The Jeddah Chess Season 2025 will take place from September 05 to September 06 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It is a 7-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 10 min + 5 sec/move. For more events from Saudi Arabia, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are GM Arkadij Naiditsch (2580), GM Ahmed Adly (2575), GM Viorel Iordachescu (2493), GM Mohamed Haddouche (2472), GM Abdelrahman Hesham (2403), IM Giorgi Sibashvili (2393), IM Basheer Al Qudaimi (2372), FM David L Haydon (2316), FM A. Samhouri (2301), FM Sameh Sadek (2298), CM Hassan Gaafar (2235), WIM Cecile Haussernot (2226), IM Mohsen Elgabry (2223), FM Zoubaier Amdouni (2181), Hany Abdel Hai (2178), AGM Gary Abano (2123), Romelio Asoque (2103), Mohammed Ali Al Jabri (2100), Mikhail Sedykh (2093), FM Hatem Eldesoky (2086). Scroll down for the full participants list.
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Jeddah Chess Season 2025 Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
BUL
2580
2
GM
Adly, Ahmed
EGY
2575
3
GM
Iordachescu, Viorel
MDA
2493
4
GM
Haddouche, Mohamed
ALG
2472
5
GM
Hesham, Abdelrahman
EGY
2403
6
IM
Sibashvili, Giorgi
GEO
2393
7
IM
Al Qudaimi, Basheer
YEM
2372
8
FM
Haydon, David L
ENG
2316
9
FM
Samhouri, A.
JOR
2301
10
FM
Sadek, Sameh
EGY
2298
11
CM
Gaafar, Hassan
EGY
2235
12
WIM
Haussernot, Cecile
FRA
2226
13
IM
Elgabry, Mohsen
EGY
2223
14
FM
Amdouni, Zoubaier
TUN
2181
15
Abdel Hai, Hany
EGY
2178
16
AGM
Abano, Gary
PHI
2123
17
Asoque, Romelio
PHI
2103
18
Al Jabri, Mohammed Ali
SYR
2100
19
Sedykh, Mikhail
ENG
2093
20
FM
Eldesoky, Hatem
EGY
2086
21
Abdel Rahman, Ahmed
EGY
2081
22
Hamid, Mohamed
EGY
2081
23
FM
Alrehaili, Ahmed Abdullah S
KSA
2078
24
FM
Abubaker, Abdalsalam
SUD
2057
25
Alharthi, Ahmed Mohammed A
KSA
2033
26
Mohammad, Salahat
JOR
2025
27
Ababneh, Ghayth
JOR
2007
28
Arafat, Akram
EGY
2006
29
Fawaz, Mohamad
LBN
2001
30
AFM
Elnemr, Elsayed
EGY
1970
31
Tantawy, Adel
EGY
1955
32
Gonzales, Omar
PHI
1947
33
Alzahrani, Muhannad Hassan A
KSA
1933
34
Khayat, Emad
KSA
1919
35
Ahmad, Ebrahim Abdulkarim
KSA
1917
36
Alanmi, Ziyad Mansour M
KSA
1917
37
Farhan, Marwan Ali
YEM
1912
38
AIM
Asain, Nasser
FID
1911
39
Ba Amir, Murad
YEM
1901
40
Alkhateeb, Turki Abdullah S
KSA
1897
41
Alotaibi, Mohammed Dhaidan N
KSA
1897
42
Farghaly, Ahmed
EGY
1897
43
Mohammed, Al-Madhfari
YEM
1883
44
Al Habeeb, Emad
KSA
1879
45
Alsemail, Mohammed Fahad M
KSA
1877
46
Yaslam, Mohammed Hussein
YEM
1877
47
Al Turky, Fahad A
KSA
1864
48
Alhussaini, Raouf
SYR
1854
49
AIM
Al Abdali, Zeyad Saleh
KSA
1848
50
Alrahily, Saud
KSA
1847
51
Al-Qudaimi, Abdullah
YEM
1841
52
AIM
Camartin, Renato
PHI
1840
53
Benten, Faisal Hussain
KSA
1840
54
Salem, Hamada
EGY
1839
55
AFM
Badr Youssef, Khalid
EGY
1836
56
Belali, Ahmad M
KSA
1836
57
Sultan, Zaid.
