GM Saleh Salem

Salem Saleh is a grandmaster from the United Arab Emirates. He has four national Emirati Chess Championships, three international Arab Chess Championships, and two Arab Individual Blitz Chess Championships. In 2015, he won the Asian Chess and Asian Blitz Championships. He has currently matched his peak rating of 2682 and is ranked 11th for all chess players from the Asian continent (as of February 2021).

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White Pieces

Slav Defense (45 games)

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation (41 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation (21 games)

Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Variation (20 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (17 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (26 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (20 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (17 games)

English Opening: Symmetrical, Three Knights System (17 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (17 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Saleh Salem (2677) Harsh Suresh (2261)	1-0	28	2023
Saleh Salem (2677) Avital Boruchovsky (2553)	1-0	38	2023
Saleh Salem (2677) Vahe Danielyan (2307)	1-0	31	2023
Saleh Salem (2677) Miguel Santos Ruiz (2590)	1-0	54	2023
Saleh Salem (2662) Emin Ohanyan (2302)	1-0	46	2023
Saleh Salem (2677) Etienne Bacrot (2653)	0-1	27	2023
Saleh Salem (2662) Vladislav Kovalev (2532)	0-1	52	2023
Saleh Salem (2677) Denis Lazavik (2544)	0-1	56	2023
Saleh Salem (2677) Volodar Murzin (2547)	½-½	88	2023
Saleh Salem (2677) Alexey Sarana (2668)	½-½	77	2023

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