Aimen Rizouk

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Aimen Rizouk
Personal information
Born (1979-08-03) 3 August 1979 (age 46)
Algiers, Algeria
Chess career
CountryAlgeria
TitleGrandmaster (2007)
FIDE rating2429 (December 2025)
Peak rating2540 (March 2010)

Aimen Rizouk (born 3 August 1979) is an Algerian chess player born in Algiers.[1] He was the first Algerian player to be awarded the title of Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE in 2007.[2]

Chess career

[edit | edit source]

Rizouk won the Algerian Chess Championship in 1999.[3] In international team chess competitions, he represented Algeria in the 1994 and 2008 Chess Olympiads,[4] and won a gold and a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan Arab Games.[5][6]

He played in the Chess World Cup 2000, where he finished at the bottom of Group C, the FIDE World Chess Championship 2002, where he was defeated by Alexei Shirov in the first round,[7]

References

[edit | edit source]
  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  4. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  5. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  6. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  7. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
[edit | edit source]
  • Aimen Rizouk rating card at FIDELua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • Aimen Rizouk chess games at 365Chess.com
  • Aimen Rizouk player profile and games at Chessgames.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).