Noura Mohamed Saleh ( ar, نورا محمد صالح; born 1989) is an Emirati

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

player. She received the

FIDE title FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

of Woman International Master (WIM) in 2009 and is a four-time Emirati Women's Chess Championship winner (2008, 2010, 2011, 2016). She was the

Women's Chess Olympiad The Women's Chess Olympiad is an event held by FIDE (the International Chess Federation) since 1957 (every two years since 1972), where national women's teams compete at chess for gold, silver and bronze medals. Since 1976 the Women's Chess Olympia ...

individual gold medal winner in

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

Biography

Noura Mohamed Saleh successfully participated in the

Arab States The Arab world ( ar, اَلْعَالَمُ الْعَرَبِيُّ '), formally the Arab homeland ( '), also known as the Arab nation ( '), the Arabsphere, or the Arab states, refers to a vast group of countries, mainly located in Western As ...

Youth Chess Championships in different age groups: in 2005, she won U16 girls age group, in 2007, ranked 2nd U18 girls age group and in 2009, she won U20 girls age group. Saleh is multiple winner of Emirati Women's Chess Championship (2008, 2010, 2011, 2016). In 2011, she won International Women's Chess tournament ''Sharjah International Cup''. Saleh played for United Arab Emirates team in the

s: * In 2006, at third board in the 37th Chess Olympiad (women) in

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...

(+6, =2, -0) and won individual gold medal, * In 2008, at first board in the 38th Chess Olympiad (women) in

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...

(+3, =3, -5), * In 2010, at first board in the 39th Chess Olympiad (women) in

Khanty-Mansiysk Khanty-Mansiysk ( rus, Ха́нты-Манси́йск, Khánty-Mansíysk, lit. ''Khanty-Mansi Town''; Khanty language, Khanty: , ''Jomvoćś''; Mansi language, Mansi: , ''Abga'') is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the admini ...

(+2, =4, -5), * In 2012, at first board in the 40th Chess Olympiad (women) in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

(+4, =1, -6). Also she played for United Arab Emirates team in the Women's Asian Team Chess Championship (2016),

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...

chess tournament (2006),

Pan Arab Games The Arab Games ( ar, الألعاب العربية), also called the Pan Arab Games, are a regional multi-sport event held between nations from the Arab world. They are organized by the Union of Arab National Olympic Committees. The first Game ...

chess tournament (2007). In 2009, Saleh was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title.

References

External links

* * * 1989 births Living people Emirati female chess players Emirati chess players Chess Woman International Masters Chess Olympiad competitors Asian Games competitors for the United Arab Emirates Chess players at the 2006 Asian Games Chess players at the 2010 Asian Games {{UAE-bio-stub