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Antoine Kassis is a Lebanese chess player. He was awarded the title of FIDE Master in 2013.

Chess career

Kassis has represented Lebanon in a number of Chess Olympiads, including:

• 1994, where he scored 3½/9 on board four.
• 1996, scoring 4½/9 on first reserve.
• 1998, scoring 6½/11 on first reserve.
• 2002, scoring 5/10 on first reserve.
• 2004, scoring 4/9 on board four.
• 2006, scoring 5/9 on board three.
• 2008, scoring 5½/9 on board three
• 2010, scoring 4/10 on board four.
• 2012, scoring 6/10 on board four.
• 2014, scoring 5½/9 on board two
• 2016, scoring 3/9 on board three.
• 2018, scoring 3½/8 on board four.

He won the Lebanese Chess Championship in 1995, 2018 and 2019.

He qualified to play in the Chess World Cup 2021, where he was defeated 2-0 by Yuri Kuzubov in the first round.

References

1. "Kassis, Antoine". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
2. "OlimpBase :: 31st Chess Olympiad, Moscow 1994, Lebanon". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
3. "OlimpBase :: 32nd Chess Olympiad, Yerevan 1996, Lebanon". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
4. "OlimpBase :: 33rd Chess Olympiad, Elista 1998, Lebanon". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
5. "OlimpBase :: 35th Chess Olympiad, Bled 2002, Lebanon". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
6. "OlimpBase :: 36th Chess Olympiad, Calvia 2004, Lebanon". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
7. "OlimpBase :: 37th Chess Olympiad, Turin 2006, Lebanon". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
8. "OlimpBase :: 38th Chess Olympiad, Dresden 2008, Lebanon". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
9. "OlimpBase :: 39th Chess Olympiad, Khanty-Mansiysk 2010, Lebanon". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
10. "OlimpBase :: 40th Chess Olympiad, Istanbul 2012, Lebanon". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
11. "OlimpBase :: 41st Chess Olympiad, Tromsø 2014, Lebanon". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
12. "OlimpBase :: 42nd Chess Olympiad, Baku 2016, Lebanon". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
13. "OlimpBase :: 43rd Chess Olympiad, Batumi 2018, Lebanon". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
14. "Antoine Kassis wins the 44th Lebanese Chess Championship – Lebanese Chess News". Retrieved 2021-08-19.
15. "Tournament tree — FIDE World Cup 2021". worldcup.fide.com. Retrieved 2021-08-19.

External links

• Antoine Kassis rating card at FIDE
• Antoine Kassis chess games at 365Chess.com
• Antoine Kassis player profile and games at Chessgames.com

• 1972 births
• Living people
• Lebanese chess players
• Chess FIDE Masters
• Chess Olympiad competitors