On May 26, the Arena Open chess tournament ended in Alexandria. Two coaches from our academy in Hurghada, Maxim Burov and Youssef Refaat, and two students, Ilyin Nikolay and Ilyin Konstantin, took part in it.
For the Ilyin brothers, this is the second international tournament in their career. The students performed very well. Kostantin scored 3.5 points out of 9, Nikolay 4 points out of 9. Kolya earned a Fide rating; all his opponents were rated chess players. The guys are progressing quickly, and we hope for their successful performances in the future events.
Coach Youssef Refaat performed well, scored 5 points out of 9. He is just getting into shape, we believe that he will show better and better results.
The main hero of this tournament was coach Maxim Burov. Considering that this is the second international chess tournament in his career, he showed a good result. Scored 5 points out of 9. He was supposed to win the last round and score 6 points, but due to an unfortunate accident, he was unable to do so. Congratulations to Maxim for a worthy performance. We wish everyone further success and victories!