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{{Short description|Annual international chess competition}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
The '''Arab Chess Championship''' is an annual international [[chess]] competition organized by the [[Arab Chess Federation]], with 18 member countries. Parallel Men's and Women's competitions have been held in various cities since 1983.

==Winners==
{| class="sortable wikitable"
! Year !! City !! Winner !! Women's winner
|-
| 1983 || [[Tunis]] || {{flagathlete|[[Saeed Abdul Razak]]|Iraq}} || {{flagathlete|[[Maysae Tahtaoui]]|Syria}}
|-
| 1984 || [[Dubai]] || {{flagathlete|[[Saeed-Ahmed Saeed]]|United Arab Emirates}} || {{flagathlete|[[Nadia Mohammad Saleh]]|United Arab Emirates}}
|-
| 1985 || [[Casablanca]] || {{flagathlete|[[Saeed Abdul Razak]]|Iraq}} || {{flagathlete|[[Fermsik Waria Mohammed]]|Iraq}}
|-
| 1986 || [[Tunis]] || {{flagathlete|[[Slim Bouaziz]]|Tunisia}} ||{{flagathlete|[[Maysae Tahtaoui]]|Syria}}
|-
| 1987 || [[Manama]] ||{{flagathlete|[[Bassem Afifi]]|Egypt}} || {{flagathlete|[[Fermsik Waria Mohammed]]|Iraq}}
|-
| 1988 || [[Kuwait]]|| {{flagathlete|[[Hichem Hamdouchi]]|Morocco}} ||{{flagathlete|[[Sohir Basta]]|Egypt}}
|-
| 1991 || [[Dubai]]  || {{flagathlete|[[Slim Bouaziz]]|Tunisia}} ||  {{flagathlete|[[Meriem Abbou]]|Algeria}}
|-
| 1992 || [[Doha]] || {{flagathlete|[[Fouad El Taher]]|Egypt}} ||??
|-
| 1993 || [[Oman]] || - - - ||  {{flagathlete|[[Meriem Abbou]]|Algeria}}
|-
| 1993 || [[Amman]] ||  {{flagathlete|[[Hichem Hamdouchi]]|Morocco}} ||  - - - 
|-
| 1994 || [[Jordan]] || {{flagathlete|[[Mohamad Al-Modiahki]]|Qatar}} ||{{flagathlete|[[Sohir Basta]]|Egypt}}
|-
| 1995 || [[Beirut]]  || {{flagathlete|[[Hichem Hamdouchi]]|Morocco}} ||  ??
|-
| 1996 || [[Sana'a]] || {{flagathlete|[[Essam Aly Ahmed]]|Egypt}} || ??
|-
| 1997 || [[Iraq]]  || {{flagathlete|[[Mohamad Al-Modiahki]]|Qatar}}    ||  ??
|-
| 1998 ||  [[Agadir]] || ?? ||  {{flagathlete|[[Eva Repkova Eid]]|Lebanon}}
|-
| 1999 || [[Aden]]    ||  {{flagathlete|[[Imad Hakki]]|Syria}}     || {{flagathlete|[[Knarik Mouradian]]|Lebanon}}
|-
| 2000 || [[Beirut]] || {{flagathlete|[[Mohamad Al-Modiahki]]|Qatar}} ||  {{flagathlete|[[Eva Repkova Eid]]|Lebanon}}
|-
| 2001 || [[Tunis]] ||  {{flagathlete|[[Slim Belkhodja]]|Tunisia}} || {{flagathlete|[[Eman Hassane Al Rufei]]|Iraq}}
|-
| 2002 || [[Casablanca]] || {{flagathlete|[[Mohamad Al-Modiahki]]|Qatar}} <ref>Mohamad Al-Modhiahki and Hichem Hamdouchi obtained the same number of points ( 7 ) but Al-Modhiahki was declared champion to the advantage of the accumulation (33 points against 32.5)</ref> ||  {{flagathlete|[[Eman Hassane Al Rufei]]|Iraq}}
|-
| 2003 || [[Cairo]] ||{{flagathlete|[[Essam El Gindy]]|Egypt}} ||  {{flagathlete|[[Knarik Mouradian]]|Lebanon}}
|-
| 2004 || [[Dubai]] || {{flagathlete|[[Hichem Hamdouchi]]|Morocco}} || {{flagathlete|[[Knarik Mouradian]]|Lebanon}}
|-
| 2005 || [[Dubai]] || {{flagathlete|[[Bassem Amin]]|Egypt}}  ||  {{flagathlete|[[Eman Hassane Al Rufei]]|Iraq}}
|-
| 2006 || [[Dubai]] || {{flagathlete|[[Bassem Amin]]|Egypt}} || {{flagathlete|[[Amina Mezioud]]|Algeria}}
|-
| 2007 || [[Ta'izz]] || {{flagathlete|[[Basheer Al Qudaimi]]|Yemen}} <ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Men Chess Championship 2007 |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr9491.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>|| {{flagathlete|[[Knarik Mouradian]]|Lebanon}} <ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Women Chess Championship 2007 |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr9493.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|-
