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Middle East, North Africa, Greater Arabia Ratings Table


Note: the ratings of players with low 'Experience' figures (especially less than 400) should be regarded as provisional. How ratings are calculated.

RankNameCountryBMAB no.BMAB titleLast 300 PRBMAB exp.RatingExperience
1Art BenjaminUnited States00403Master M14.38765291,684.14750
2Amir KaramiIran 01086Master M14.64232001,674.22200
3Yasin OkalTurkey00471Master M13.92641301,670.64130
4Mikayel VardanyanRussian Federation00343Grandmaster G24.17476811,653.63703
5Michihito KageyamaJapan00108Grandmaster G02.968815071,652.321680
6Oliver SquireUnited Kingdom00555Grandmaster G23.558115381,644.641687
7Saleh FarjallahLebanon00701Advanced A28.33651831,640.45183
8Andy Abi HaidarLebanon0094310.2893451,640.1345
9Ali NazeriIran 00304Advanced A27.58691321,638.82144
10Dorel LeonRomania00561Master M14.56666701,636.22716
11Cuneyt Argun GencTurkey00472Grandmaster G33.79722211,634.80232
12Shahab M GargashUnited Arab Emirates0098914.1786561,633.7656
13Sina JorjaniIran 011095.1944681,631.2668
14Patrick GebeiliFrance00744Advanced A16.66204571,628.50457
15Tim CrossUnited Kingdom00134Grandmaster G23.851859631,625.315963
16Steve SaxUnited States00169Grandmaster G24.165754761,625.155592
17Benjamin LundDenmark00400Grandmaster G23.493431571,623.703271
18Jürgen OrlowskiGermany006544.8096421,622.05185
19Kamran SharifiIran 004125.5741661,614.0266
20Johan HuyckBelgium00296Master M14.61969981,610.541188
21Johan NorbergSweden00674Master M25.45397281,608.67768
22Saeed MousaviIran 00187Advanced A17.06163271,608.20327
23Ricardo MalasLebanon009678.4255801,604.71170
24John O'HaganUnited States00252Grandmaster G23.394042201,602.954250
25Salar RasoolzadehIran 001921,601.14160
26Paul KaramLebanon0070510.9913441,598.7944
27Anis SamahaLebanon008169.0166721,595.9472
28Dagfinn H. SnarheimNorway00618Grandmaster G13.222311491,594.461213
29Carlos Abou AbsiLebanon008148.9920541,594.4054
30Sajed AbbasiIran 002791,592.0680
31Elias KritikosNorway00619Grandmaster G23.71979881,591.301010
32Victor AshkenaziUnited States00201Grandmaster G03.347520911,590.822131
33Sander LylloffDenmark00809Grandmaster G12.97563221,590.24405
34Joe BernabaLebanon00700Grandmaster G34.03491961,586.92196
35Masayuki MochizukiJapan00110Super Grandmaster S22.422637131,586.513814
36Thomas TenlandSweden00307Grandmaster G02.669013621,586.461430
37Mikael WesterlundSweden01172Master M14.48131001,582.67113
38Ali VafadarIran 006555.6370651,580.3665
39Di DiUnited States009544.0005811,580.14125
40Jalil KhaliliIran 00178Master M25.04707521,578.24752
41Stéphane TremetFrance009766.8944631,577.93103
42Chris RogersUnited Kingdom00138Master M14.88705581,577.221316
43Amir GolegolabIran 00401Grandmaster G33.66352791,576.15279
44Alaattin OzaltunTurkey00475Master M25.21461211,575.96121
45Rainer BirkleGermany00903Master M25.37702961,574.38327
46Phil PerelmuterUnited States00806Advanced A28.065210711,573.471071
47Marc OlsenDenmark00143Grandmaster G23.61416681,573.23744
48Irshad KhanPakistan0089312.7650491,571.7149
49Erhan YenisenTurkey00470Master M13.90231211,571.47130
50Milad KhalvandiIran 00871Master M14.15073571,571.06357
51Amir EshraghiIran 00177Grandmaster G23.458513061,569.831315
52Milad MomeniIran 00410Advanced A17.44911321,569.53132
53Nick BlasierUnited States00369Master M14.818317821,569.331812
54Caner CetinTurkey00808Grandmaster G33.81161611,569.03161
