Arab Chess Championship

{{Short description|Annual international chess competition}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

The Arab Chess Championship is an annual international chess competition organized by the Arab Chess Federation, with 18 member countries. Parallel Men's and Women's competitions have been held in various cities since 1983.

Winners

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! Year !! City !! Winner !! Women's winner

1983Tunis{{flagathlete|Saeed Abdul Razak|Iraq}}{{flagathlete|Maysae Tahtaoui|Syria}}
1984Dubai{{flagathlete|Saeed-Ahmed Saeed|United Arab Emirates}}{{flagathlete|Nadia Mohammad Saleh|United Arab Emirates}}
1985Casablanca{{flagathlete|Saeed Abdul Razak|Iraq}}{{flagathlete|Fermsik Waria Mohammed|Iraq}}
1986Tunis{{flagathlete|Slim Bouaziz|Tunisia}}{{flagathlete|Maysae Tahtaoui|Syria}}
1987Manama{{flagathlete|Bassem Afifi|Egypt}}{{flagathlete|Fermsik Waria Mohammed|Iraq}}
1988Kuwait{{flagathlete|Hichem Hamdouchi|Morocco}}{{flagathlete|Sohir Basta|Egypt}}
1991Dubai{{flagathlete|Slim Bouaziz|Tunisia}}{{flagathlete|Meriem Abbou|Algeria}}
1992Doha{{flagathlete|Fouad El Taher|Egypt}}??
1993Oman- - -{{flagathlete|Meriem Abbou|Algeria}}
1993Amman{{flagathlete|Hichem Hamdouchi|Morocco}}- - -
1994Jordan{{flagathlete|Mohamad Al-Modiahki|Qatar}}{{flagathlete|Sohir Basta|Egypt}}
1995Beirut{{flagathlete|Hichem Hamdouchi|Morocco}}??
1996Sana'a{{flagathlete|Essam Aly Ahmed|Egypt}}??
1997Iraq{{flagathlete|Mohamad Al-Modiahki|Qatar}}??
1998Agadir??{{flagathlete|Eva Repkova Eid|Lebanon}}
1999Aden{{flagathlete|Imad Hakki|Syria}}{{flagathlete|Knarik Mouradian|Lebanon}}
2000Beirut{{flagathlete|Mohamad Al-Modiahki|Qatar}}{{flagathlete|Eva Repkova Eid|Lebanon}}
2001Tunis{{flagathlete|Slim Belkhodja|Tunisia}}{{flagathlete|Eman Hassane Al Rufei|Iraq}}
2002Casablanca{{flagathlete|Mohamad Al-Modiahki|Qatar}} Mohamad Al-Modhiahki and Hichem Hamdouchi obtained the same number of points ( 7 ) but Al-Modhiahki was declared champion to the advantage of the accumulation (33 points against 32.5){{flagathlete|Eman Hassane Al Rufei|Iraq}}
2003Cairo{{flagathlete|Essam El Gindy|Egypt}}{{flagathlete|Knarik Mouradian|Lebanon}}
2004Dubai{{flagathlete|Hichem Hamdouchi|Morocco}}{{flagathlete|Knarik Mouradian|Lebanon}}
2005Dubai{{flagathlete|Bassem Amin|Egypt}}{{flagathlete|Eman Hassane Al Rufei|Iraq}}
2006Dubai{{flagathlete|Bassem Amin|Egypt}}{{flagathlete|Amina Mezioud|Algeria}}
2007Ta'izz{{flagathlete|Basheer Al Qudaimi|Yemen}} {{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Men Chess Championship 2007 |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr9491.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}{{flagathlete|Knarik Mouradian|Lebanon}} {{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Women Chess Championship 2007 |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr9493.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}
2008Sharjah{{flagathlete|Salem A.R. Saleh|UAE}} {{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Men 2008 |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr18083.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}{{flagathlete|Mona Khaled|Egypt}} {{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Women 2008 |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr18084.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}
2009Tunis{{flagathlete|Essam El Gindy|Egypt}} {{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Men Championship 2009 |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr28651.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}{{flagathlete|Zhu Chen|Qatar}} {{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab women Championship |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr28824.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}
2013Abu Dhabi{{flagathlete|Bassem Amin|Egypt}}{{cite web |title=Arab Chess Championship(Women) |url=http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=87526|publisher=FIDE|date=2013-12-18|accessdate=2015-05-17}}{{flagathlete|Zhu Chen|Qatar}}{{cite web |title=Arab Chess Championship(Women) |url=http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=87527|publisher=FIDE|date=2013-12-18|accessdate=2015-05-17}}
2014Amman{{flagathlete|Salem A.R. Saleh|UAE}}{{flagathlete|Sabrina Latreche|Algeria}}, {{flagathlete|Shahenda Wafa|Egypt}}
2015Part of the 1st Arab Chess Olympiad Championships: [https://old.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/9006-the-1st-arab-chess-olympiad-championships-2015.html FIDE: The 1st Arab Chess Olympiad Championships 2015], [http://www.chessdom.com/first-arab-chess-olympiad-championships-2015-to-be-held-in-agadir/ Chessdom: First Arab Chess Olympiad Championships 2015 to be held in Agadir]Agadir{{flagathlete|Mohamed Ezat|Egypt}}{{flagathlete|Mona Khaled|Egypt}}
2016Khartoum{{flagathlete|Mahfoud Oussedik|Algeria}}{{flagathlete|Sabrina Latreche|Algeria}}
2017Sharjah{{flagathlete|Mohamed Haddouche|Algeria}}{{flagathlete|Amina Mezioud|Algeria}}
2018Dubai{{flagathlete|Salem A.R. Saleh|UAE}}{{flagathlete|Shahenda Wafa|Egypt}}
2019Mostaganem{{flagathlete|Zaibi Amir|Tunisia}}{{flagathlete|Amina Mezioud|Algeria}}
2021

