Top chess players in the United Arab Emirates

Live FIDE ratings, updated as games are played · October 2026

The United Arab Emirates has 162 rated players. The highest rated is GM A.R. Saleh Salem at 2616.

Country ranking

#76 of 184

top 10 average 2277.5

Grandmasters

Moved since the October list

OCT26·162 players·Updated 08:55 UTC

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1#116		GMA.R. Saleh Salem UAE · 33	2616	26162616.0	–	-4
2#=27356	6	IMOmran Al Hosani UAE · 24	2349	23492349.0	–	+35
3#=325518	18	IMNoaman Omar UAE · 35	2329	23292329.0	–	+5
4#=444911	11	IMIshaq Saeed UAE · 33	2290	22902290.0	–	-1
5#=579218	18	FMAl Taher Abdulrahman Mohammad UAE · 20	2253	22532253.0	–	+54
6#=69369	9	FMA. Moussa Othman UAE · 51	2226	22262226.0	–	+11
7#=70796	6	FMSedrani Ammar UAE · 22	2223	22232223.0	–	+25
8#=883817	17	FMSafin Safarullakhan UAE · 12	2189	21892189.0	–	+273
9#=1024515	15	IMIbrahim Sultan UAE · 29	2166	21662166.0	–	+68
10#=1263425	25	FMFareed Ahmed UAE · 28	2134	21342134.0	–	+25
11#=1438647	47	WGMAlserkal Rouda Essa UAE · 17	2113	21132113.0	–	+61
12#=1716151	51	CMMohamed Saeed Laily UAE · 21	2084	20842084.0	–	+42
13#=1736252	52	Muhammad Shayan Noushad Ibrahim UAE · 11	2082	20822082.0	–	+114
14#=2324187	87	Hamad Essam UAE · 22	2032	20322032.0	–	+29
15#=2401479	79	CMRashid Husain Alhammadi UAE · 14	2026	20262026.0	–	+26
16#=2495775	75	Jaber Soud UAE · 18	2019	20192019.0	–	+24
17#=2524177	77	Ahmed Saif UAE · 24	2017	20172017.0	–	-7
18#=2568477	77	Alhamed Hamdan Edrees UAE · 19	2014	20142014.0	–	-1
19#=2583977	77	Ali Al-hamed Zayed UAE · 35	2013	20132013.0	–	-15
20#=2839787	87	Albalooshi Khalifa Essa UAE · 22	1996	19961996.0	–	-15
21#=2960492	92	WIMWafia Darwish Al Maamari UAE · 23	1989	19891989.0	–	+67
22#=3349697	97	Mohamed Yousuf Al-Ali UAE · 15	1967	19671967.0	–	+199
23#=36772114	114	CMHamad Essa Al-Blooshi UAE · 19	1951	19511951.0	–	=
24#=38668118	118	Sultan Al Taher Zayed UAE · 20	1942	19421942.0	–	+3
25#=41054106	106	Ahmad Ateeq Al Remeithi UAE · 28	1931	19311931.0	–	+39

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