Taleb Moussa (born 1 July 1978) is an Emirati

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. He was the

UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

's first professional chess player and first grandmaster, a title he earned in 2004. He won the

Emirati Chess Championship The Emirati Chess Championship is organized by the United Arab Emirates Chess Federation. It is one of the major national chess competitions of the United Arab Emirates held at standard time controls, the other being the UAE President's Cup, which ...

in 2001 and 2003. In 2005, Taleb Moussa obtained a substantial sponsorship of Dh5.7 million.

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Moussa Taleb at 365Chess.com
1978 births Living people Emirati chess players Chess grandmasters Chess players at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for the United Arab Emirates {{UnitedArabEmirates-chess-bio-stub