|Dubai

|{{flagathlete|Bilel Bellahcene|Algeria}}{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Indv. Chess Championship 2021 (Open) |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr593240.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}

|{{flagathlete|Ayah Moaataz|Egypt}}{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Indv. Chess Championship 2021 (Women) |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr593248.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}

2023

|Khartoum

|{{flagathlete|Ahmad Al Khatib|Jordan}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fide.com/news/2266|title=Al Khatib Ahmad and Lina Nassr win Arab Chess Championship|date=March 6, 2023|publisher=FIDE}}

|{{flagathlete|Lina Nassr|Algeria}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fide.com/news/2266|title=Al Khatib Ahmad and Lina Nassr win Arab Chess Championship|date=March 6, 2023|publisher=FIDE}}

= Arab Rapid Chess Championship =

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!Year

!City

!Winner

!Women's winner

2009

|Oman

|OMAR AL SIYABI (MAR) {{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Rapid chess Championship |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr28739.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}

|Zhu Chen ( QAT) {{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Blitz championship 2009 |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr28807.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}

2013

|Abu Dhabi

|Samy Shoker ( EGY) {{Cite web |title=Arab Rapid Chess Championship(Open) January 2014 United Arab Emirates FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=87528 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}

|Mona Khaled ( EGY){{Cite web |title=Arab Rapid Chess Championship(Women) January 2014 United Arab Emirates FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=87529 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}

2014

|Amman

|Nezad Husein Aziz ( QAT) {{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2014 Arab Individual Rapid Chess Championship - Men |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr155143.aspx?lan=1&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=chess-results.com}}

|Zhu Chen ( QAT) {{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2014 Arab Individual Rapid Chess Championship- Women |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr155141.aspx?lan=1&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=chess-results.com}}

2015

|Agadir

|Haddouche Mohamed (ALG) {{Cite web |title=The 1st arab Chess olympiad championship, rapid, Open November 2015 Morocco FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=120741 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}

|Mona Khaled ( EGY){{Cite web |title=The 1st arab Chess olympiad championship, rapid, women November 2015 Morocco FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=120742 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}