| 2008 || [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]] ||{{flagathlete|[[Salem A.R. Saleh]]|UAE}} <ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Men 2008 |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr18083.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>||{{flagathlete|[[Mona Khaled]]|Egypt}} <ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Women 2008 |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr18084.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|-
| 2009 || [[Tunis]] ||{{flagathlete|[[Essam El Gindy]]|Egypt}} <ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Men Championship 2009 |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr28651.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>|| {{flagathlete|[[Zhu Chen]]|Qatar}} <ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab women Championship |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr28824.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|-
| 2013 || [[Abu Dhabi]] ||{{flagathlete|[[Bassem Amin]]|Egypt}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Arab Chess Championship(Women) |url=http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=87526|publisher=FIDE|date=2013-12-18|accessdate=2015-05-17}}</ref> || {{flagathlete|[[Zhu Chen]]|Qatar}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Arab Chess Championship(Women) |url=http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=87527|publisher=FIDE|date=2013-12-18|accessdate=2015-05-17}}</ref>
|-
| 2014 || [[Amman]] ||{{flagathlete|[[Salem A.R. Saleh]]|UAE}} || {{flagathlete|[[Sabrina Latreche]]|Algeria}}, {{flagathlete|[[Shahenda Wafa]]|Egypt}}
|-
| 2015<ref>Part of the 1st Arab Chess Olympiad Championships: [https://old.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/9006-the-1st-arab-chess-olympiad-championships-2015.html FIDE: The 1st Arab Chess Olympiad Championships 2015], [http://www.chessdom.com/first-arab-chess-olympiad-championships-2015-to-be-held-in-agadir/ Chessdom: First Arab Chess Olympiad Championships 2015 to be held in Agadir]</ref> || [[Agadir]] || {{flagathlete|[[Mohamed Ezat]]|Egypt}} || {{flagathlete|[[Mona Khaled]]|Egypt}}
|-
| 2016 || [[Khartoum]] || {{flagathlete|Mahfoud Oussedik|Algeria}} || {{flagathlete|[[Sabrina Latreche]]|Algeria}}
|-
|2017 || [[Sharjah]] || {{flagathlete|[[Mohamed Haddouche]]|Algeria}} || {{flagathlete|[[Amina Mezioud]]|Algeria}}
|-
| 2018 || [[Dubai]] || {{flagathlete|[[Salem A.R. Saleh]]|UAE}} || {{flagathlete|[[Shahenda Wafa]]|Egypt}}
|-
| 2019 || [[Mostaganem]] || {{flagathlete|[[Zaibi Amir]]|Tunisia}} || {{flagathlete|[[Amina Mezioud]]|Algeria}}
|-
|2021
|[[Dubai]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Bilel Bellahcene]]|Algeria}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Indv. Chess Championship 2021 (Open) |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr593240.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|{{flagathlete|[[Ayah Moaataz]]|Egypt}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Indv. Chess Championship 2021 (Women) |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr593248.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|-
|2023
|[[Khartoum]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Ahmad Al Khatib (chess player)|Ahmad Al Khatib]]|Jordan}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fide.com/news/2266|title=Al Khatib Ahmad and Lina Nassr win Arab Chess Championship|date=March 6, 2023|publisher=[[FIDE]]}}</ref>
|{{flagathlete|[[Lina Nassr]]|Algeria}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fide.com/news/2266|title=Al Khatib Ahmad and Lina Nassr win Arab Chess Championship|date=March 6, 2023|publisher=[[FIDE]]}}</ref>
|}

