Arab chess festival opens in agadir - Morocco

The arab chess festival is held this November 15-25 in Agadir, an Atlantic sea resort city in southern Morocco. International masters, Moroccan Hicham Hamdouchi, Tunisian Slim Bouaziz and Lebanese Eva Ribkova, are taking part in the festival that is bringing together players from Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, Yemen, Palestine, Bahrain, Lebanon, Jordan and Libya.

Morocco, which is currently chairing the arab chess union, ranked second in the latest African championships held in Egypt.