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 Rapid Men section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 10 min + 3 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 (2412), IM Husain Aziz (2354), CM Yasser Hadj Kholti (2251), IM Mohamed Gameel (2198), GM Al Khatib Ahmad (2177), IM Omran Al Hosani (2174), Ala Eddine Boulrens (2153), FM Husain Ayyad (2151), Waleed Abdullah Khaled (2146), FM Yousef A. Alhassadi (2140), CM Yassine Sentissi (2111), FM Ahmed Abdullah S. Alrehaili (2100), FM Fareed Ahmed (2081), IM Sameer Mansour (2028), FM Mohammed Seder (2023). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Classic Men / Classic Women / Rapid Women / Blitz Men / Blitz Women
Arab Individual Chess Championships Kuwait 2025 – Rapid Men Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
IM
Arab, Adlane
ALG
2412
2
IM
Aziz, Husain
QAT
2354
3
CM
Hadj Kholti, Yasser
MAR
2251
4
IM
Gameel, Mohamed
YEM
2198
5
GM
Ahmad, Al Khatib
JOR
2177
6
IM
Al Hosani, Omran
UAE
2174
7
Boulrens, Ala Eddine
ALG
2153
8
FM
Ayyad, Husain
BRN
2151
9
Khaled, Waleed Abdullah
YEM
2146
10
FM
Alhassadi, Yousef A.
LBA
2140
11
CM
Sentissi, Yassine
MAR
2111
12
FM
Alrehaili, Ahmed Abdullah S
KSA
2100
13
FM
Ahmed, Fareed
UAE
2081
14
IM
Mansour, Sameer
JOR
2028
15
FM
Seder, Mohammed
PLE
2023
16
IM
Sultan, Ibrahim
UAE
2003
17
FM
Al-Hajiri, Bader
KUW
1996
18
CM
Mohamed, Saeed Laily
UAE
1996
19
Abdulrahim, Salem
UAE
1921
20
Hamad, Essam
UAE
1909
21
CM
Rashid, Husain Alhammadi
UAE
1902
22
AIM
Al Abdali, Zeyad Saleh
KSA
1838
23
Khalaf, Ali
KUW
1833
24
Faqihi, Abdulaziz
BRN
1742
25
Alshourfaa, Hazaa
KUW
1738
26
Hussain, Hashem
KUW
1710
27
Al Jabri, Rashid
OMA
1700
28
Eidi, Eisa
KUW
1700
29
CM
Al-Kuwari, Hamad
QAT
1697
30
Yusuf, Abdihakin Haji Mohamed
SOM
1662
31
Sultan, Ahmed Almheiri
UAE
1627
32
Almazeedi, Ahmad
KUW
1550
33
Alajmi, Abdulrahman F
KUW
1536
34
Alduwaisan, Hamad
KUW
1442