The Arab Individual Chess Championships 2025 will take place from November 17 to November 25 in Kuwait, Kuwait. This tournament has 6 categories – Classic Men, Classic Women, Rapid Men, Rapid Women, Blitz Men, and Blitz Women. The Classic Men section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Kuwait, check out The Asia Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are IM Adlane Arab (2465), IM Hamed Wafa (2369), IM David George Samir (2364), IM Omran Al Hosani (2314), FM Mazen Fandi (2310), IM Mohamed Tissir (2309), IM Adham Kandil (2301), IM Husain Aziz (2267), FM Akram Khoder (2249), CM Yassine Sentissi (2237), CM Yasser Hadj Kholti (2234), Ala Eddine Boulrens (2214), FM Akar Ali Salih Salih (2212), IM Mohamed Gameel (2198), IM Sameer Mansour (2197). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Classic Women / Rapid Men / Rapid Women / Blitz Men / Blitz Women
Arab Individual Chess Championships Kuwait 2025 – Classic Men Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
IM
Arab, Adlane
ALG
2465
2
IM
Wafa, Hamed
EGY
2369
3
IM
George Samir, David
EGY
2364
4
IM
Al Hosani, Omran
UAE
2314
5
FM
Fandi, Mazen.
SYR
2310
6
IM
Tissir, Mohamed
MAR
2309
7
IM
Kandil, Adham
EGY
2301
8
IM
Aziz, Husain
QAT
2267
9
FM
Khoder, Akram
LBN
2249
10
CM
Sentissi, Yassine
MAR
2237
11
CM
Hadj Kholti, Yasser
MAR
2234
12
Boulrens, Ala Eddine
ALG
2214
13
FM
Salih, Akar Ali Salih
IRQ
2212
14
IM
Gameel, Mohamed
YEM
2198
15
IM
Mansour, Sameer
JOR
2197
16
FM
Amdouni, Zoubaier
TUN
2186
17
GM
Ahmad, Al Khatib
JOR
2175
18
FM
Alothman, Ali Layth Ahmed
IRQ
2159
19
Khaled, Waleed Abdullah
YEM
2141
20
FM
Ayyad, Husain
BRN
2126
21
FM
Alrehaili, Ahmed Abdullah S
KSA
2114
22
FM
Ahmed, Fareed
UAE
2109
23
IM
Sultan, Ibrahim
UAE
2098
24
FM
Chekh Adm Khedr, Aram
SYR
2098
25
FM
Alhassadi, Yousef A.
LBA
2089
26
FM
Seder, Mohammed
PLE
2077
27
CM
Mohamed, Saeed Laily
UAE
2042
28
CM
Naser Eldean, Ahmed
LBA
2015
29
Hamad, Essam
UAE
2003
30
CM
Rashid, Husain Alhammadi
UAE
2000
31
FM
Al-Hajiri, Bader
KUW
1948
32
CM
Al Ibrahim, Abdulrahman
KUW
1928
33
Aldaihani, Turki
KUW
1913
34
Mero, Aghiad.
SYR
1911
35
Abdulrahim, Salem
UAE
1892
36
AIM
Alsaqer, Meshal
KUW
1837
37
CM
Al-Kuwari, Hamad
QAT
1818
38
AIM
Al Abdali, Zeyad Saleh
KSA
1818
39
Hussain, Hashem
KUW
1817
40
Al Jabri, Rashid
OMA
1797
41
Alshourfaa, Hazaa
KUW
1767
42
Alsayer, Bader
KUW
1758
43
Khalaf, Ali
KUW
1726
44
Sultan, Ahmed Almheiri
UAE
1720
45
Eidi, Eisa
KUW
1677
46
Yusuf, Abdihakin Haji Mohamed
SOM
1662
47
Almohammad, Hamad
KUW
1603
48
Sulaiman, Yousef
KUW
1523
49
Alduwaisan, Hamad
KUW
1501
50
Sulaiman, Hussain
KUW
1478
51
Alonaizi, Abdullah
KUW
1468
52
Safar, Hussain
KUW
1415