2003 FIDE knockout qualifier Zone 3.1a, Persian Gulf : October 7-12 Dubai, United Arab Emirates : http://www.uaechess.org/english/ (English and Arabic)
Round 7 report : http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=100038
FIDE to hold 128 player knockout November - December 2003 : Very unofficial table of qualifiers : http://www.chessclub.com/event/fide2003/table.html
One qualifies for the men, one for the women : GM Al-Modiahki(Qatar) and GM Ghaem Maghami(Iran) : are not playing, but have already qualified.
Men's final standings 9 rounds : 1 8.0 Morteza Mahjoob(Iran 2408) : 2 7.5 IM Taleb Moussa(UAE 2399)
3-4 6.0 IM Abdulla Hassan(UAE 2321) : IM Mohamed Nasser Al Sayed(Qatar 2455) :
Mahjoob qualifies for the next FIDE knockout : am won the IM title
: Type "finger Zone2003-31aw" for the women's section :
Map http://www.atlapedia.com/online/maps/political/Saudi_etc.htm : Dubai is on the Persian Gulf.
Type "liblist Zone2003-31a" for the games