Biography

First Qatari Grandmaster (1998). A talented Arab player often present in the major FIDE events such as Olympiads and World Championships. Unfortunately the lack of invitations to European tournaments denied him a chance to cross the border of 2600 ELO.

Mohamed was awarded a gold medal at the Olympiad of Yerevan in 1996 and of Elista in 1998 for the best performance (7½/8) on board one. He was also was awarded a bronze medal for best individual performance at board 1 at Moscow in 1994 and at Bled in 2002 Olympiads.

Four times Arab Champion between 1993 and 2002. Arab Blitz Champion 2011. Regular winner of FIDE Zonal tournaments, he was a participant in all world chess championships between 1997 and 2004.

Married Zhu Chen, the 2001 World Women Champion.

Coached by Gennadi Kuzmin, Vladimir Akopian and Victor Bologan. Best ELO: 2588 in 2003.

Al Modiahki, Mohamad (2500) - Torre, Eugenio (2536) Asia Cities 13th Aden, 2002.02.10 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Rd8 13.b3 Bd7 14.Bb2 Rdc8 15.Rc1 Nc6 16.Nf1 a5 17.Ne3 b4 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.Nd5 Qd8 20.cxb4 axb4 21.Bb1 Nd4 22.Nxe5 Nxd5 23.exd5 Bf6 24.Nxf7 Kxf7 25.Qh5+ Kg8 26.Bxh7+ Kf8 27.Bg6 Be6 28.dxe6 Ke7 29.Be4 Rxa2 30.Bxd4 Bxd4 31.Qf7+ Kd6 32.e7 1-0

Al-Modiahki vs. Svidler in 2008