Mohamad Naser Al Sayed (born November 2, 1981) is a

Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it ...

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Grandmaster (since 2009). He is ranked 2nd best player in

. As of September 2018, his

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is 2484.

Performance in competitions

Al-Sayed claimed the 3rd Arab elite chess championship title in Dubai, in June 2015. He has played for Qatar at eleven chess Olympiads since 1994.

References

1981 births Chess Grandmasters Living people Qatari chess players Chess players at the 2006 Asian Games Chess players at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Qatar {{Asia-chess-bio-stub