Maher Ayyad

Maher Ayyad
Country	Bahrain
Born	(1978-12-05) 5 December 1978 (age 46)
Title	FIDE Master (2004)
Peak rating	2174 (May 2012)

Maher Ayyad (born 5 December 1978) is a Bahraini chess FIDE Master (FM) (2004) and Chess Olympiad individual gold medal winner (2002).

Biography

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).

References

1. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Al-Oruba 38th Ramadan Chess Championship". chess-results.com.
2. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Al-Oruba 39th Ramadan Chess Championship". chess-results.com.
3. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 5th Kuwait Biltz Chess Championship". chess-results.com.
4. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Saudi International Chess Championship 2015". chess-results.com.
5. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Maher Ayyad". www.olimpbase.org.
6. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open". chess-results.com.
7. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open". chess-results.com.
8. "OlimpBase :: Asian Indoor Games (chess) :: Maher Ayyad". www.olimpbase.org.

External links

• Maher Ayyad rating card at FIDE
• Maher Ayyad player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Maher Ayyad chess games at 365Chess.com