The 2024 Kuwait Chess Championships concluded this month. The Kuwait Open Chess Championship 2024 took place from 22 January to 1 February, and the Women’s National Championship was played from 5-11 February.
The Open event gathered more than 50 participants who competed over the course of 9 swiss rounds. As many as four players finished the event with the score of 7/9 points each, and the tiebreak criteria determined the medalists. Having best tiebreaks, FM Bader Al-Hajiri won the event, Hashem Hussain clinched silver, Meshal Alhejab took bronze, and Abdulrahman Al Ibrahim finished the event in the fourth place.
Amani Alazmi and Rabab Nema tied for the top in the Women’s Championship which was played in 6 swiss rounds in the field of 11 players. Alazmi and Nema scored 5 points, each, but Amani Alazmi clinched the title thanks to better tiebreaks while Rabab Nema won silver medal. Aeshah Alazmi finished the event in clear third position with the score of 4 points. Final rankings of both events can be found below
Final rankings – Kuwait Open and Women’s Chess Championships 2024:
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | |
| 1 | FM | Al-Hajiri Bader | KUW | 1890 | 7 |
| 2 | Hussain Hashem | KUW | 1642 | 7 | |
| 3 | Alhejab Meshal | KUW | 1787 | 7 | |
| 4 | Al Ibrahim Abdulrahman | KUW | 1854 | 7 | |
| 5 | AIM | Alsaqer Meshal | KUW | 1753 | 6.5 |
| 6 | Alabdaljader Mohammed | KUW | 1353 | 6.5 | |
| 7 | Aldaihani Turki | KUW | 1475 | 6.5 | |
| 8 | Alrefae Ahmad | KUW | 1338 | 6 | |
| 9 | Al Subaie Nasser | KUW | 1457 | 6 | |
| 10 | CM | Hashem Khaled | KUW | 1868 | 5.5 |
| 11 | Khalaf Ali | KUW | 1426 | 5.5 | |
| 12 | Alsayer Bader | KUW | 1260 | 5.5 | |
| 13 | Albaloul Mohammad | KUW | 1378 | 5.5 | |
| 14 | Alansari Omar | KUW | 1262 | 5.5 | |
| 15 | Eidi Eisa | KUW | 1306 | 5.5 | |
| 16 | Alenezi Hamad | KUW | 1419 | 5 | |
| 17 | Almohammad Hamad | KUW | 1296 | 5 | |
| 18 | Madi Faisal | KUW | 0 | 5 | |
| 19 | Alruwayeh Talal | KUW | 1407 | 5 | |
| 20 | Almuhaini Abdulaziz | KUW | 1374 | 5 | |
| 21 | Sulaiman Husain | KUW | 1255 | 5 | |
| 22 | Alruwaiyeh Musa | KUW | 1505 | 5 | |
| 23 | Alhassan Ahmad | KUW | 1272 | 5 | |
| 24 | Alqattan Osamah | KUW | 1239 | 5 | |
| 25 | Aljadi Hussain | KUW | 1419 | 4.5 | |
| 26 | Alsultan Muhannad | KUW | 1127 | 4.5 | |
| 27 | Almanaseer Talal | KUW | 1249 | 4.5 | |
| 28 | Alasfour Zaid | KUW | 1188 | 4.5 | |
| 29 | Alonaizi Abdullah | KUW | 0 | 4 | |
| 30 | Alghanim Faisal | KUW | 1280 | 4 | |
| 31 | Almutairat Fehan A | KUW | 1170 | 4 | |
| 32 | Safar Hussain | KUW | 1060 | 4 | |
| 33 | Sulaiman Yousef | KUW | 1048 | 4 | |
| 34 | Alsuwailem Othman | KUW | 1366 | 4 | |
| 35 | Qabazard Mohamed | KUW | 1533 | 3.5 | |
| 36 | Sulaiman Hussain | KUW | 1078 | 3.5 | |
| 37 | Alrashidi Yousef | KUW | 1512 | 3 | |
| 38 | Alshourfaa Hazaa | KUW | 1701 | 3 | |
| 39 | Alharbi Abdullah T | KUW | 0 | 3 | |
| 40 | Alhasan Ali | KUW | 1085 | 3 | |
| 41 | Alrowaih Eisa | KUW | 0 | 3 | |
| 42 | Alsulaili Fahad | KUW | 0 | 3 | |
| 43 | Alasseeri Ahmad | KUW | 0 | 3 | |
| 44 | Alrashed Soud | KUW | 0 | 3 | |
| 45 | Alfaras Abdulaziz | KUW | 1438 | 2 | |
| 46 | Aljadi Athbi | KUW | 1188 | 2 | |
| 47 | Alajmi Fahad Kh | KUW | 1284 | 2 | |
| 48 | Alshihab Salem A | KUW | 0 | 2 | |
| 49 | Alobaidi Saad | KUW | 0 | 1.5 | |
| 50 | Alhashimi Hashem | KUW | 1154 | 1 | |
| 51 | Alqallaf Nawaf | KUW | 1080 | 1 | |
| 52 | Aljraid Hamad | KUW | 0 | 0 | |
| 53 | Alnomas Salah | KUW | 1162 | 0 | |
| 54 | Alali Ahmad | KUW | 1229 | 0 |
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | |
| 1 | Alazmi Amani | KUW | 1439 | 5 | |
| 2 | Nema Rabab | KUW | 1367 | 5 | |
| 3 | Alazmi Aeshah | KUW | 1233 | 4 | |
| 4 | Ajbali Ghaleyah | KUW | 1180 | 3.5 | |
| 5 | Alhasan Fatemah | KUW | 1080 | 3.5 | |
| 6 | WCM | Alawadhi Amenah | KUW | 1304 | 3 |
| 7 | Alhasan Zainah | KUW | 1009 | 3 | |
| 8 | Aljassar Nada | KUW | 0 | 3 | |
| 9 | Kalandar Hadeel | KUW | 1004 | 2 | |
| 10 | Bekheet Suhailah | KUW | 0 | 2 | |
| 11 | Alhasan Laila | KUW | 0 | 1 |