55Hassan MokdadLebanon00745Advanced A38.57881901,567.82199
56Dirk SchiemannGermany00117Grandmaster G02.55216621,566.40720
57Smbat PogosyanArmenia008886.6079631,564.1063
58Uriel Ben Mihael012615.1246561,562.0499
59Sebastian WilkinsonUnited Kingdom00185Grandmaster G12.987015391,562.021648
60Umur ArasTurkey00811Master M14.78911891,558.55211
61Nima ArdalanIran 00757Master M14.71061451,557.96145
62Sanguli AmirovUnknown Country1,557.7518
63Hazhir AttariIran 00874Master M14.08572231,556.53223
64Jakob RasmussenDenmark00715Grandmaster G13.041215811,554.541581
65Zdeněk ŽižkaCzechia00167Grandmaster G02.79749011,554.371033
66İbrahim KaracaTurkey00476Master M25.20465781,552.34591
67Klaus SwitonDenmark00229Master M35.61604351,552.29615
68Talat BağıbalaTurkey0073211.7508701,551.3070
69Karen DavisUnited States00345Master M26.557634921,550.393638
70Stepan NuniyantsUnited States1,549.54219
71Farhad HeydariIran 00758Master M26.18932651,549.28265
72Tore Eklund FredriksenNorway00632Master M13.72731141,549.12127
73Ali Cetin BeleneTurkey00469Grandmaster G02.73374681,546.88468
74Nevzat DoganDenmark012114.7978551,545.28116
75Mahmoud AbbasiIran 007565.7498281,544.9128
76Dincer GunesUnknown Country011714.5168351,543.7779
77Roohollah Amiri AndyIran 00176Grandmaster G33.87148011,542.90801
78Giti OmidiIran 0065916.3545551,539.8555
79Mohammadreza Moienfar1,539.3911
80Simon BargetUnited Kingdom00153Grandmaster G33.73603601,538.75613
81Houshidar IldariIran 001881,537.5169
82Ihsan EstepeTurkey1,536.409
83Avni ErdogrucaTurkey1,536.289
84Aykut KeskinUnknown Country1,536.219
85Murat TopcuTurkey1,535.929
86David PresserIsrael00121Grandmaster G23.40662281,535.68235
87Roland SahlénSweden00501Grandmaster G23.62009891,535.421007
88Roger HaidarBrazil0098815.2573561,535.3556
89Neser KorkmazUnknown Country1,533.449
90Andre Abi HaidarUnknown Country1,533.329
91Kerim LokmanUnknown Country1,532.699
92Fati̇h Belli̇ci̇Unknown Country1,532.649
93Alp YilmazUnknown Country1,532.359
94Sebahattin GokUnknown Country1,532.319
95Farid Al ChaktiLebanon0074211.1682371,532.2537
96Joseph AbboudLebanon0070712.2793621,532.1562
97Sergey DmoryanUnknown Country1,531.329
98Lili EsmaeiliIran 0066013.1095551,531.2855
99Jamil DaouLebanon00883Advanced A39.01091121,530.90112
100Vasily Chemokhonenko1,530.5531
101Heval Cemal KumetUnknown Country1,530.097
102Anthony SuccarLebanon009397.243491,530.009
102Ghassan YoussefLebanon0094615.084691,530.009
104Cem CirakogluTurkey1,529.849
105Shahrooz ZareiIran 001801,529.7433
106Gaz OwenUnited Kingdom00156Grandmaster G23.40035141,528.23996
107John Tell LarsenUnknown Country1,527.2611
108Osman ÖztürkUnknown Country1,527.1611
109Rune FærevågNorway00629Master M14.78318791,527.06989
110Mohammadreza MoeinfarIran 00190Master M14.98442001,526.49453
111Mustafa GuneralpUnknown Country1,526.347
112Thomas MyhrDenmark00150Grandmaster G13.198135101,526.213630
113Bakar MatikashviliGeorgia008104.7535981,526.21138
114Arthur BraakxNetherlands1,525.827
115Jon Kristian RøysetNorway00648Master M14.64601231,525.15235
116Marcus ReinhardGermany00688Grandmaster G23.697111751,523.941221
117T. Ucarer1,523.365
118Kamyar Karimi1,521.3055
119Nihal El BeainoLebanon00890Intermediate I315.49481051,518.56105
120Fernando NeumarkArgentina00613Master M14.11291331,518.39177
121Amirali TavakoliIran 00840Grandmaster G34.47104761,517.72489
122Mehdi AsdaghiIran 009284.3943771,515.9377
