Rapid chess at the clubs 5
Dubai 4
Elsewhere 1
About these entries
Rapid is the most common tempo at the clubs. The newest dated event of the Dubai Chess & Culture Club is a rapid of September 2026, and the club also hosts the National Day rapid in December. The Sharjah Cultural & Chess Club plays rapid sections in its international championship and in the SCA series.
Among the smaller clubs, Grandmasters Chess Club and Lex Chess Club alternate rapid and blitz, and Josh Chess Club held Kiddies and Junior events at the Sahara Centre in Sharjah before moving its latest dates of June 2026 to Al Ahli Club in Al Nahda. None of these pages gives a fixed weekly rapid evening; each entry shows the last dated event and the page it comes from.