=== Arab Rapid Chess Championship ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!City
!Winner
!Women's winner
|-
|2009
|Oman
|OMAR AL SIYABI (MAR) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Rapid chess Championship |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr28739.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|Zhu Chen ( QAT) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Blitz championship 2009 |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr28807.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|-
|2013
|[[Abu Dhabi]]
|Samy Shoker ( EGY) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Arab Rapid Chess Championship(Open) January 2014 United Arab Emirates FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=87528 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref>
|Mona  Khaled ( EGY)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arab Rapid Chess Championship(Women) January 2014 United Arab Emirates FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=87529 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref>
|-
|2014
|[[Amman]]
|Nezad Husein Aziz ( QAT) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2014 Arab Individual Rapid Chess Championship - Men |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr155143.aspx?lan=1&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|Zhu Chen ( QAT) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2014 Arab Individual Rapid Chess Championship- Women |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr155141.aspx?lan=1&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|-
|2015
|[[Agadir]]
|Haddouche Mohamed (ALG) <ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1st arab Chess olympiad championship, rapid, Open November 2015 Morocco FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=120741 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref>
|Mona  Khaled ( EGY)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1st arab Chess olympiad championship, rapid, women November 2015 Morocco FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=120742 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|[[Khartoum]]
|Haddouche Mohamed (ALG) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Arab Individual Rapid Championship 2016(OPEN) December 2016 Sudan FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=146997 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref>
| Latreche Sabrina (ALG) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Arab Individual Rapid Championship 2016(WOMEN) December 2016 Sudan FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=146996 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref>
|-
|2017
|[[Sharjah]]
| Haddouche Mohamed (ALG) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Arab Rapid Chess Championship 2017 March 2018 United Arab Emirates FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=179339 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref>
|Alattar Ghayda M (JOR) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Arab Women Rapid Chess Championship 2017 March 2018 United Arab Emirates FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=179340 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|[[Dubai]]
|Hamdouchi Hicham (MAR) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Arab Indv. Rapid Chess Championship 2018(Open) January 2019 United Arab Emirates FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=201945 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref>
|Wafa Shrook  ( EGY) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Arab Indv. Rapid Chess Championship 2018(Women) January 2019 United Arab Emirates FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=201946 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|[[Mostaganem]]
|Haddouche Mohamed (ALG)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arab championship 2019 Rapid Open January 2020 Algeria FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=238861 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref>
|Latreche  Sabrina (ALG) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Arab championship 2019 Rapid women January 2020 Algeria FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=238862 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|[[Dubai]]
|Bellahcene Bilel (ALG) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Indv. Rapid Chess Championship 2021 (Open) |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr593243.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|Boshra Alshaeby (JOR) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Indv. Rapid Chess Championship 2021 (Women) |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr593250.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|}

=== Arab Blitz Chess Championship ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!City
!Winner
!Women's winner
|-
|2009
|[[Tunis]]
|Al Sayed Mohamed ( QAT) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Blitz championship 2009 |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr28807.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|Zhu Chen  ( QAT) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Women shampionship Blidz |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr28771.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|-
|2013
|[[Abu Dhabi]]
|Bassem Amin ( EGY) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Arab Blitz Chess Championship(Open) January 2014 United Arab Emirates FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=87530 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref>
|Zhu  Chen ( QAT)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arab Blitz Chess Championship(Women) January 2014 United Arab Emirates FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=87531 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref>
|-
|2014
|[[Amman]]
|Al-Sayed Mohammed ( QAT) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2014 Arab Individual Blitz Chess Championship- Men |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr155125.aspx?lan=1&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|Wafa Shahenda ( EGY)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2014 Arab Individual Blitz Chess Championship - Women |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr155126.aspx?lan=1&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|-
|2015
|[[Agadir]]
|Haddouche Mohamed (ALG) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - The 1st arab Chess olympiad championship, Blitz, Open |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr189695.aspx?lan=35&art=4&turdet=YES&flag=30 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|Wafa Shrook ( EGY)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - The 1st arab Chess olympiad championship, Blitz, women |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr189670.aspx?lan=35&art=4&turdet=YES&flag=30 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|[[Khartoum]]
|Nezad Husein Aziz ( QAT)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arab Individual Blitz Championship 2016(OPEN) December 2016 Sudan FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=146998 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref>
|Boshra  Alshaeby (JOR)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arab Individual Blitz Championship 2016(WOMEN) December 2016 Sudan FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=146999 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref>
|-
|2017
|[[Sharjah]]
| Salem, A.r. Saleh ( UAE) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Arab Blitz Chess Championship 2017 March 2018 United Arab Emirates FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=179342 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref>
|Boshra  Alshaeby ( JOR) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Arab Women Blitz Chess Championship 2017 March 2018 United Arab Emirates FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=179341 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|[[Dubai]]
|Salem, A.r. Saleh ( UAE) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Arab Indv. Blitz Chess Championship 2018(Open) January 2019 United Arab Emirates FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=201943 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref>
|Latreche  Sabrina (ALG) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Arab Indv. Blitz Chess Championship 2018(Women) January 2019 United Arab Emirates FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=201944 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|[[Mostaganem]]
|Issa Rafat ( JOR) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Arab chanpionship<!--sic--> 2019 Blitz open January 2020 Algeria FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=238859 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref>
|Latreche  Sabrina (ALG) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Arab champiobship<!--sic--> 2019 Blitz Women January 2020 Algeria FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=238860 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|[[Dubai]]
|Salem A.R. Saleh ( UAE) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Indv. Blitz Chess Championship 2021 (Open) |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr593244.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|Mezioud Amina (ALG) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Indv. Blitz Chess Championship 2021 (Women) |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr593252.aspx?lan=35&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|}

