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• Ghasi, from Birmingham, is England’s 42nd grandmaster
• England’s youngest Shreyas Royal also qualified this year
• Leamington Spa hosts the UK Open Blitz Champs on Nov 16

Article by Leon Watson, English Chess Federation

If you thought only chess prodigies become grandmasters these days, you are mistaken. England’s newest chess grandmaster Ameet Ghasi has shown age is no barrier to chess success after qualifying for the title aged 37.

The Marsa Matrouh Chess Open 2024 concluded in victory for FM Ashraf Amin, who scored 7 points in 9 rounds, ahead on tiebreakers of second place IM Walaa Sarwat. IM Sayed Barakat Sahaan placed third with 6.5 points. The top performing woman of the competition was Sama Bakr Saeed, who placed 41st. Check the final rankings in Marsa Matrouh Chess Open 2024 for all 51 players below.

Final Rankings for Marsa Matrouh Chess Open 2024

The 2024 US Chess Championship takes place from 11th to 24th October and games will be daily live on Chessdom.com with computer analysis and video commentary.

This is the game Wesley So – Grigoriy Oparin from round 4 of the US Chess Championship 2024.

The 2024 US Chess Championship takes place from 11th to 24th October and games will be daily live on Chessdom.com with computer analysis and video commentary.

This is the game Fabiano Caruana – Abhimanyu Mishra from round 4 of the US Chess Championship 2024.

The 2024 US Chess Championship takes place from 11th to 24th October and games will be daily live on Chessdom.com with computer analysis and video commentary.

This is the game Samuel Sevian – Christopher Woojin Yoo from round 4 of the US Chess Championship 2024.

The 2024 US Chess Championship takes place from 11th to 24th October and games will be daily live on Chessdom.com with computer analysis and video commentary.

This is the game Leinier Dominguez Perez – Levon Aronyan from round 4 of the US Chess Championship 2024.

The 2024 US Chess Championship takes place from 11th to 24th October and games will be daily live on Chessdom.com with computer analysis and video commentary.

This is the game Awonder Liang – Ray Robson from round 4 of the US Chess Championship 2024.

The 2024 US Chess Championship takes place from 11th to 24th October and games will be daily live on Chessdom.com with computer analysis and video commentary.

This is the game Sam Shankland – Hans Moke Niemann from round 4 of the US Chess Championship 2024.

The 2024 US Women Chess Championship takes place from 11th to 24th October and games will be daily live on Chessdom.com with computer analysis and video commentary.

This is the game Gulrukhbehim Tokhirjonova – Anna Zatonskih from round 4 of the US Women Chess Championship 2024.

The 2024 US Women Chess Championship takes place from 11th to 24th October and games will be daily live on Chessdom.com with computer analysis and video commentary.

This is the game Nazi Paikidze – Atousa Pourkashiyan from round 4 of the US Women Chess Championship 2024.