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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
1Dorel LeonRomania00561Master M14.80492961,691.05342
2Art BenjaminUnited States00403Master M14.47854401,690.78617
3Patrick GebeiliFrance00744Advanced A17.43642691,672.03269
4Yasin OkalTurkey00471Master M13.92641301,670.65130
5Burak ÇulhacıTurkey00731Grandmaster G33.83686621,650.08692
6Tim CrossUnited Kingdom00134Grandmaster G23.758652941,645.925294
7Michihito KageyamaJapan00108Grandmaster G02.782313361,641.581509
8Ali NazeriIran 00304Advanced A27.58691321,640.79132
9Saleh FarjallahLebanon00701Advanced A28.30801381,640.23138
10Cuneyt Argun GencTurkey00472Grandmaster G33.79722211,635.08232
11Shahab M GargashUnited Arab Emirates0098914.1786561,633.7356
12Victor AshkenaziUnited States00201Grandmaster G03.152217551,623.501795
13Johan NorbergSweden00674Master M25.33974701,615.59488
14Kamran SharifiIran 004125.5741661,614.0266
15Joe BernabaLebanon00700Grandmaster G33.91951691,613.84169
16Benjamin LundDenmark00400Grandmaster G33.828528301,610.552944
17Saeed MousaviIran 00187Advanced A17.06163271,608.20327
18Elias KritikosNorway00619Grandmaster G23.60618391,605.54861
19Salar RasoolzadehIran 001921,601.14160
20Paul KaramLebanon0070510.9913441,598.7944
21Thomas TenlandSweden00307Grandmaster G12.842512611,597.381329
22Dagfinn SnarheimNorway00618Grandmaster G13.34689681,595.271032
23Sander LylloffDenmark00809Grandmaster G22.70072451,594.03328
24Sajed AbbasiIran 002791,592.0680
25Nick BlasierUnited States00369Master M14.973416701,590.631700
26Klaus SwitonDenmark00229Master M35.89534001,590.10476
27Rainer BirkleGermany00903Master M35.59981471,587.41178
28Hassan MokdadLebanon00745Advanced A38.57881901,587.05190
29Mostafa ZamiriIran 00872Master M14.61731221,586.47122
30Marcus ReinhardGermany00688Master M14.50437741,586.43820
31John O'HaganUnited States00252Grandmaster G24.172432121,583.163242
32Marc OlsenDenmark00143Grandmaster G23.71716571,582.67733
33Ali VafadarIran 006555.6370651,580.3665
34Johan HuyckBelgium00296Master M24.89636521,580.04835
35Jürgen OrlowskiGermany006544.8096421,579.40165
36Roohollah Amiri AndyIran 00176Grandmaster G33.56826541,577.12654
37Alaattin OzaltunTurkey00475Master M25.21461211,575.97121
38İbrahim KaracaTurkey00476Master M25.07852431,573.53256
39Irshad KhanPakistan0089312.7650491,571.6949
40Erhan YenisenTurkey00470Master M13.90231211,571.48130
41Jalil KhaliliIran 00178Master M25.37306861,570.54686
42Ronald WeeninkUnknown Country1,569.8021
43Milad MomeniIran 00410Advanced A17.44911321,569.53132
44Amir GolegolabIran 00401Grandmaster G33.88382441,569.23244
45Fernando NeumarkArgentina006134.4199981,566.39133
46Smbat PogosyanArmenia008886.6079631,564.1063
47Steve SaxUnited States00169Grandmaster G23.334545091,562.904634
48Dincer GunesUnknown Country1,561.0044
49Amirali TavakoliIran 00840Master M14.28412411,559.63254
50Masayuki MochizukiJapan00110Super Grandmaster S22.682332351,558.383336
51Stefan ParlowAustria00209Master M25.717423921,557.962446
52Umur ArasTurkey00811Master M13.93101261,557.91148
53Shahin NejatIran 00873Grandmaster G34.15672061,556.78206
54Nariman RezapourIran 009324.2941561,556.2656
55Jon Kristian RøysetNorway006484.3755681,555.44150
56Zdeněk ŽižkaCzechia00167Grandmaster G12.76418451,555.44977
57Andy Abi HaidarLebanon0094313.0702181,555.3018
58Ali Cetin BeleneTurkey00469Grandmaster G12.91183751,554.51375
59Tore Eklund FredriksenNorway00632Master M13.72731141,553.85127
60Sebastian WilkinsonUnited Kingdom00185Grandmaster G23.458614491,553.651558
61Anis SamahaLebanon008168.7255541,551.5854
62Talat BağıbalaTurkey0073211.7508701,551.3270
63Amir EshraghiIran 00177Grandmaster G33.752410321,548.041041
64Thomas MyhrDenmark00150Grandmaster G23.722424251,546.552545
65Soinguli AmirovGeorgia1,546.1527
