Salem Saleh (chess player)

Emirati chess grandmaster (born 1993)

Salem Saleh

Saleh in 2024

Full name| Salem Abdulrahman Mohamed Saleh
Country| United Arab Emirates
Born|  (1993-01-04) 4 January 1993 (age 31)
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Title| Grandmaster (2009)
FIDE rating| 2631 (September 2024)
Peak rating| 2690 (October 2021)
Peak ranking| No. 44 (December 2021)

Salem Abdulrahman Mohamed Saleh[1] (born 4 January 1993)[2] is an Emirati chess grandmaster. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2009. Saleh competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2023.

## Career

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Born in Sharjah,[3] Saleh won three titles at the Asian Youth Chess Championships: under 14 in 2007,[4] under 16 in 2008,[5] and under 18 in 2009.[6] He won the Emirati Chess Championship in 2008,[7] 2011[8] and 2012,[9] and the Arab Chess Championship in 2008, 2014 and 2018. Salem Saleh won the Arab Individual Blitz Chess Championship 2017 and 2018. In August 2015, in Al Ain, he won both the Asian Chess Championship and the Asian blitz chess championship.[10] In 2017, he finished in a tie for first place in the 1st Sharjah Masters international championship with Wang Hao, Adhiban Baskaran, Martyn Kravtsiv, Yuriy Kryvoruchko and S. P. Sethuraman.[11][12]

Saleh has played for the UAE's national team on the top board in every Chess Olympiad from 2008 to 2016. He also participated in the Asian Nations Cup in 2016.[13]

In August 2021, Saleh won the 2020 Biel MTO edition with a score of 7.0/9 and a rating performance of 2790.[14]

In April 2022, Saleh won the 27th Sharjah International Rapid with a score of 8.0/9[15]

## Personal life

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Off the chessboard, Saleh works for Dubai Police in quality control management.[16]

## References

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1. ^ "4th Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games 2013 Men Classical". chess-results.com. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
2. ^ GM title application. FIDE.
3. ^ IM title application. FIDE.
4. ^ "Asian Youth Championships Boys-14". chess-results.com. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
5. ^ Akbarinia, Arash (24 July 2008). "Asian Youth Championship in Teheran". ChessBase. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
6. ^ R. Anantharam (19 August 2009). "Asian Youth Championships – a clean sweep by India". ChessBase.
7. ^ "UAE Chess Championship 2008". Chess-Tournament-Results-Server. 9 July 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
8. ^ "U.A.E Chess Championship 2011 Men". Chess-Tournament-Results-Server. 25 July 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
9. ^ "UAE Chess (Ch) 2012 23 - 30 March 2012". Chess-Tournament-Results-Server. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
10. ^ Sagar Shah (24 August 2015). "Salem Saleh wins Asian Continental 2015". ChessBase. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
11. ^ "Wang Hao bags Sharjah Masters Chess title". Gulf News. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
12. ^ Silver, Albert (3 April 2017). "Sharjah Masters: Wang Hao is first among equals". Chess News. ChessBase. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
13. ^ "Asian Nations Cup 2016 - Indian Men are champion, Chinese Women Retain title". fide.com. 6 April 2016. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
14. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Master Tournament (MTO)". chess-results.com. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
15. ^ "The Week in Chess 1431". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
16. ^ Tolley, Georgia (25 June 2021). "Meet the Dubai policeman who is also the Arab world's chess champion".

## External links

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* Salem, A.R. Saleh rating card at FIDE
* Salem Saleh player profile at Chess.com
* A R Saleh Salem player profile and games at Chessgames.com
* AR Saleh Salem chess games at 365Chess.com
* Salem AR Saleh chess games at 365Chess.com (2002–2003)
* A. R. Saleh Salem Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org