The Jeddah Chess Season 2025 will take place from September 05 to September 06 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It is a 7-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 10 min + 5 sec/move. For more events from Saudi Arabia, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are GM Arkadij Naiditsch (2580), GM Ahmed Adly (2575), GM Viorel Iordachescu (2493), GM Mohamed Haddouche (2472), GM Abdelrahman Hesham (2403), IM Giorgi Sibashvili (2393), IM Basheer Al Qudaimi (2372), FM David L Haydon (2316), FM A. Samhouri (2301), FM Sameh Sadek (2298), CM Hassan Gaafar (2235), WIM Cecile Haussernot (2226), IM Mohsen Elgabry (2223), FM Zoubaier Amdouni (2181), Hany Abdel Hai (2178), AGM Gary Abano (2123), Romelio Asoque (2103), Mohammed Ali Al Jabri (2100), Mikhail Sedykh (2093), FM Hatem Eldesoky (2086). Scroll down for the full participants list.
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Jeddah Chess Season 2025 Participants
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | GM | Naiditsch, Arkadij | BUL | 2580 |
| 2 | GM | Adly, Ahmed | EGY | 2575 |
| 3 | GM | Iordachescu, Viorel | MDA | 2493 |
| 4 | GM | Haddouche, Mohamed | ALG | 2472 |
| 5 | GM | Hesham, Abdelrahman | EGY | 2403 |
| 6 | IM | Sibashvili, Giorgi | GEO | 2393 |
| 7 | IM | Al Qudaimi, Basheer | YEM | 2372 |
| 8 | FM | Haydon, David L | ENG | 2316 |
| 9 | FM | Samhouri, A. | JOR | 2301 |
| 10 | FM | Sadek, Sameh | EGY | 2298 |
| 11 | CM | Gaafar, Hassan | EGY | 2235 |
| 12 | WIM | Haussernot, Cecile | FRA | 2226 |
| 13 | IM | Elgabry, Mohsen | EGY | 2223 |
| 14 | FM | Amdouni, Zoubaier | TUN | 2181 |
| 15 | Abdel Hai, Hany | EGY | 2178 | |
| 16 | AGM | Abano, Gary | PHI | 2123 |
| 17 | Asoque, Romelio | PHI | 2103 | |
| 18 | Al Jabri, Mohammed Ali | SYR | 2100 | |
| 19 | Sedykh, Mikhail | ENG | 2093 | |
| 20 | FM | Eldesoky, Hatem | EGY | 2086 |
| 21 | Abdel Rahman, Ahmed | EGY | 2081 | |
| 22 | Hamid, Mohamed | EGY | 2081 | |
| 23 | FM | Alrehaili, Ahmed Abdullah S | KSA | 2078 |
| 24 | FM | Abubaker, Abdalsalam | SUD | 2057 |
| 25 | Alharthi, Ahmed Mohammed A | KSA | 2033 | |
| 26 | Mohammad, Salahat | JOR | 2025 | |
| 27 | Ababneh, Ghayth | JOR | 2007 | |
| 28 | Arafat, Akram | EGY | 2006 | |
| 29 | Fawaz, Mohamad | LBN | 2001 | |
| 30 | AFM | Elnemr, Elsayed | EGY | 1970 |
| 31 | Tantawy, Adel | EGY | 1955 | |
| 32 | Gonzales, Omar | PHI | 1947 | |
| 33 | Alzahrani, Muhannad Hassan A | KSA | 1933 | |
| 34 | Khayat, Emad | KSA | 1919 | |
| 35 | Ahmad, Ebrahim Abdulkarim | KSA | 1917 | |
| 36 | Alanmi, Ziyad Mansour M | KSA | 1917 | |
| 37 | Farhan, Marwan Ali | YEM | 1912 | |
| 38 | AIM | Asain, Nasser | FID | 1911 |
