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 Jorge
Sammour-Hasbun
One of the few untitled players to qualify from the mega event, Jorge entered Dos Hermanas unsure if he could even reach the final knockout stage! The impressive field of world-class players for the quarterfinals included GMs Shahriyar Mamedyarov, Tigran L. Petrosian, Gata Kamsky, Hikaru Nakamura, Kiril Georgiev, Sergey Shipov, Rasul Ibrahimov, and underdogs IM Farid Khanlar Abbasov and Jorge Sammour- Hasbun. Jorge’s quarterfinal victory over 2661 rated GM Kiril Georgiev (ICC: K-Georgiev) was particularly sweet, as he has fond memories of playing ultra-long blitz sessions with the Bulgarian grandmaster way back in the late nineties before his ten-year hiatus from the game.
Jorge’s family emigrated from Palestine to America and there, at the age of 15 he already had a USCF rating of 2500 and an over-the-board defeat of Gata Kamsky. He has an ambitious over-the-board comeback planned now on the back of his resounding victory at Dos Hermanas, an event regarded by many as the world’s premier online chess tournament. Being an unknown quantity, untitled and out of the game for ten- years, Jorge saw that his progress was causing concerns from the many chess fans following the tournament, so immediately agreed to the ICC’s request to have a USCF TD to act as an independent proctor for ALL of the KO finals to ensure there would be no accusations of cheating. There’s more in Macualey Peterson’s 27 minute audio interview with Jorge Sammour-Hasbun (requires ICC membership) recorded LIVE, just minutes after his harrowing 227 move (!) draw to guarantee the match win against runner-up Tigran L Petrosian (ICC: Anyuta).
Information and games courtesy John Henderson
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It
was a true Cinderella-story conclusion to the Internet Chess Club’s annual
Dos Hermanas blitz tournament March 24-24, 2007, as “unknown” Jorge
Sammour-Hasbun (formerly Zamora) (ICC handle: NECF-InSchools) defeated three
grandmasters in the final three knockout rounds, to win the €1,800 EUR first
prize and blitz bragging rights of King of the Internet Hill.
As
child prodigy Jorge Zamora though, he won the world championship under-10
title in 1988 and later also the world under-12 title.