123Farhang ShahidaraIran 00306Master M14.71586171,512.12617
124Cihangir ÇetinelTurkey00846Master M36.34803031,510.87332
125Mehmet CakiciWBGF00860Master M25.42282611,510.75279
126Shahin NejatIran 00873Grandmaster G34.35923401,509.58340
127Saed KashaniIran 01111Master M36.54701341,509.02134
128Siroos RaziIran 010905.8809661,508.7366
129Aykut UzelTurkey008125.4177981,508.49124
130Mostafa ZamiriIran 00872Master M14.44173221,508.06322
131Garo KutnerianUnknown Country1,507.8418
132Aidin MehtarIran 00285Advanced A17.55573191,507.28319
133David KlausaUnited States00616Master M14.954911821,506.971277
134Bahareh TalaeiIran 002831,506.3214
135Joe KarkourLebanon007399.4773911,503.1691
136Maan HachemLebanon009406.1747361,502.7036
137Habib KhalilLebanon0094512.0214181,502.5018
138Sharif HashemLebanon007387.8601421,500.2242
139Ozan ÖzgürTurkey00728Master M14.15391331,499.98133
140Nosrat MovafaghIran 010874.9083661,499.8566
141Erkan NayirTurkey1,499.4816
142Albert StegUnited States00504Master M14.815513111,499.001972
143Masoud FarvareshiIran 00836Master M14.18072511,498.92260
144Raoof GhasemkarimiIran 00841Master M25.75062611,498.86261
145Mohammad GhorbaniIran 012168.2614661,497.7766
146Geir PedersenNorway00620Grandmaster G33.98446811,497.66681
147Joseph HelouLebanon0094412.1775181,497.5018
148Hasret BekarTurkey1,497.4622
149Omid AlijaniIran 009274.7587561,495.6356
150Omid IrannejadIran 006629.2966661,494.5266
151Ziad AmineLebanon00887Intermediate I314.13961051,493.69105
152Joe ChihaLebanon0081510.4482721,493.0172
153Andreas SausengAustria00787Master M36.37445881,491.09738
154Tony DiamantidisGreece00714Advanced A17.61962441,489.82305
155Hamidreza ShahrokhiIran 001931,489.47292
156Feza DiyarbekirTurkey00478Master M36.10491341,487.71134
157Hans Marius EiksethNorway00623Grandmaster G34.14486431,486.87669
158Peter Van RooijNetherlands00867Grandmaster G33.80774121,485.79412
159Poorya MahootiIran 00834Master M35.57741191,485.68119
160Rony SadekLebanon0070813.8220891,483.6389
161Fady AsmarLebanon00706Intermediate I110.48661161,479.69125
162Arash AfroozianIran 00755Grandmaster G33.71996441,478.52644
163Ozkin1,478.165
164Mehrdad JeyranzadehIran 00838Master M25.91631851,478.06185
165Naim Onur TezmenTurkey1,476.049
166Peiman ShahrpouriUnknown Country1,475.699
167Krasimira ZlatinoviaUnknown Country1,475.497
168Stephen NelsonUnknown Country1,475.469
169Recep UralTurkey1,474.127
170Reza RajabiIran 00656Master M35.75354121,473.92412
171Mohammad Amin ShaUnknown Country1,473.217
172Parviz KhaliliIran 1,473.209
173Gamze Demirkol OzdagUnknown Country1,472.979
174Emrullah CosarTurkey1,472.5739
175Jihad NasrLebanon0104714.633691,472.369
176Bogac SihogluUnknown Country1,472.029
177Reza BarmayehvarTurkey1,471.109
178Shahrouz Zarei1,470.5311
179Fady ChoucairLebanon009478.940791,470.009
180Mustafa Kemal ArslanUnknown Country1,469.539
181Jeremy SherrUnknown Country1,469.219
182Meisam AbbasiIran 002781,469.0687
183Oktay KurhanTurkey1,468.889
184Soroush AsadiIran 002801,467.837
185Mohammadhosein EbrahimiIran 00413Master M14.92985351,466.68535
186Mustafa Neset AltuntaşTurkey00473Master M25.00581211,466.18121
187Mehdi RazmjoeiIran 00835Master M14.56702511,463.49251
188Mohammad Davood DavaeiIran 0028611.1348661,463.2766
189Ayman HamadehLebanon00891Advanced A39.32381821,461.22182
190Ido LeviIsrael00502Grandmaster G33.88381771,460.33177
191Mohammadamin ShafeiIran 004115.9651661,459.7266