| 39 | Ba Amir, Murad | YEM | 1901 | |
| 40 | Alkhateeb, Turki Abdullah S | KSA | 1897 | |
| 41 | Alotaibi, Mohammed Dhaidan N | KSA | 1897 | |
| 42 | Farghaly, Ahmed | EGY | 1897 | |
| 43 | Mohammed, Al-Madhfari | YEM | 1883 | |
| 44 | Al Habeeb, Emad | KSA | 1879 | |
| 45 | Alsemail, Mohammed Fahad M | KSA | 1877 | |
| 46 | Yaslam, Mohammed Hussein | YEM | 1877 | |
| 47 | Al Turky, Fahad A | KSA | 1864 | |
| 48 | Alhussaini, Raouf | SYR | 1854 | |
| 49 | AIM | Al Abdali, Zeyad Saleh | KSA | 1848 |
| 50 | Alrahily, Saud | KSA | 1847 | |
| 51 | Al-Qudaimi, Abdullah | YEM | 1841 | |
| 52 | AIM | Camartin, Renato | PHI | 1840 |
| 53 | Benten, Faisal Hussain | KSA | 1840 | |
| 54 | Salem, Hamada | EGY | 1839 | |
| 55 | AFM | Badr Youssef, Khalid | EGY | 1836 |
| 56 | Belali, Ahmad M | KSA | 1836 | |
| 57 | Sultan, Zaid. | SYR | 1830 | |
| 58 | AIM | Ahmed Gamal El Deen, Yaseen | EGY | 1825 |
| 59 | Ibrahim, Abdallah | EGY | 1821 | |
| 60 | Saad Abdel Latif, Mohamed | EGY | 1813 | |
| 61 | Al Baadi, Abdulaziz | KSA | 1804 | |
| 62 | Albahli, Fahad Abdulkareem | KSA | 1799 | |
| 63 | Abbas, Khalil | LBN | 1788 | |
| 64 | Al Ghamdi, Abdulaziz Ali A | KSA | 1780 | |
| 65 | Abdul, Rehman | PAK | 1762 | |
| 66 | Bazhar, Fahad Mohammad | KSA | 1760 | |
| 67 | Mohamed Abdelmageed, Mahmoud | EGY | 1753 | |
| 68 | Hassouna Abbas, Magdy | EGY | 1751 | |
| 69 | AIM | Shahan, Abu Sayeed | IND | 1742 |
| 70 | Bukhari, Mohammed | KSA | 1741 | |
| 71 | Magdy Shashet, Mohamed | EGY | 1740 | |
| 72 | Khaled, Omar Ba Saad | YEM | 1734 | |
| 73 | Al Fahad, Ibrahim Mohammad | KSA | 1729 | |
| 74 | Abdullah, | PAK | 1717 | |
| 75 | Abushal, Mohammed Omai | KSA | 1713 | |
| 76 | Bahafzallah, Ahmed | KSA | 1706 | |
| 77 | Ibrahim, Abdullah Alzahrani | KSA | 1706 | |
| 78 | Malki, Ahmed S | KSA | 1695 | |
| 79 | Rahali, Mohamed Hedi | TUN | 1695 | |
| 80 | AFM | Sharif, Ahmad | AFG | 1694 |
| 81 | Kirallah, Fares Ismail | KSA | 1691 | |
| 82 | Wael, Abdulrahman Mohammed | KSA | 1682 | |
| 83 | Almaghrabi, Osama Sameer Abdulrahman | KSA | 1681 | |
| 84 | Mhd, Ebrahem. | SYR | 1674 | |
| 85 | Samy, Abdelrahman | EGY | 1673 | |
| 86 | Alblowi, Mohammed | KSA | 1672 | |
| 87 | Nawaf, Saleh Basabaien | YEM | 1672 | |
| 88 | Suffyan, Ahmed Yousif | SUD | 1668 | |
| 89 | Garatly, Lama Eyad | KSA | 1667 | |
| 90 | Alsalman, Basil Ahmed Mohammed | KSA | 1664 | |
| 91 | Alqahtani, Saud Ali | KSA | 1663 | |
| 92 | Alquwisem, Ahmad Ali | KSA | 1644 | |
| 93 | Ghazzawi, Fatimah Wajdi | KSA | 1622 | |
| 94 | Alaswad, Saleh Abdullah S | KSA | 1613 | |
| 95 | Khaled Mousa, Ahmed | EGY | 1600 | |
| 96 | Asiri, Ali Abdullaha | KSA | 1584 | |
