Maher Ayyad
Bahraini chess player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maher Ayyad (born 5 December 1978) is a Bahraini chess FIDE Master (FM) (2004) and Chess Olympiad individual gold medal winner (2002).
| Maher Ayyad | |
|---|---|
| Country | Bahrain |
| Born | 5 December 1978 |
| Title | FIDE Master (2004) |
| Peak rating | 2174 (May 2012) |
Maher Ayyad won Bahrain's international chess tournament Ramadan Chess Championship twice in a row (2014, 2015).[1][2] He is also known as a good fast chess specialist. Maher Ayyad ranked 2nd in the Kuwait Open Blitz Chess Championship in 2014[3] and won the Saudi Arabia Open Chess Championship in 2015.[4]
Maher Ayyad played for Bahrain in the Chess Olympiads:[5]
- in 2002, at the fourth board in the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled (+7, =2, -1), winning an individual gold medal,
- in 2006, at the reserve board in the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin (+8, =1, -2),
- in 2010, at the fourth board in the 39th Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk (+4, =4, -2),
- in 2016, at the second board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku (+5, =0, -6),[6]
- in 2018, at the second board in the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi (+4, =2, -4).[7]
Maher Ayyad played for Bahrain in the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games:[8]
- in 2007, at the first board in the 2nd Asian Indoor Chess Games in Macau (+1, =1, -4).
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