=== Arab Women's Open Chess Tournament ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!City
!Winner
|-
|2012
|[[Tunis]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Sabrina Latreche]]|Algeria}} <ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Women's Open Chess {{Sic|tournement|hide=y}} |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr76503.aspx?lan=35&art=4&turdet=YES&flag=30 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|}

=== Arab Elite Chess Championship ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!City
!Winner
|-
|2011
|[[Dubai]]
|Salem A R Saleh ( UAE) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Elite Chess Championship 2011 |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr57111.aspx?lan=20&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|-
|2013
|[[Dubai]]
|Al-Modiahki Mohamad ( QAT)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2nd Arab Elite chess Championship 2013 |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr104157.aspx?lan=2&art=4 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|-
|2015
|[[Dubai]]
|Al-Sayed Mohammed ( QAT) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Arab Elite Chess Championship 2015 |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr175001.aspx?lan=1&art=4&turdet=yes&flag=30 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|}

==Related pages==
*[[Arab Chess Federation]]

==Notes==
<references />

==References==
* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105072304/http://archive.gulfnews.com/indepth/uae_national_day_2005/more_stories/10001596.html|title=Winners of the 1984 edition|date=5 January 2008}}
* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008031908/http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/991203/1999120352.html|title=Results 1999 from arabicnews.com|date=8 October 2008}}
* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110032811/http://arabchess1.ifrance.com/arabchess1/|title=Homepage of the 2002 edition|date=10 November 2007}}
* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714042309/http://www.maroc-echecs.com/spip.php?article78|title=Hichem Hamdouchi biography|date=14 July 2011}}
* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613204751/http://www.lebchess.org/History.htm|title=Lebanese chess history|date=13 June 2007}}
* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002195550/http://www.qatarchess.com/Mohammed%20Al-Modaihki.htm|title=Biography of Mohammed Al-Modaihki|date=2 October 2011}}
* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721065025/http://www.azad-hye.net/news/viewnews.asp?newsId=780jzs85|title=Results of the 2007 edition|date=21 July 2011}}, {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110721065025/http://www.azad-hye.net/news/viewnews.asp?newsId=780jzs85]}}, [http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/newsbriefs/sports/2008/01/03/newsbrief-03], [http://ratings.fide.com/trarc.phtml?event16=14154&codt=28] {{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* Results from [[The Week in Chess]]: [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic302.html#20 2000], [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic409.html#19 2002], [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic477.html#19 2003], [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic510.html#13 2004], [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic568.html#5 2005]
* Results from Chess-Results.com: [http://chess-results.com/tnr4062.aspx?tnr=4062&art=4&lan=1&flag=30&mm=1&m=-1 2006], [http://www.chess-results.com/tnr154614.aspx?lan=1&art=4&flag=30&wi=821 2014 Men], [http://www.chess-results.com/tnr154615.aspx?lan=1&art=4&flag=30&wi=821 2014 Women], [http://www.chess-results.com/tnr189417.aspx?lan=1&art=4&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=984 2015 Men], [http://www.chess-results.com/tnr189416.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&fed=EGY&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=984 2015 Women]

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