Antoine Kassis
{{short description|Lebanese chess player (born 1972)}}
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| country = Lebanon
| birth_date = {{bda|1972|9|10}}
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| title = FIDE Master (2013)
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| peakrating = 2249 (July 2009)
| FideID = 5300150
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Antoine Kassis is a Lebanese chess player. He was awarded the title of FIDE Master in 2013.{{Cite web |title=Kassis, Antoine |url=https://ratings.fide.com/profile/5300150 |access-date=2021-08-19 |website=ratings.fide.com}}
Chess career
Kassis has represented Lebanon in a number of Chess Olympiads, including:
- 1994, where he scored 3½/9 on board four.{{Cite web |title=OlimpBase :: 31st Chess Olympiad, Moscow 1994, Lebanon |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/1994/1994lib.html |access-date=2021-08-19 |website=www.olimpbase.org}}
- 1996, scoring 4½/9 on first reserve.{{Cite web |title=OlimpBase :: 32nd Chess Olympiad, Yerevan 1996, Lebanon |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/1996/1996lib.html |access-date=2021-08-19 |website=www.olimpbase.org}}
- 1998, scoring 6½/11 on first reserve.{{Cite web |title=OlimpBase :: 33rd Chess Olympiad, Elista 1998, Lebanon |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/1998/1998lib.html |access-date=2021-08-19 |website=www.olimpbase.org}}
- 2002, scoring 5/10 on first reserve.{{Cite web |title=OlimpBase :: 35th Chess Olympiad, Bled 2002, Lebanon |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/2002/2002lib.html |access-date=2021-08-19 |website=www.olimpbase.org}}
- 2004, scoring 4/9 on board four.{{Cite web |title=OlimpBase :: 36th Chess Olympiad, Calvia 2004, Lebanon |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/2004/2004lib.html |access-date=2021-08-19 |website=www.olimpbase.org}}
- 2006, scoring 5/9 on board three.{{Cite web |title=OlimpBase :: 37th Chess Olympiad, Turin 2006, Lebanon |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/2006/2006lib.html |access-date=2021-08-19 |website=www.olimpbase.org}}
- 2008, scoring 5½/9 on board three{{Cite web |title=OlimpBase :: 38th Chess Olympiad, Dresden 2008, Lebanon |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/2008/2008lib.html |access-date=2021-08-19 |website=www.olimpbase.org}}
- 2010, scoring 4/10 on board four.{{Cite web |title=OlimpBase :: 39th Chess Olympiad, Khanty-Mansiysk 2010, Lebanon |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/2010/2010lib.html |access-date=2021-08-19 |website=www.olimpbase.org}}
- 2012, scoring 6/10 on board four.{{Cite web |title=OlimpBase :: 40th Chess Olympiad, Istanbul 2012, Lebanon |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/2012/2012lib.html |access-date=2021-08-19 |website=www.olimpbase.org}}
- 2014, scoring 5½/9 on board two{{Cite web |title=OlimpBase :: 41st Chess Olympiad, Tromsø 2014, Lebanon |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/2014/2014lib.html |access-date=2021-08-19 |website=www.olimpbase.org}}
- 2016, scoring 3/9 on board three.{{Cite web |title=OlimpBase :: 42nd Chess Olympiad, Baku 2016, Lebanon |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/2016/2016lib.html |access-date=2021-08-19 |website=www.olimpbase.org}}
- 2018, scoring 3½/8 on board four.{{Cite web |title=OlimpBase :: 43rd Chess Olympiad, Batumi 2018, Lebanon |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/2018/2018lib.html |access-date=2021-08-19 |website=www.olimpbase.org}}
He won the Lebanese Chess Championship in 1995, 2018 and 2019.{{Cite web |title=Antoine Kassis wins the 44th Lebanese Chess Championship – Lebanese Chess News |url=http://lebchess.com/the-44th-lebanese-chess-championship/ |access-date=2021-08-19 |language=en-GB}}
He qualified to play in the Chess World Cup 2021, where he was defeated 2-0 by Yuri Kuzubov in the first round.{{Cite web |title=Tournament tree — FIDE World Cup 2021 |url=https://worldcup.fide.com/results |access-date=2021-08-19 |website=worldcup.fide.com}}
References
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External links
- {{FIDE|id=5300150}}
- [https://www.365chess.com/players/Antoine_Kassis Antoine Kassis] chess games at 365Chess.com
- {{chessgames player|id=10818}}
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