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UAE INDV. Chess Championship-U8 Open

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17 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 04 Jul 2025 to 09 Jul 2025 in Sharjah, UAE. Top 10 Elo average was 591, and top seed was Ahmed Abdulla Alzahmi (🇦🇪 UAE, 1559).

Mohamed AlMaeeni (🇦🇪 UAE, 1438) won with 9.0/9, ahead of Ahmed Abdulla Alzahmi (7.0) and Mohamed Ahmed Alhmoudi (6.0). AlMaeeni won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Mohamed AlMaeeni (1438) beat Ahmed Abdulla Alzahmi (1559), a +121-point gap.

Location
🇦🇪Sharjah, UAE
Dates
04 Jul 2025 → 09 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇪Ahmed Abdulla Alzahmi1559
Avg top 10
591
Participants
17
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates×8
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Mohamed AlMaeeni led from R5; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
11
6
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
AlMaeeni9Alzahmi7Alhmoudi6Alfeeli6Alhosani6AlAbdouli5.5
R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

Mohamed AlMaeeni never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Mohamed AlMaeeni beat Ahmed Abdulla Alzahmi (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Mohamed AlMaeeni 9 wins (R1–R9)Ahmed Abdulla Alzahmi 4+3 wins (R1–R4, R6–R8)Mohamed Ahmed Alhmoudi 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Mohamed AlMaeeni*
1
1
—
2Ahmed Abdulla Alzahmi
0
*
1
0
3Mohamed Ahmed Alhmoudi
0
0
*
1
4Hamad Alfeeli—
1
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mohamed AlMaeeni1438UAE+14B+17N+8B+7N+2N+6B+3B+4N+10B9.043.045.045.002263+42.8
2Ahmed Abdulla Alzahmi1559UAE+4B+12N+7B+3N−1B+8N+10B+6N−5B7.048.052.037.0014740.0
3Mohamed Ahmed Alhmoudi1476UAE+16N+5B+6N−2B+12N+11B−1N−7B+8N6.047.050.028.50645-43.2
4Hazaa Muhannad Alhosani0UAE−2N+?B+?N+12B−6N+5B+9N−1B+13N6.039.539.518.006370.0
5Hamad Alfeeli0UAE+?B−3N+?B+?N−8B−4N+17B+?N+2N6.026.026.09.006730.0
6Abdulrahman Saleh Al-Ali0UAE+?B+9N−3B+13N+4B−1N+8B−2B=7N5.546.546.521.7511810.0
7Saif Abdulwahhab AlAbdouli1435UAE+11N+10B−2N−1B+15N−9B+13N+3N=6B5.545.548.524.751455+0.4
8FIDE 93335500—+15N+?B−1N+11B+5N−2B−6N+9B−3B5.046.546.519.006550.0
9FIDE 93302160—+?N−6B−11N+16B+13B+7N−4B−8N+12N5.037.037.015.5014730.0
10Saif Ahmed Al-Ali0UAE+?B−7N−13B+14N+17B+16N−2N+12B−1N5.036.536.512.006450.0
11FIDE 93346700—−7B+?N+9B−8N+?B−3N−?B+14N+?B5.024.524.58.006630.0
12FIDE 93365670—+?N−2B+17B−4N−3B+?N+14B−10N−9B4.034.034.05.006730.0
13FIDE 93296760—−?N+15B+10N−6B−9NF−7B+17N−4B3.032.032.010.006530.0
14FIDE 93329600—−1N+?B−?N−10B+?N+15B−12N−11BF3.026.026.03.006370.0
15FIDE 93296840—−8B−13N+?N+?B−7B−14N−?BF+17N3.018.518.52.006530.0
16FIDE 93346450—−3B−?N+?B−9NF−10B+?N+?N−?B3.016.016.00.006730.0
17FIDE 93141050—F−1B−12N+?B−10N+?B−5N−13B−15B2.030.030.00.006370.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets