<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Mohammed Saeed Al-Yalili topped the Classic Championship for players under 2000 points after the third round of the Asian Individual Chess Championship for men and women in the amateur category, defeating his international Indian competitor Bansal Atharv to take the lead, achieving a full score of 3 points from three rounds.</p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl( 187, 48%, 51% );">Tournament details</span></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The tournament is held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Nahyan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, at the Danat Al Ain Hotel and Resort, with the participation of 600 male and female players from 33 Asian countries competing in 4 competitions for classical, rapid and blitz chess. </p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:2001/2800;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/289ce33c-b388-46d7-8af3-104d5fb516e8.jpeg" ></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Amer Saeed Al-Yalili achieved the lead in the Classic Championship for players ranked below 1700 points with 3 points from three rounds after defeating his Kuwaiti international competitor Talal Al-Manaseer.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The blitz chess competitions will start tomorrow and the tournament will conclude next Sunday with the crowning of the winners.</p>