The Asian Chess Federation has the honor to invite all Asian National Chess Federations affiliated to FIDE to participate in the 1st Asian Chess Club Championship organized by the Al Ain Chess Club under the auspices of the UAE Chess Federation from 11th (arrival) to 19th September 2008 (departure) in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. At stake will be the Al Ain Golden Cup and a total of $50,000 in cash prizes. The team event shall be a 7-round Swiss system with competition over four boards. National Federations may field one invited team and one extra team for a maximum of two teams each, with the host Al Ain Chess Club as one of the two UAE teams. A maximum of three (3) guest foreign players in each team are eligible to participate.
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This will be a good training/tune up game before the Olympiad for the RP Team if ever
