Mohamad Al-Modiahki

Mohamad Al-Modiahki (born June 1 1974, Qatar) is a chess Grandmaster. He was the first player in Qatar to earn the title of grandmaster, and is the country's best player. He was awarded the trophy of the "Player of the Century within the Arab Countries". [ [http://www.qatarchess.com/Mohammed%20Al-Modaihki.htm Bibliography from Qatar Chess Association] ]

Al-Modiahki has participated in nine Chess Olympiads in 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2006 with an outstanding overall record of (+60,=28,-21 ). At the 32nd Chess Olympiad in 1996 and he won the gold medal for his individual performance on the first board, scoring 8/10. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/1996/1996in.html OlimpBase :: 32nd Chess Olympiad, Yerevan 1996, information ] ] . A performance which he repeated at the 33rd Chess Olympiad in 1998, this time with 7.5/8. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/1998/1998in.html OlimpBase :: 33rd Chess Olympiad, Elista 1998, information ] ] In 1994 and 2002, his individual performance earned him the bronze medal.

He played four times in the knock out stages of the FIDE World Chess Championships in Las Vegas (1999), New Delhi (2000), Moscow (2001) and Libya 2004. [ [http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/wcc-indx.htm World Chess Championship Index ] ]

He won the Arab Chess Championship on four occasions: in 1994, 1997, 2000 and 2002 (shared with Hichem Hamdouchi). Other victories include the Agadir Open in Morocco, Andorra Open (1999) [ [http://www.bidmonfa.com/al_modiahki.htm bidmonfa ] ] , the open tournament in Tunis (1997) and shared first places at the Goodricke Open in India (1995) and Benasque Open in Spain (1997).

In 2001 he married Grandmaster Zhu Chen, who now also plays for Qatar [ [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3129 ChessBase.com - Chess News] ] . In October 2003, he achieved his maximum FIDE rating of 2588.

References

External links

*fide|id=12100030|name=Mohamad Al-Modiahki
*chessgames player|id=41384
* [http://www.qatarchess.com/Mohammed%20Al-Modaihki.htm Selected tournament results from from the Qatar Chess Association]