2016

|Khartoum

|Haddouche Mohamed (ALG) {{Cite web |title=Arab Individual Rapid Championship 2016(OPEN) December 2016 Sudan FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=146997 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}

| Latreche Sabrina (ALG) {{Cite web |title=Arab Individual Rapid Championship 2016(WOMEN) December 2016 Sudan FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=146996 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}

2017

|Sharjah

| Haddouche Mohamed (ALG) {{Cite web |title=Arab Rapid Chess Championship 2017 March 2018 United Arab Emirates FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=179339 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}

|Alattar Ghayda M (JOR) {{Cite web |title=Arab Women Rapid Chess Championship 2017 March 2018 United Arab Emirates FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=179340 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}

2018

|Dubai

|Hamdouchi Hicham (MAR) {{Cite web |title=Arab Indv. Rapid Chess Championship 2018(Open) January 2019 United Arab Emirates FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=201945 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}

|Wafa Shrook ( EGY) {{Cite web |title=Arab Indv. Rapid Chess Championship 2018(Women) January 2019 United Arab Emirates FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=201946 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}

2019

|Mostaganem

|Haddouche Mohamed (ALG){{Cite web |title=Arab championship 2019 Rapid Open January 2020 Algeria FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=238861 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}

|Latreche Sabrina (ALG) {{Cite web |title=Arab championship 2019 Rapid women January 2020 Algeria FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=238862 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}

2021

|Dubai

|Bellahcene Bilel (ALG) {{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Indv. Rapid Chess Championship 2021 (Open) |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr593243.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}

|Boshra Alshaeby (JOR) {{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Indv. Rapid Chess Championship 2021 (Women) |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr593250.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}

= Arab Blitz Chess Championship =

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|+

!Year

!City

!Winner

!Women's winner

2009

|Tunis

|Al Sayed Mohamed ( QAT) {{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Blitz championship 2009 |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr28807.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}

|Zhu Chen ( QAT) {{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Women shampionship Blidz |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr28771.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}

2013

|Abu Dhabi

|Bassem Amin ( EGY) {{Cite web |title=Arab Blitz Chess Championship(Open) January 2014 United Arab Emirates FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=87530 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}

|Zhu Chen ( QAT){{Cite web |title=Arab Blitz Chess Championship(Women) January 2014 United Arab Emirates FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=87531 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}

2014

|Amman

|Al-Sayed Mohammed ( QAT) {{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2014 Arab Individual Blitz Chess Championship- Men |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr155125.aspx?lan=1&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=chess-results.com}}

|Wafa Shahenda ( EGY){{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2014 Arab Individual Blitz Chess Championship - Women |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr155126.aspx?lan=1&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=chess-results.com}}

2015

|Agadir

|Haddouche Mohamed (ALG) {{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - The 1st arab Chess olympiad championship, Blitz, Open |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr189695.aspx?lan=35&art=4&turdet=YES&flag=30 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}

|Wafa Shrook ( EGY){{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - The 1st arab Chess olympiad championship, Blitz, women |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr189670.aspx?lan=35&art=4&turdet=YES&flag=30 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}

2016

|Khartoum

|Nezad Husein Aziz ( QAT){{Cite web |title=Arab Individual Blitz Championship 2016(OPEN) December 2016 Sudan FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=146998 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}

|Boshra Alshaeby (JOR){{Cite web |title=Arab Individual Blitz Championship 2016(WOMEN) December 2016 Sudan FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=146999 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}

2017

|Sharjah

| Salem, A.r. Saleh ( UAE) {{Cite web |title=Arab Blitz Chess Championship 2017 March 2018 United Arab Emirates FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=179342 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}

|Boshra Alshaeby ( JOR) {{Cite web |title=Arab Women Blitz Chess Championship 2017 March 2018 United Arab Emirates FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=179341 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}