| 97 | Almarhoon, Hassan Mohammed A | KSA | 1563 | |
| 98 | Makki, Walah Mohamad A | KSA | 1541 | |
| 99 | Almutairi, Nahyan Abdullah | KSA | 1535 | |
| 100 | Juma, Khan Zabehullah | AFG | 1532 | |
| 101 | Mohammed, Hassan Al Aiedroos | YEM | 1508 | |
| 102 | Almutairi, Marwan Abdullah Mohammed | KSA | 1501 | |
| 103 | Alzahrani, Saliha Abdullah H | KSA | 1490 | |
| 104 | Abdou Abdelrahman, Mohamed | EGY | 0 | |
| 105 | Abdulwahid, Mohammed Abdulrahman | KSA | 0 | |
| 106 | Al Malki, Mousa M | KSA | 0 | |
| 107 | Al Mutairi, Abdullah Ahmed | KSA | 0 | |
| 108 | Alasmary, Khaled Ali | KSA | 0 | |
| 109 | Albalawy, Abdelrahman Odah | KSA | 0 | |
| 110 | Alfraidi, Rakan Abdulaziz | KSA | 0 | |
| 111 | Alghomri, Mohammed Abdullah | KSA | 0 | |
| 112 | Alghuzawi, Hussam Ali | KSA | 0 | |
| 113 | Alhamdi, Ahmed Ali | KSA | 0 | |
| 114 | Alhamdi, Najeeb Lafi | KSA | 0 | |
| 115 | Alhasel, Shaker | KSA | 0 | |
| 116 | Aljohani, Ahmed Saeed | KSA | 0 | |
| 117 | Aljohani, Jouly Hani | KSA | 0 | |
| 118 | Aljohani, Mohammed Marshoud | KSA | 0 | |
| 119 | Allam, Yazan Fahd | KSA | 0 | |
| 120 | Almalki, Abdulaziz Salem | KSA | 0 | |
| 121 | Almalki, Abdulghani Hassan | KSA | 0 | |
| 122 | Almuthri, Sultan Abdulsalam | KSA | 0 | |
| 123 | Alotaibi, Khalid Sultan | KSA | 0 | |
| 124 | Alradady, Ryan | KSA | 0 | |
| 125 | Alsabban, Mohammed | KSA | 0 | |
| 126 | Alshrabi, Zeyad Mohammed | KSA | 0 | |
| 127 | Alsoreyya, Turki | KSA | 0 | |
| 128 | Alsulami, Jameel khalifah | KSA | 0 | |
| 129 | Alzahrani, Faisal | KSA | 0 | |
| 130 | Alzahrani, Khawatir khater | KSA | 0 | |
| 131 | Alzahrani, Warif | KSA | 0 | |
| 132 | Barasheed, Albaraa | KSA | 0 | |
| 133 | Bin Hamran, Hussain Adel | KSA | 0 | |
| 134 | Bin Radwan, Naif Anwar | KSA | 0 | |
| 135 | Eabdalwhaab, Muhamad Sabraa | EGY | 0 | |
| 136 | Fauzia, Nifahnaaz Mohamed Adhil Ameer | IND | 0 | |
| 137 | Gary, Mohammed Habiballah | KSA | 0 | |
| 138 | Krenshi, Abdullah Osamah | KSA | 0 | |
| 139 | Mahmoud, Abi Munzer | SYR | 0 | |
| 140 | Mansour, Abdulrhman. | SYR | 0 | |
| 141 | Mansour Ali, Abdulmajeed | YEM | 0 | |
| 142 | Mazhar, Ammar Ahmed | KSA | 0 | |
| 143 | Mohamed, Al Dakshani | PLE | 0 | |
| 144 | Mohamed Youssef, Mahmoud | EGY | 0 | |
| 145 | Mohammed, Arafat Moqbel | YEM | 0 | |
| 146 | Mukharrib, Dayala Essam M | KSA | 0 | |
| 147 | Qari, Firdaws | KSA | 0 | |
| 148 | Rahmoun, Abdulhadi Mohamed | SYR | 0 | |
| 149 | Saleem Zeid, Hattan | KSA | 0 | |
| 150 | Samkar, Feras hussain | KSA | 0 | |
| 151 | Suleiman, Khalid Awwal | ETH | 0 | |
| 152 | Tissaoui, Amir Kamel | TUN | 0 | |
| 153 | Turkistani, Mohammed Abdulrahim | GIN | 0 |
