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 Women 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 WGM Shahenda Wafa (2109), WIM Lina Nassr (2066), WIM Ruba Al-Qudah (2055), WFM Eman Sawan (1961), WIM Sabrina Latreche (1960), WIM Boshra Alshaeby (1944), WFM Wafia Darwish Al Maamari (1922), WCM Nadia Fawaz (1922), WIM Ahlam Rashed (1920), WIM Jana Mohamed Zaki (1902), WFM Roula Mahmoud (1883), Sarah El Barbry (1883), WCM Sara Masood Abdullah (1843), WFM Amen Miladi (1842), WCM Dalia Alsemairi (1833). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Classic Men / Rapid Men / Rapid Women / Blitz Men / Blitz Women
Arab Individual Chess Championships Kuwait 2025 – Classic Women Participants
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | WGM | Wafa, Shahenda | EGY | 2109 |
| 2 | WIM | Nassr, Lina | ALG | 2066 |
| 3 | WIM | Ruba, Al-Qudah | JOR | 2055 |
| 4 | WFM | Sawan, Eman | PLE | 1961 |
| 5 | WIM | Latreche, Sabrina | ALG | 1960 |
| 6 | WIM | Boshra, Alshaeby | JOR | 1944 |
| 7 | WFM | Al Maamari, Wafia Darwish | UAE | 1922 |
| 8 | WCM | Fawaz, Nadia | LBN | 1922 |
| 9 | WIM | Ahlam, Rashed | UAE | 1920 |
| 10 | WIM | Mohamed Zaki, Jana | EGY | 1902 |
| 11 | WFM | Mahmoud, Roula | SYR | 1883 |
| 12 | El Barbry, Sarah | MAR | 1883 | |
| 13 | WCM | Sara, Masood Abdullah | IRQ | 1843 |
| 14 | WFM | Miladi, Amen | TUN | 1842 |
| 15 | WCM | Alsemairi, Dalia | KSA | 1833 |
| 16 | WCM | Alaa, Dema | EGY | 1800 |
| 17 | WFM | Albarbari, Kareen Kamal Jalaladin | IRQ | 1792 |
| 18 | WCM | Alazmi, Amani | KUW | 1764 |
| 19 | El Mteri, Khadija | MAR | 1762 | |
| 20 | WCM | Faqeeh, Yara | PLE | 1721 |
| 21 | Echcharbiny, Wissal | MAR | 1719 | |
| 22 | WFM | Makhlouf, Ahlam | MAR | 1707 |
| 23 | WFM | Al Kalbani, Wadima | UAE | 1702 |
| 24 | Al Aisaee, Anat | OMA | 1693 | |
| 25 | WCM | Almaamari, Zainab Darwish | UAE | 1688 |
| 26 | WCM | Al-Khulaifi, Ghada | QAT | 1674 |
| 27 | Ahmed, Najla | BRN | 1648 | |
| 28 | WCM | Nema, Rabab | KUW | 1642 |
| 29 | ACM | Ali Khan, Amani | LBN | 1618 |
| 30 | Alotaibi, Maitha Abdulrahman A | KSA | 1609 | |
| 31 | Al Nadabi, Yomna | OMA | 1597 | |
| 32 | Alhasan, Zainah | KUW | 1583 | |
| 33 | Obaid, Dania | BRN | 1451 |