66Simon BargetUnited Kingdom00153Grandmaster G33.75053271,545.02580
67Mahmoud AbbasiIran 007565.7498281,544.9128
68Hazhir AttariIran 00874Master M14.57831221,542.06122
69Bariş Bülent MuzoğluUnknown Country1,540.639
70Karen DavisUnited States00345Master M26.463821161,540.622253
71Giti OmidiIran 0065916.3545551,539.8555
72Mohammadreza Moienfar1,539.3911
73Heribert LindnerGermany005906.4556811,537.89150
74Houshidar IldariIran 001881,537.5169
75Aidin MehtarIran 00285Advanced A17.49402531,537.14253
76Ihsan EstepeTurkey1,536.419
77Avni ErdogrucaTurkey1,536.289
78Murat TopcuTurkey1,535.929
79Roger HaidarBrazil0098815.2573561,535.3556
80David PresserIsrael00121Grandmaster G23.40662281,534.50235
81Phil PerelmuterUnited States00806Advanced A28.78153001,534.00300
82Kerim LokmanUnknown Country1,532.709
83Alp YilmazUnknown Country1,532.369
84Sebahattin GokUnknown Country1,532.329
85Lili EsmaeiliIran 0066013.1095551,531.2855
86Hasret BekarTurkey1,531.019
87Jamil DaouLebanon00883Advanced A39.01091121,530.86112
88Anthony SuccarLebanon009397.243491,530.009
88Ghassan YoussefLebanon0094615.084691,530.009
90Cem CirakogluTurkey1,529.859
91Shahrooz ZareiIran 001801,529.7433
92Mustafa GuneralpUnknown Country1,526.357
93Arthuro BraakxUnknown Country1,525.837
94Bert Van KerkhoveUnknown Country1,524.877
95Farhad HeydariIran 00758Master M26.05081991,523.48199
96T. Ucarer1,523.365
97Gaz OwenUnited Kingdom00156Grandmaster G33.79423271,521.59809
98Kamyar Karimi1,521.3055
99Fady AsmarLebanon0070611.1325891,519.5489
100Nihal El BeainoLebanon00890Intermediate I315.49481051,518.52105
101Caner CetinTurkey008083.6016981,518.2998
102Mehdi AsdaghiIran 009284.3943771,516.1077
103Mehmet CakiciWBGF008605.8490981,515.06105
104Albert StegUnited States00504Master M15.42758611,514.351498
105Fati̇h Belli̇ci̇Unknown Country1,513.2018
106Farhang ShahidaraIran 00306Master M14.83894831,512.49483
107Cesur KayaUnknown Country1,512.2418
108Jakob RasmussenDenmark00715Grandmaster G23.33978031,512.16803
109Cihangir ÇetinelTurkey00846Master M36.34803031,509.74325
110Didi1,509.3522
111Aykut UzelTurkey008125.4177981,508.86124
112David KlausaUnited States00616Master M14.884410851,507.201119
113Bahareh TalaeiIran 002831,506.3214
114Farid Al ChaktiLebanon0074210.8636281,505.7528
115Joseph AbboudLebanon0070712.7674531,505.6053
116Ozan ÖzgürTurkey00728Master M14.15391331,504.72133
117Geir PedersenNorway00620Grandmaster G34.00256701,503.59670
118Joe KarkourLebanon007399.4773911,503.1691
119Habib KhalilLebanon0094512.0214181,502.5018
120Sharif HashemLebanon007387.8601421,500.2242
121Joe ChihaLebanon008159.4368541,499.7054
122Maan HachemLebanon009406.3462181,499.6018
123Dirk SchiemannGermany00117Grandmaster G13.03714471,499.23505
124Joseph HelouLebanon0094412.1775181,497.5018
125Mehdi RazmjoeiIran 00835Master M14.55061851,496.79185
126Omid AlijaniIran 009274.7587561,495.7056
127Omid IrannejadIran 006629.2966661,494.5266
128Ziad AmineLebanon00887Intermediate I314.13961051,493.66105
129Arash AfroozianIran 00755Grandmaster G33.89364441,493.00444
130Jasper WatertorUnknown Country1,492.3216
131Mohammadreza MoeinfarIran 001905.0052661,491.44319
132Hamidreza ShahrokhiIran 001931,489.47292
133Feza DiyarbekirTurkey00478Master M36.10491341,487.74134
134Nima ArdalanIran 007574.0634771,486.7477
135Jean Abi HaidarLebanon007037.6054891,486.1189
136Poorya MahootiIran 00834Master M35.57741191,485.85119
137Hans Marius EiksethNorway00623Grandmaster G33.98274641,484.99490
138Rony SadekLebanon0070813.8220891,483.8089
139Rune FærevågNorway00629Master M14.81704241,481.39534
140Ayhan YazUnknown Country1,480.169
141Can OymakUnknown Country1,479.709
142Iman HabibiUnknown Country1,479.669
143Ridvan SezerUnknown Country1,478.499
144Mehrdad JeyranzadehIran 00838Master M25.91631851,478.39185
145Ozkin1,478.165
146Mehrdad Jeiran ZadehUnknown Country1,476.3411
