Slim Belkhodja (born 23 November 1962) is a Tunisian

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 dist ...

Grandmaster (2002).

Career

In 1985, he won the 58th

Paris City Chess Championship The first Paris City Chess Championship was held in 1925. Since 1989 the title of Paris Champion has been awarded to the highest-placed French player licensed in Île-de-France The Île-de-France (, ; literally "Isle of France") is the most popul ...

. In 2001, he came first in the Arab Chess Championship. He took part in the

FIDE World Chess Championship 2002 The FIDE World Chess Championship 2002 was held in Moscow, Russia. The first six rounds were played between 27 November and 14 December 2001, and the final match started on 16 January and ended on 23 January 2002. The Ukrainian Grandmaster Rusla ...

, but was knocked out in the first round by

Rafael Vaganian Rafael Artemovich Vaganian ( hy, Ռաֆայել Արտյոմի Վահանյան, Rrafayel Artyomi Vahanyan, russian: link=no, Рафаэль Артёмович Ваганян, ''Rafael Artemovich Vaganyan''; born 15 October 1951) is an Armenian ...

. In 2004, he tied for first place with Murtas Kazhgaleyev in the 27th Syre Memorial in

Issy les Moulineaux Issy-les-Moulineaux () is a commune in the southwestern suburban area of Paris, France, lying on the left bank of the river Seine. Its citizens are called ''Isséens'' in French. It is one of Paris' entrances and is located from Notre-Dame Cath ...

. He played in the Chess World Cup 2005 and was knocked out in the first round by

Sergei Tiviakov Sergei Tiviakov (russian: Серге́й Тивяков; born 14 February 1973) is a Russian–Dutch chess grandmaster. He is a three-time Dutch Champion and was European Champion in 2008. Chess career Tiviakov won the World Under-18 Champion ...

. Belkhodja played for Tunisia in the

Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 an ...

s of 1982, 1984, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008.

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* * 1962 births Living people Chess grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors Tunisian chess players 20th-century Tunisian people 21st-century Tunisian people {{Tunisia-chess-bio-stub