Slim Bouaziz


Slim Bouaziz is a Tunisian chess Grandmaster.

Chess career

From the late 1960s to the early 2000s, Slim Bouaziz was one of the leading Tunisian chess players. He won twice in Arab Chess Championships.
Slim Bouaziz has participated five times in Interzonal Tournaments of the World Chess Championships:
In 1999, in Las Vegas Strip he participated in FIDE World Chess Championship 1999, where in first round lost Vasilios Kotronias.
Slim Bouaziz was participant in many international chess tournaments where he won or shared first places in Belgrade and Bucharest.
Slim Bouaziz represented the Tunisian team in major team chess tournaments:
Slim Bouaziz was awarded the Chess International Master title in 1975 and became an International Grandmaster in 1993. He was the first African chess player to receive International Grandmaster title. In 2014, Slim Bouaziz also became a FIDE International Organizer.