Salem Saleh (chess player)

Salem A.R. Saleh

Salem Saleh, Athens 2012
Full name Salem Abdulrahman Mohamed Saleh
Country United Arab Emirates
Born (1993-01-04) 4 January 1993
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2656 (December 2016)
Peak rating 2656 (November 2016)

Salem Abdulrahman Mohamed Saleh[1] (born 4 January 1993)[2] is a chess grandmaster from the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Born in Sharjah,[3] he 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 Arab Chess Championship in 2008 and 2014. Salem Saleh competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2011, 2013 and 2015. In August 2015, in Al Ain, he won the Asian Chess Championship and the Asian blitz chess championship.[7]

Salem Saleh has played for the UAE's national team on the top board in every Chess Olympiad since 2008.[8]

References

  1. "4th Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games 2013 Men Classical". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. GM title application. FIDE.
  3. IM title application. FIDE.
  4. "Asian Youth Championships Boys-14". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  5. Akbarinia, Arash (2008-07-24). "Asian Youth Championship in Teheran". ChessBase. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  6. R. Anantharam (2009-08-19). "Asian Youth Championships – a clean sweep by India". ChessBase.
  7. Sagar Shah (2015-08-24). "Salem Saleh wins Asian Continental 2015". ChessBase. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  8. Men's Chess Olympiads: A. R. Saleh Salem. OlimpBase.


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