Taleb Moussa

{{short description|Emirati chess grandmaster}}

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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|7|1}}

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|title = Grandmaster (2004)

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|peakrating = 2517 (October 2004)

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Taleb Moussa (born 1 July 1978) is an Emirati chess player. He was the UAE's first professional chess player and first grandmaster, a title he earned in 2004. He won the Emirati Chess Championship in 2001{{cite web |url=http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/general/moussa-wins-national-chess-championship-crown-1.420085 |title=Moussa wins national chess championship crown |publisher=Gulf News |date=1 July 2001 |access-date=25 January 2017}} and 2003.{{cite web |url=http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/general/moussa-wins-national-chess-championship-1.360881 |title=Moussa wins national chess championship |publisher=Gulf News |date=11 July 2003 |access-date=25 January 2017}}

In 2005, Taleb Moussa obtained a substantial sponsorship of Dh5.7 million.{{cite web|url=http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/05/10/03/184937.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709170314/http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/05/10/03/184937.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-09|title=GM Mousa gets career boost|last=Nayar|first=K.R.|date=2008-05-23|work=Gulf News|publisher=Al Nisr Publishing|accessdate=2005-10-03}}