Emirati Chess Championship

The Emirati Chess Championship is organized by the United Arab Emirates Chess Federation. It is one of the major national chess competitions of the United Arab Emirates held at standard time controls, the other being the UAE President's Cup,^[1] which has been held annually since 1994.^[2]

Winners since 2001

Grandmaster Salem Saleh, four-time Emirati chess champion

Year	Champion
2001	Taleb Moussa[3]
2002	Nabil Saleh[4]
2003	Taleb Moussa[5]
2005	Othman Moussa[6]
2007	Abdullah Hassan [Wikidata][7]
2008	Salem Saleh[8]
2011	Salem Saleh[9]
2012	Salem Saleh[10]
2015	Saeed Ishaq[11]
2016	Saeed Ishaq[12]
2017	Salem Saleh