Amir Zaibi (born 22 May 1988) is a
Tunisian chess
Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...
Grandmaster since 2020. According to the
International Chess Federation, he is the highest rated active chess player in Tunisia.
Chess career
He played in the
Chess World Cup 2015
The Chess World Cup 2015 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 10 September to 5 October 2015.
Sergey Karjakin won the competition on tie-breaks after a four-game final against Peter Svidler. Both fi ...
, being defeated by
Fabiano Caruana
Fabiano Luigi Caruana (born July 30, 1992) is an Italian and American chess grandmaster who is the reigning four-time United States Chess Champion. With a peak rating of 2844, Caruana is the third-highest-rated player in history.
Born in Mia ...
in the first round.
He won the
International Arab Championship in
Mostaganem
Mostaganem () is a port city in and capital of Mostaganem (province), Mostaganem province, in the northwest of Algeria. The city, founded in the 11th century lies on the Gulf of Arzew, Mediterranean Sea and is 72 km ENE of Oran. It is consi ...
in 2019
and obtained the title of
Grandmaster on 4 December 2019.
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1988 births
Living people
Tunisian chess players
Chess Grandmasters