192Kaveh FarahaniIran 00837Master M14.83492511,459.58251
193Mehdi MoghadamIran 009317.4031561,458.9056
194Hossein AghiliIran 00481Master M14.21717011,456.53712
195Ali Al BaidhaniIraq0099119.7558561,454.7056
196Eva ŽižkováCzechia001685.0586701,453.63487
197Masoud AghdamIran 00174Advanced A39.14344041,453.36404
198Dori RadyLebanon007467.3289701,452.7870
199Mais MohammedCanada0089214.4454561,452.5656
200Nariman RezapourIran 00932Master M14.73121221,451.62122
201Morteza KhajehoseiniIran 010885.9258661,450.5566
202Kian GhodsIran 00281Master M25.02464261,450.35426
203Cristian GhenaRomania007409.3987281,450.0028
204Pat Keene1,449.4318
205Vladimir AndonovicNorth Macedonia0088614.7546561,449.1156
206Pouria MahoutiIran 00303Advanced A28.51681321,447.43132
207Alexander KhandinRussian Federation003416.2701421,447.15118
208Saman GhahremaniIran 012175.4144661,446.8166
209Fuat ErdagTurkey1,446.5118
210Burak ÇulhacıTurkey0073101,446.37339
211Mohammadreza AminiIran 00175Master M14.49171221,446.05155
212Mario WakimLebanon010329.3085181,445.1018
213Ali SaglamTurkey00847Master M35.69741471,444.26163
214Fadi NseiryLebanon0094110.7563181,443.2318
215Ali Al DaftariIraq00737Intermediate I212.43561241,443.08133
216Navid RohaniIran 012185.5453661,441.7566
217Pascal MassoudLebanon0096913.2086181,440.9318
218Fady NseiryLebanon0103310.3024181,440.6418
219Bulent BaharTurkey00474Master M25.20041211,437.95135
220Amir MojtabaviIran 00191Advanced A39.88961671,436.69167
221Heribert LindnerGermany00590Master M36.61301301,434.77200
222Maryam FahimiIran 006618.1125661,434.5566
223Toni BernabaLebanon00499Master M13.15871421,431.94319
224Thomas KazemiehGermany011705.3484351,431.77113
225Alireza SarabiIran 00528Master M35.57051001,430.27117
226Jessica RaadLebanon0070919.7210351,427.2535
227Jean Abi HaidarLebanon00703Advanced A17.05431251,425.89134
228Ashkan YahyazadehIran 00284Master M25.66451321,422.92160
229Francoise CrosbiePhilippines00992Intermediate I314.76451121,422.74112
230Rabieh AdnanLebanon00743Advanced A28.54871471,416.29156
231Pedram KiasiIran 009304.5767561,413.3056
232Edris AshhadiIran 00839Master M14.52631191,413.20119
233Saeed JafariIran 009295.8886561,412.4656
234Moore WisenerIreland00747Advanced A39.77061691,412.30169
235Peter HallbergDenmark00311Master M36.058921391,411.722169
236Hesam SoleimaniIran 001791,411.2072
237Neil WilliamsUnited Kingdom0099013.2916561,407.0356
238Karim Abou AbsiLebanon00704Advanced A39.00321161,404.22116
239Ali BagheriIran 00482Advanced A38.75741971,402.60197
240Marcel BükerGermany00902Advanced A311.11674991,402.29574
241Nehme MoujaessLebanon00884Intermediate I314.66901051,400.54105
242Pouya RajabiIran 0030510.5224661,400.0966
243Tabet TabetLebanon007029.6304441,398.6544
244Babak MoradiIran 004028.2981661,393.9166
245Mete TopcuogluTurkey00480Advanced A39.05311211,392.01121
246Amin ShahvalizadehIran 002824.4806941,387.2894
247Avi CohenUnited States00826Master M37.02455191,371.32666
248Mehrtash PedramIran 01089Master M35.87811321,370.93132
249Ali BarzanooniIran 011105.6942681,360.6768
250Gayk VardanyanRussian Federation0096421.2855491,347.8469
251Bulent KarabulutTurkey00477Master M35.62891211,339.11121
252Mohammadreza ShahabiIran 0028710.6537661,331.4366

Ratings for new players start at 1,500. Players are removed from the rating table if they have not recorded any results for 15 full seasons.

Last result added on 2024-03-17.

How ratings are calculated.