SYR
1830
58
AIM
Ahmed Gamal El Deen, Yaseen
EGY
1825
59
Ibrahim, Abdallah
EGY
1821
60
Saad Abdel Latif, Mohamed
EGY
1813
61
Al Baadi, Abdulaziz
KSA
1804
62
Albahli, Fahad Abdulkareem
KSA
1799
63
Abbas, Khalil
LBN
1788
64
Al Ghamdi, Abdulaziz Ali A
KSA
1780
65
Abdul, Rehman
PAK
1762
66
Bazhar, Fahad Mohammad
KSA
1760
67
Mohamed Abdelmageed, Mahmoud
EGY
1753
68
Hassouna Abbas, Magdy
EGY
1751
69
AIM
Shahan, Abu Sayeed
IND
1742
70
Bukhari, Mohammed
KSA
1741
71
Magdy Shashet, Mohamed
EGY
1740
72
Khaled, Omar Ba Saad
YEM
1734
73
Al Fahad, Ibrahim Mohammad
KSA
1729
74
Abdullah,
PAK
1717
75
Abushal, Mohammed Omai
KSA
1713
76
Bahafzallah, Ahmed
KSA
1706
77
Ibrahim, Abdullah Alzahrani
KSA
1706
78
Malki, Ahmed S
KSA
1695
79
Rahali, Mohamed Hedi
TUN
1695
80
AFM
Sharif, Ahmad
AFG
1694
81
Kirallah, Fares Ismail
KSA
1691
82
Wael, Abdulrahman Mohammed
KSA
1682
83
Almaghrabi, Osama Sameer Abdulrahman
KSA
1681
84
Mhd, Ebrahem.
SYR
1674
85
Samy, Abdelrahman
EGY
1673
86
Alblowi, Mohammed
KSA
1672
87
Nawaf, Saleh Basabaien
YEM
1672
88
Suffyan, Ahmed Yousif
SUD
1668
89
Garatly, Lama Eyad
KSA
1667
90
Alsalman, Basil Ahmed Mohammed
KSA
1664
91
Alqahtani, Saud Ali
KSA
1663
92
Alquwisem, Ahmad Ali
KSA
1644
93
Ghazzawi, Fatimah Wajdi
KSA
1622
94
Alaswad, Saleh Abdullah S
KSA
1613
95
Khaled Mousa, Ahmed
EGY
1600
96
Asiri, Ali Abdullaha
KSA
1584
97
Almarhoon, Hassan Mohammed A
KSA
1563
98
Makki, Walah Mohamad A
KSA
1541
99
Almutairi, Nahyan Abdullah
KSA
1535
100
Juma, Khan Zabehullah
AFG
1532
101
Mohammed, Hassan Al Aiedroos
YEM
1508
102
Almutairi, Marwan Abdullah Mohammed
KSA
1501
103
Alzahrani, Saliha Abdullah H
KSA
1490
104
Abdou Abdelrahman, Mohamed
EGY
0
105
Abdulwahid, Mohammed Abdulrahman
KSA
0
106
Al Malki, Mousa M
KSA
0
107
Al Mutairi, Abdullah Ahmed
KSA
0
108
Alasmary, Khaled Ali
KSA
0
109
Albalawy, Abdelrahman Odah
KSA
0
110
Alfraidi, Rakan Abdulaziz
KSA
0
111
Alghomri, Mohammed Abdullah
KSA
0
112
Alghuzawi, Hussam Ali
KSA
0
113
Alhamdi, Ahmed Ali
KSA
0
114
Alhamdi, Najeeb Lafi
KSA
0
115
Alhasel, Shaker
KSA
0
116
Aljohani, Ahmed Saeed
KSA
0
117
Aljohani, Jouly Hani
KSA
0
118
Aljohani, Mohammed Marshoud
KSA
0
119
Allam, Yazan Fahd
KSA
0
120
Almalki, Abdulaziz Salem
KSA
0
121
Almalki, Abdulghani Hassan
KSA
0
122
Almuthri, Sultan Abdulsalam
KSA
0
123
Alotaibi, Khalid Sultan
KSA
0
124
Alradady, Ryan
KSA
0
125
Alsabban, Mohammed
KSA
0
126
Alshrabi, Zeyad Mohammed
KSA
0
127
Alsoreyya, Turki
KSA
0
128
Alsulami, Jameel khalifah
KSA
0
129
Alzahrani, Faisal
KSA
0
130
Alzahrani, Khawatir khater
KSA
0
131
Alzahrani, Warif
KSA
0
132
Barasheed, Albaraa
KSA
0
133
Bin Hamran, Hussain Adel
KSA
0
134
Bin Radwan, Naif Anwar
KSA
0
135
Eabdalwhaab, Muhamad Sabraa
EGY
0
136
Fauzia, Nifahnaaz Mohamed Adhil Ameer
IND
0
137
Gary, Mohammed Habiballah
KSA
0
138
Krenshi, Abdullah Osamah
KSA
0
139
Mahmoud, Abi Munzer
SYR
0
140
Mansour, Abdulrhman.
SYR
0
141
Mansour Ali, Abdulmajeed
YEM
0
142
Mazhar, Ammar Ahmed
KSA
0
143
Mohamed, Al Dakshani
PLE
0
144
Mohamed Youssef, Mahmoud
EGY
0
145
Mohammed, Arafat Moqbel
YEM
0
146
Mukharrib, Dayala Essam M
KSA
0
147
Qari, Firdaws
KSA
0
148
Rahmoun, Abdulhadi Mohamed
SYR
0
149
Saleem Zeid, Hattan
KSA
0
150
Samkar, Feras hussain
KSA
0
151
Suleiman, Khalid Awwal
ETH
0
152
Tissaoui, Amir Kamel
TUN
0
153
Turkistani, Mohammed Abdulrahim
GIN
0