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 Classic Men section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min + 30 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 (2465), IM Hamed Wafa (2369), IM David George Samir (2364), IM Omran Al Hosani (2314), FM Mazen Fandi (2310), IM Mohamed Tissir (2309), IM Adham Kandil (2301), IM Husain Aziz (2267), FM Akram Khoder (2249), CM Yassine Sentissi (2237), CM Yasser Hadj Kholti (2234), Ala Eddine Boulrens (2214), FM Akar Ali Salih Salih (2212), IM Mohamed Gameel (2198), IM Sameer Mansour (2197). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Classic Women / Rapid Men / Rapid Women / Blitz Men / Blitz Women
Arab Individual Chess Championships Kuwait 2025 – Classic Men Participants
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | IM | Arab, Adlane | ALG | 2465 |
| 2 | IM | Wafa, Hamed | EGY | 2369 |
| 3 | IM | George Samir, David | EGY | 2364 |
| 4 | IM | Al Hosani, Omran | UAE | 2314 |
| 5 | FM | Fandi, Mazen. | SYR | 2310 |
| 6 | IM | Tissir, Mohamed | MAR | 2309 |
| 7 | IM | Kandil, Adham | EGY | 2301 |
| 8 | IM | Aziz, Husain | QAT | 2267 |
| 9 | FM | Khoder, Akram | LBN | 2249 |
| 10 | CM | Sentissi, Yassine | MAR | 2237 |
| 11 | CM | Hadj Kholti, Yasser | MAR | 2234 |
| 12 | Boulrens, Ala Eddine | ALG | 2214 | |
| 13 | FM | Salih, Akar Ali Salih | IRQ | 2212 |
| 14 | IM | Gameel, Mohamed | YEM | 2198 |
| 15 | IM | Mansour, Sameer | JOR | 2197 |
| 16 | FM | Amdouni, Zoubaier | TUN | 2186 |
| 17 | GM | Ahmad, Al Khatib | JOR | 2175 |
| 18 | FM | Alothman, Ali Layth Ahmed | IRQ | 2159 |
| 19 | Khaled, Waleed Abdullah | YEM | 2141 | |
| 20 | FM | Ayyad, Husain | BRN | 2126 |
| 21 | FM | Alrehaili, Ahmed Abdullah S | KSA | 2114 |
| 22 | FM | Ahmed, Fareed | UAE | 2109 |
| 23 | IM | Sultan, Ibrahim | UAE | 2098 |
| 24 | FM | Chekh Adm Khedr, Aram | SYR | 2098 |
| 25 | FM | Alhassadi, Yousef A. | LBA | 2089 |
| 26 | FM | Seder, Mohammed | PLE | 2077 |
| 27 | CM | Mohamed, Saeed Laily | UAE | 2042 |
| 28 | CM | Naser Eldean, Ahmed | LBA | 2015 |
| 29 | Hamad, Essam | UAE | 2003 | |
| 30 | CM | Rashid, Husain Alhammadi | UAE | 2000 |
| 31 | FM | Al-Hajiri, Bader | KUW | 1948 |
| 32 | CM | Al Ibrahim, Abdulrahman | KUW | 1928 |
| 33 | Aldaihani, Turki | KUW | 1913 | |
| 34 | Mero, Aghiad. | SYR | 1911 | |
| 35 | Abdulrahim, Salem | UAE | 1892 | |
| 36 | AIM | Alsaqer, Meshal | KUW | 1837 |
| 37 | CM | Al-Kuwari, Hamad | QAT | 1818 |
| 38 | AIM | Al Abdali, Zeyad Saleh | KSA | 1818 |
| 39 | Hussain, Hashem | KUW | 1817 | |
| 40 | Al Jabri, Rashid | OMA | 1797 | |
| 41 | Alshourfaa, Hazaa | KUW | 1767 | |
| 42 | Alsayer, Bader | KUW | 1758 | |
| 43 | Khalaf, Ali | KUW | 1726 | |
| 44 | Sultan, Ahmed Almheiri | UAE | 1720 | |
| 45 | Eidi, Eisa | KUW | 1677 | |
| 46 | Yusuf, Abdihakin Haji Mohamed | SOM | 1662 | |
| 47 | Almohammad, Hamad | KUW | 1603 | |
| 48 | Sulaiman, Yousef | KUW | 1523 | |
| 49 | Alduwaisan, Hamad | KUW | 1501 | |
| 50 | Sulaiman, Hussain | KUW | 1478 | |
| 51 | Alonaizi, Abdullah | KUW | 1468 | |
| 52 | Safar, Hussain | KUW | 1415 |
