Saeed Ahmed Saeed (born 24 November 1968) 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 ...
International Master
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 ...
.
Chess career
Saeed Ahmed Saeed won the 1981
Under-14 World Chess Championship held in
Xalapa
Xalapa or Jalapa (, ), officially Xalapa-Enríquez (), is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In the 2005 census the city reported a population of 387,879 and the municipality of which ...
.
In 1985 in
Taxco
Taxco de Alarcón (; usually referred to as simply Taxco) is a small city and administrative center of Taxco de Alarcón Municipality located in the Mexican state of Guerrero. Taxco is located in the north-central part of the state, from the cit ...
he participated in the
World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament where ranked in 15th place.
Saeed Ahmed Saeed played for Emirati in the
Chess Olympiads:
* In 1980, at second board in the
24th Chess Olympiad
The 24th Chess Olympiad ( mt, L-24 Olimpijadi taċ-Ċess), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. and a women's tournament, as well as ...
in
La Valletta
Valletta (, mt, il-Belt Valletta, ) is an administrative unit and capital of Malta. Located on the main island, between Marsamxett Harbour to the west and the Grand Harbour to the east, its population within administrative limits in 2014 was ...
(+7, =4, -3),
* In 1984, at first board in the
26th Chess Olympiad
The 26th Chess Olympiad ( el, Η 26η Σκακιστική Ολυμπιάδα, ''I 26i Skakistikí Olympiáda''), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male an ...
in
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...
(+7, =4, -3).
Saeed Ahmed Saeed played for Emirati in the Men's Asian Team Chess Championships:
* In 1979, at second board in the 3rd Asian Team Chess Championship in
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
(+6, =0, -2).
Saeed Ahmed Saeed was awarded the Chess International Master (IM) title. He is member of
Dubai Chess and Culture Club.
References
External links
*
*
Saeed Ahmed Saeedchess games at 365Chess.com
1967 births
Living people
Emirati chess players
Chess International Masters
Chess Olympiad competitors
{{UnitedArabEmirates-chess-bio-stub