The Most Famous

CHESS PLAYERS from Qatar

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This page contains a list of the greatest Qatari Chess Players. The pantheon dataset contains 461 Chess Players, 1 of which were born in Qatar. This makes Qatar the birth place of the 55th most number of Chess Players behind Myanmar (Burma), and Turkey.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Qatari Chess Players of all time. This list of famous Qatari Chess Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Mohammed Al-Modiahki (b. 1974)

With an HPI of 35.52, Mohammed Al-Modiahki is the most famous Qatari Chess Player.  His biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.

Mohammed Ahmed Al-Modiahki (Arabic: محمد أحمد المضيحكي; born June 1, 1974) is a chess Grandmaster. He was the first player in Qatar to earn the title of grandmaster, and is the country's highest ranked player. He was awarded the trophy of the Player of the Century within the Arab Countries.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Qatari chess players born between 1974 and 1974. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Qatari chess players include Mohammed Al-Modiahki.

Living Qatari Chess Players

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