147Naim Onur TezmenTurkey1,476.059
148Krasimira ZlatinoviaUnknown Country1,475.537
149Harun Tekmi̇lUnknown Country1,475.4511
150Masoud FarvareshiIran 00836Master M14.25031851,474.54185
151Oğuzhan ŞenerUnknown Country1,474.4911
152Recep UralTurkey1,474.097
153Bakar MatikashviliGeorgia008104.7535981,473.34116
154Mohammad Amin ShaUnknown Country1,473.227
155Marcel Büker009029.7286351,472.9674
156Emrullah CosarTurkey1,472.5939
157Bogac SihogluUnknown Country1,472.039
158Reza BarmayehvarTurkey1,471.059
159Shahrouz Zarei1,470.5311
160Fady ChoucairLebanon009478.940791,470.009
161Mustafa Kemal ArslanUnknown Country1,469.549
162Erkan NayirTurkey1,469.549
163Jeremy SherrUnknown Country1,469.229
164Meisam AbbasiIran 002781,469.0687
165Oktay KurhanTurkey1,468.909
166Soroush AsadiIran 002801,467.837
167Mustafa Neset AltuntaşTurkey00473Master M25.00581211,466.18121
168Mohammad Davood DavaeiIran 0028611.1348661,463.2766
169Ayman HamadehLebanon00891Advanced A39.32381821,461.21182
170Ali Al DaftariIraq00737Intermediate I212.43561241,460.14124
171Mohammadamin ShafeiIran 004115.9651661,459.7266
172Mehdi MoghadamIran 009317.4031561,459.1456
173Eva ŽižkováCzechia001685.0586701,458.26478
174Peter HallbergDenmark00311Master M35.756516031,457.541633
175Ali Al BaidhaniIraq0099119.7558561,454.7156
176Masoud AghdamIran 00174Advanced A39.14344041,453.36404
177Dori RadyLebanon007467.3289701,452.7570
178Mais MohammedCanada0089214.4454561,452.5556
179Mohammadhosein EbrahimiIran 00413Master M25.02203351,452.53335
180Reza RajabiIran 00656Master M36.14542781,452.45278
181Toni BernabaLebanon00499Master M13.13501161,452.39293
182Ashkan YahyazadehIran 002845.4140661,452.2694
183Tony DiamantidisGreece00714Advanced A16.88721331,450.28148
184Cristian GhenaRomania007409.3987281,450.0028
185Peter Van RooijNetherlands00867Grandmaster G33.85382911,449.77291
186Pat Keene1,449.4518
187Vladimir AndonovicNorth Macedonia0088614.7546561,449.1156
188Hesam SoleimaniIran 001791,447.7858
189Milad KhalvandiIran 00871Master M14.36641571,447.60157
190Pouria MahoutiIran 00303Advanced A28.51681321,447.43132
191Hossein AghiliIran 00481Master M14.69634661,444.70466
192Fadi NseiryLebanon0094110.7563181,443.2318
193Kaveh FarahaniIran 00837Master M14.83461851,442.57185
194Bulent BaharTurkey00474Master M25.20041211,437.99135
195Andreas SausengAustria00787Advanced A16.57732851,436.78370
196Amir MojtabaviIran 00191Advanced A39.88961671,436.69167
197Maryam FahimiIran 006618.1125661,434.5566
198Mohammadreza AminiIran 001754.7399561,433.8589
199Ido LeviIsrael00502Grandmaster G33.89551681,432.61168
200Alireza SarabiIran 00528Master M35.57051001,430.20117
201Jessica RaadLebanon0070919.7210351,427.2535
202Francoise CrosbiePhilippines00992Intermediate I314.76451121,422.71112
203Pedram KiasiIran 009304.5767561,413.3656
204Edris AshhadiIran 00839Master M14.52631191,413.36119
205Saeed JafariIran 009295.8886561,412.5756
206Moore WisenerIreland00747Advanced A39.77061691,412.35169
207Neil WilliamsUnited Kingdom0099013.2916561,407.0656
208Ali BagheriIran 00482Advanced A38.75741971,402.60197
209Nehme MoujaessLebanon00884Intermediate I314.66901051,400.53105
210Pouya RajabiIran 0030510.5224661,400.0966
211Tabet TabetLebanon007029.6304441,398.6544
212Babak MoradiIran 004028.2981661,393.9166
213Mete TopcuogluTurkey00480Advanced A39.05311211,392.02121
214Rabieh AdnanLebanon00743Advanced A28.54871471,391.16147
215Amin ShahvalizadehIran 002824.4806941,387.2894
216Karim Abou AbsiLebanon007048.9053891,360.7189
217Bulent KarabulutTurkey00477Master M35.62891211,339.12121
218Mohammadreza ShahabiIran 0028710.6537661,331.4366
219Kian GhodsIran 00281Advanced A16.89782261,330.84226
220Avi CohenUnited States00826Master M36.75962691,314.87376

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 2023-03-26.

How ratings are calculated.