{{Short description|Tunisian chess player (1961–2019)}} {{Infobox chess player|name=Mejdi Kaabi|image=<!-- Use if no image -->|imagesize=|caption=|country=Tunisia|birth_date={{Birth date|df=yes|1961|06|09}}|birth_place=|death_date={{Death date and age|df=yes|2019|06|28|1961|06|09}}|title=International Master (1982)|worldchampion=|rating=<!-- will be plugged in automatically -->|peakrating=2395 (January 1996)|FideID=5500044|death_place=Tunisia}} '''Mejdi Kaabi''' ({{Langx|ar|مجدي الكعبي}} 9 June 1961 - 28 June 2019) is a Tunisian chess player. He was awarded the title International Master by FIDE in 1982.
Kaabi qualified for the Chess World Cup 2011, where he was defeated by Sergey Karjakin in the first round.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Chess Cup R1 game 1 – report and photos - Chessdom |url=http://www.chessdom.com/world-chess-cup-r1-game-1-report-and-photos/ |access-date=2019-09-30 |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Personal life == Mejdi Kaabi has been born and lived in Tunis.
He was previously married to Naila Zouabi (Tunis) for a duration of less than two years during which they had a son named Achref.
== Death == His brothers, who had been searching for him for several days after his disappearance, discovered him dead in his own house.
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==External links==
* {{Fide}} * {{chessgames player|id=94964}} * [https://www.365chess.com/players/Mejdi_Kaabi Mejdi Kaabi] chess games at 365Chess.com
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