Academies running FIDE-rated events 5

Several Dubai academies do more than teach: they organise tournaments that are submitted for FIDE rating, so a pupil can earn a first rating without leaving the academy’s own calendar. Chess Lab has the longest run of dated entries on the tournament server and announces its holiday events on its own pages. iMaster held a Classic over a weekend in September 2026 at a Dubai mall.

Master Moves plays rated events at its centres in Business Bay and Jumeirah Lakes Towers, including a rapid festival at Bay Avenue Mall, and Signature Chess Club lists a blitz and rapid series and a junior championship. Other academies may run rated games too; this list holds those whose pages or tournament entries say so.