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UAE INDV. Chess Championship-Women

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22 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 04 Jul 2025 to 09 Jul 2025 in Sharjah, UAE. 6 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1726, and top seed was Wafia Darwish Al Maamari (🇦🇪 UAE, WIM, 1935).

Wafia Darwish Al Maamari (🇦🇪 UAE, WIM, 1935) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Ahlam Rashed (8.0) and Essa Mariam (6.0). Al Maamari shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 7: AL Reem AL Hamadi (1413) beat Sheikha Abdulla Almeraikhi (1625), a +212-point gap.

Location
🇦🇪Sharjah, UAE
Dates
04 Jul 2025 → 09 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇪WIMWafia Darwish Al Maamari1935
Avg top 10
1,726
Participants
22
Titled players · 6
WIM×2
WFM×2
WCM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates×22
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 8.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
9
5
1
2
4
2
2
2
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Al Maamari8Rashed8Mariam6Almaamari5.5Al Kalbani5Mohamed5— ex-leaders:Aminled R3, #9
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 8.0/9. Al Maamari takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (43.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WIM Wafia Darwish Al Maamari drew with WIM Ahlam Rashed (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

WIM Wafia Darwish Al Maamari 4 wins (R6–R9)WIM Ahlam Rashed 4 wins (R6–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WIMWafia Darwish Al Maamari*
½
½
1
2WIMAhlam Rashed
½
*
1
1
3WCMEssa Mariam
½
0
*
½
4WCMZainab Darwish Almaamari
0
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Al Maamari, Wafia DarwishWIM1935UAE+12B+4N=3B+5N=2B+7N+6B+8N+9B8.043.547.540.502033+18.4
2Ahlam RashedWIM1911UAE+20N+13B=5B+14N=1N+3B+4N+7B+6N8.042.544.538.002039+21.4
3Mariam, EssaWCM1803UAE+15N+8B=1N−6B+10N−2N+12B+5B=4N6.044.548.528.751796+2.8
4Almaamari , Zainab DarwishWCM1676UAE+17N−1B+19B+12N+6N=5B−2B=9N=3B5.544.548.024.251783+25.4
5Al Kalbani, WadimaWFM1685UAE+9BF=2N−1B+15N=4N+7B−3N+11B5.045.547.524.751770+17.6
6Anoud Eisa MohamedWFM1871UAE+11B+7N−14B+3N−4B+16N−1N+15B−2B5.045.049.023.501779-23.4
7Ahoud Eisa Mohamed1576UAE+22N−6B+8N+11B+14N−1B−5N−2N+13B5.043.043.017.001656+17.2
8Zainab Muhammed Khalid1473UAEF−3N−7B=13B+21N+15B+14N−1B+10N4.537.537.516.501565+20.4
9Al Khoori, Noora Mahmood Abdulla1483UAE−5N+20B−15N+21B=16N+10B=13N=4B−1N4.537.039.015.251559+27.6
10AL Reem AL Hamadi1413UAE−13N=15B+18N+20B−3B−9N+19B+12N−8B4.534.536.515.501549+34.7
11Hala Gamal Amin1527UAE−6N+22B+13N−7N−12B=19N+20B+16B−5N4.532.532.511.751573+11.6
12Meera Saqr Almarri1548UAE−1N+17B+21N−4B+11N=14B−3N−10B=18N4.040.542.514.501520-16.0
13Shamma Khalfan Alsuwaidi1611UAE+10B−2N−11B=8N=19B+20N=9B=14B−7N4.038.540.514.751534-3.5
14Haneen Gamal Amin0UAE+16N+18B+6N−2B−7B=12N−8B=13NF4.038.538.517.0016150.0
15Rowdah Ghalib Alafeefi1485UAE−3B=10N+9B+19N−5B−8N+17B−6N=16N4.037.541.016.251560+30.4
16Mera Abdulaziz Aidarous1567UAE−14B−19N+17B+22N=9B−6B+18N−11N=15B4.033.533.512.251512-17.5
17Amna Saqer Almarri1477UAE−4B−12N−16N+18B−20N+22B−15N+21B+19B4.029.029.09.501397-27.4
18Aliya Fahed Alharazi1464UAE=19B−14N−10B−17N+22B+21N−16B+20N=12B4.028.028.07.751409-16.4
19Sheikha Abdulla Almeraikhi1625UAE=18N+16B−4N−15B=13N=11B−10N+22B−17N3.534.534.510.251381-104.4
20Reem Alsaqqaf1546UAE−2B−9N+22B−10N+17B−13B−11N−18B−21N2.035.535.54.001242-102.4
21Qasayed Ahmed Mohammed Alshehhi0UAEFF−12B−9N−8B−18B+22N−17N+20B2.028.028.02.0012230.0
22Fajr Saif Ahmed0UAE−7B−11N−20N−16B−18N−17N−21B−19NF0.031.033.00.007400.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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