDE) with a Certificates of Appreciation underneath the FIDE Social Chess Award 2025 for its distinguished efforts.
The certificates was acquired on behalf of Qatar Rail by Abdulla Ali Al-Mawlawi, Director of Company Communications and Public Relations.
On this event, Abdulla Ali Al-Mawlawi mentioned: “For the third consecutive yr, Qatar Rail has efficiently organized one other version of the Qatar Rail Open Chess Match in partnership with the Qatar Chess Federation. We’re happy with the extent of participation, engagement, and constructive suggestions the match has acquired. What actually distinguishes this yr’s version is the popularity Qatar Rail acquired from the Worldwide Chess Federation (FIDE), which we deeply worth and take into account a drive to proceed supporting this sport and nurturing native expertise within the State of Qatar.”
Mohammed Ahmed Al-Madhahka, President of the Qatar Chess Affiliation, mentioned: “We extremely worth the fruitful cooperation with Qatar Rail and thank them for his or her continued assist in selling chess tradition and inspiring people to interact within the sport. By means of our profitable partnership for the third yr in a row, we had been delighted to prepare a profitable version of the Qatar Rail Chess Open.”
