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 Rapid Men section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 10 min + 3 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 (2412), IM Husain Aziz (2354), CM Yasser Hadj Kholti (2251), IM Mohamed Gameel (2198), GM Al Khatib Ahmad (2177), IM Omran Al Hosani (2174), Ala Eddine Boulrens (2153), FM Husain Ayyad (2151), Waleed Abdullah Khaled (2146), FM Yousef A. Alhassadi (2140), CM Yassine Sentissi (2111), FM Ahmed Abdullah S. Alrehaili (2100), FM Fareed Ahmed (2081), IM Sameer Mansour (2028), FM Mohammed Seder (2023). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Classic Men / Classic Women / Rapid Women / Blitz Men / Blitz Women
Arab Individual Chess Championships Kuwait 2025 – Rapid Men Participants
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | IM | Arab, Adlane | ALG | 2412 |
| 2 | IM | Aziz, Husain | QAT | 2354 |
| 3 | CM | Hadj Kholti, Yasser | MAR | 2251 |
| 4 | IM | Gameel, Mohamed | YEM | 2198 |
| 5 | GM | Ahmad, Al Khatib | JOR | 2177 |
| 6 | IM | Al Hosani, Omran | UAE | 2174 |
| 7 | Boulrens, Ala Eddine | ALG | 2153 | |
| 8 | FM | Ayyad, Husain | BRN | 2151 |
| 9 | Khaled, Waleed Abdullah | YEM | 2146 | |
| 10 | FM | Alhassadi, Yousef A. | LBA | 2140 |
| 11 | CM | Sentissi, Yassine | MAR | 2111 |
| 12 | FM | Alrehaili, Ahmed Abdullah S | KSA | 2100 |
| 13 | FM | Ahmed, Fareed | UAE | 2081 |
| 14 | IM | Mansour, Sameer | JOR | 2028 |
| 15 | FM | Seder, Mohammed | PLE | 2023 |
| 16 | IM | Sultan, Ibrahim | UAE | 2003 |
| 17 | FM | Al-Hajiri, Bader | KUW | 1996 |
| 18 | CM | Mohamed, Saeed Laily | UAE | 1996 |
| 19 | Abdulrahim, Salem | UAE | 1921 | |
| 20 | Hamad, Essam | UAE | 1909 | |
| 21 | CM | Rashid, Husain Alhammadi | UAE | 1902 |
| 22 | AIM | Al Abdali, Zeyad Saleh | KSA | 1838 |
| 23 | Khalaf, Ali | KUW | 1833 | |
| 24 | Faqihi, Abdulaziz | BRN | 1742 | |
| 25 | Alshourfaa, Hazaa | KUW | 1738 | |
| 26 | Hussain, Hashem | KUW | 1710 | |
| 27 | Al Jabri, Rashid | OMA | 1700 | |
| 28 | Eidi, Eisa | KUW | 1700 | |
| 29 | CM | Al-Kuwari, Hamad | QAT | 1697 |
| 30 | Yusuf, Abdihakin Haji Mohamed | SOM | 1662 | |
| 31 | Sultan, Ahmed Almheiri | UAE | 1627 | |
| 32 | Almazeedi, Ahmad | KUW | 1550 | |
| 33 | Alajmi, Abdulrahman F | KUW | 1536 | |
| 34 | Alduwaisan, Hamad | KUW | 1442 |
