Seeded players cruised through with easy wins at the end of the first round of National Junior Chess Championship held at Claridge Hotel, Dubai.

In under-16 section, Yahya Mohammed Saleh, Almulla Mohammed and FM Ahmed Ishaq of Dubai, Mansour Abbas of Abu Dhabi, Mahmood Ibrahim and Jasim Ali of Sharjah, Omar Abdul Wahab and Abdulrehman Ahmed of Ajman registered facile victories.

In under-14, Ibrahim Mohammed Khouri and Ahmed Abbas Khouri of Abu Dhabi, Hamad Abdul Razaq of Dubai, Marwan Abdul Wahab and Majed Ahmed Obaid of Ajman won their games.

In under-12 section FIDE master Saeed Ishaq of Dubai defeated Iman Abdulaziz in a Siclian defence While Salem A.R. Saleh of Sharjah won his game against Iman Mansour Mohammed in copybook fashion.

Results (round one):

Under 10: Hazzaa Ali Alhamid (0) lost to Abdulaziz Mohammed A (1 ); Abdullah Ibrahim Alaw (1) bt Humaid Thany Abdulla(0 ); Ibrahim Hamza Yousef(0) lost to Abdulla Karmustaji (1 ); Abdullah Khalil Mohsi(1) bt Ibrahim Sultan (0 ); Khalid Badri (0) lost to Abdulla Murad Eissa (1 ); Abdullah Salem Khamis (0) lost to Kholood Ahmad Hassan (1 ); Mohammed Hamza Yousef (0) lost to Abdullah Tariq Aljuna (1); Abdulrazzaq Masuod A (0) lost to Mohammed Omar Abdullah Al (1 ); Mostafa Abdulwahab (1) bt Ahmad Ibrahim Alawad (0 ); Ahmad Ibrahim Mahmou (1) bt Omar Mohammed Ahmad (0 ); Sahar Aqil Abdulrahm (0) lost to Ahmad Saleh Mossa (1 ); Amal Abdulaziz (1) bt Saif Abdulaziz (0 ); Tariq Yousef Ibrahim (0) lost to Aysha Eissa Mohammed Hussain (1 ); Fahad Mohammed Ali Hasan (1) bt Yousef Naser (0 ).

Under 12: 1man Abdulaziz (0) lost to Saeed, Ishaq (1 ); Salem, A.R. Saleh (1) bt Iman Mansour Mohammed Ha (0 ); Kholood Eissa M. H. (0) lost to Abdulaziz Ibrahim (1 ); Abdulaziz Karmustaji (1) bt Latifa Mohammed Saleh (0 ); Marwa Hasan Jasim (0) lost to Abdulaziz Omar Alyaf (1 ); Abdulla Edris Alhame (1) bt Mohammed Ali Obaid (0 ); Mohammed Saleh Alham (0) lost to Abdullah Mohammed Almarzo (1 ); Ahmad Mohammed Mubarak A (0.5) drew Mohsin Saleh Alhamed (0.5 ); Mubarak Mohammed A. Alqa (0) lost to Ali Hussain (1 ); Faris Nader Hasan (1) bt Rashid Karmustaji (0 ); Saeed Rashid Obaid (1) bt Fatima Abdulaziz Jas (0 ); Hind Mohammed Abbas (0) lost to Shikha Ali (1) Sultan Ali Ghuloom (0) lost to Hussain Abdullah Hus (1 ).

Under 14: Alya Ali Ghareeb (0) lost to Khouri, Ibrahim Mohammed (1 ); Abdulkarim, Ali (0.5) drew Badr Ameen (0.5 ); Haifaa Sultan (0) lost to Hamad, Abdul Razzaq (1 ); Khouri, Ahmed Abbas (1) bt Hamad Rashid Obaid (0 ); Khalid Ahmad Mohammed (0) lost to Marwan, Abdulwahab (1); Faika Saleh (0) lost to Khalid Aqil Ali (1); Majid Ahmad Obaid (1) bt Abdulmalik Abdulnoor ( 0 ).