2018

|Dubai

|Salem, A.r. Saleh ( UAE) {{Cite web |title=Arab Indv. Blitz Chess Championship 2018(Open) January 2019 United Arab Emirates FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=201943 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}

|Latreche Sabrina (ALG) {{Cite web |title=Arab Indv. Blitz Chess Championship 2018(Women) January 2019 United Arab Emirates FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=201944 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}

2019

|Mostaganem

|Issa Rafat ( JOR) {{Cite web |title=Arab chanpionship 2019 Blitz open January 2020 Algeria FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=238859 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}

|Latreche Sabrina (ALG) {{Cite web |title=Arab champiobship 2019 Blitz Women January 2020 Algeria FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=238860 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}

2021

|Dubai

|Salem A.R. Saleh ( UAE) {{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Indv. Blitz Chess Championship 2021 (Open) |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr593244.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}

|Mezioud Amina (ALG) {{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Indv. Blitz Chess Championship 2021 (Women) |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr593252.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}

= Arab Women's Open Chess Tournament =

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|+

!Year

!City

!Winner

2012

|Tunis

|{{flagathlete|Sabrina Latreche|Algeria}} {{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Women's Open Chess {{Sic|tournement|hide=y}} |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr76503.aspx?lan=35&art=4&turdet=YES&flag=30 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}

= Arab Elite Chess Championship =

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|+

!Year

!City

!Winner

2011

|Dubai

|Salem A R Saleh ( UAE) {{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Elite Chess Championship 2011 |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr57111.aspx?lan=20&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=chess-results.com}}

2013

|Dubai

|Al-Modiahki Mohamad ( QAT){{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2nd Arab Elite chess Championship 2013 |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr104157.aspx?lan=2&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=chess-results.com}}

2015

|Dubai

|Al-Sayed Mohammed ( QAT) {{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Elite Chess Championship 2015 |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr175001.aspx?lan=1&art=4&turdet=yes&flag=30 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=chess-results.com}}

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Notes

References

  • {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105072304/http://archive.gulfnews.com/indepth/uae_national_day_2005/more_stories/10001596.html|title=Winners of the 1984 edition|date=5 January 2008}}
  • {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008031908/http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/991203/1999120352.html|title=Results 1999 from arabicnews.com|date=8 October 2008}}
  • {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110032811/http://arabchess1.ifrance.com/arabchess1/|title=Homepage of the 2002 edition|date=10 November 2007}}
  • {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714042309/http://www.maroc-echecs.com/spip.php?article78|title=Hichem Hamdouchi biography|date=14 July 2011}}
  • {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613204751/http://www.lebchess.org/History.htm|title=Lebanese chess history|date=13 June 2007}}
  • {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002195550/http://www.qatarchess.com/Mohammed%20Al-Modaihki.htm|title=Biography of Mohammed Al-Modaihki|date=2 October 2011}}
  • {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721065025/http://www.azad-hye.net/news/viewnews.asp?newsId=780jzs85|title=Results of the 2007 edition|date=21 July 2011}}, {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110721065025/http://www.azad-hye.net/news/viewnews.asp?newsId=780jzs85]}}, [http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/newsbriefs/sports/2008/01/03/newsbrief-03], [http://ratings.fide.com/trarc.phtml?event16=14154&codt=28] {{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • Results from The Week in Chess: [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic302.html#20 2000], [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic409.html#19 2002], [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic477.html#19 2003], [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic510.html#13 2004], [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic568.html#5 2005]
  • Results from Chess-Results.com: [http://chess-results.com/tnr4062.aspx?tnr=4062&art=4&lan=1&flag=30&mm=1&m=-1 2006], [http://www.chess-results.com/tnr154614.aspx?lan=1&art=4&flag=30&wi=821 2014 Men], [http://www.chess-results.com/tnr154615.aspx?lan=1&art=4&flag=30&wi=821 2014 Women], [http://www.chess-results.com/tnr189417.aspx?lan=1&art=4&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=984 2015 Men], [http://www.chess-results.com/tnr189416.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&fed=EGY&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=984 2015 Women]

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