UAE INDV. Youth Chess Championship-U12 Open
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31 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Aug 2025 to 09 Aug 2025 in Dubai, UAE. Top 10 Elo average was 1545, and top seed was Ahmed Younes Alkhemeiri (🇦🇪 UAE, 1684).
Saqar Essa Khamis (🇦🇪 UAE, 1623) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Sultan Ahmed AlMheiri (7.5) and Ahmed Younes Alkhemeiri (7.0). Khamis shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 9: Salem Ahmed AlMheiri (1484) beat Ahmed Younes Alkhemeiri (1684), a +200-point gap.
Location
🇦🇪Dubai, UAE
Dates
02 Aug 2025 → 09 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates×26
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R6 · LEADER CHANGE11 Aug
Saqar Essa Khamis takes the sole lead (5.5/6).
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 7.5/9. Khamis takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (46.0).
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Saqar Essa Khamis beat Sultan Ahmed AlMheiri (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Saqar Essa Khamis | * | 1 | ½ | ½ |
| 2Sultan Ahmed AlMheiri | 0 | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3Ahmed Younes Alkhemeiri | ½ | ½ | * | 1 |
| 4Mohamed AlMaeeni | ½ | 0 | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saqar Essa Khamis | 1623 | UAE | +30N | +14B | +9N | =3B | +16N | +2B | =4N | +10B | =5N | 7.5 | 46.0 | 46.0 | 36.50 | 1758 | +44.4 |
| 2 | Sultan Ahmed AlMheiri | 1628 | UAE | +29B | +10N | +6B | +4N | =3B | −1N | +8B | +7N | +11B | 7.5 | 45.5 | 45.5 | 34.50 | 1745 | +35.2 |
| 3 | Ahmed Younes Alkhemeiri | 1684 | UAE | +28B | +11N | +19B | =1N | =2N | +10B | +5N | +4B | −9N | 7.0 | 46.0 | 47.0 | 34.50 | 1702 | +8.0 |
| 4 | Mohamed AlMaeeni | 1587 | UAE | +22B | +18N | =16N | −2B | +24B | +6N | =1B | −3N | +14N | 6.0 | 44.0 | 46.5 | 26.00 | 1571 | +11.2 |
| 5 | HAMDAN MOHAMED ALMARASHDA | 1479 | UAE | +31B | +27N | −7B | +12N | +6B | =8N | −3B | +13N | =1B | 6.0 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 23.25 | 1547 | +20.8 |
| 6 | KHALID ALHAWAY | 1495 | UAE | +21N | +13B | −2N | +18B | −5N | −4B | +20N | −14B | +19N | 5.0 | 41.5 | 45.5 | 21.00 | 1389 | -34.0 |
| 7 | Khaled Mohammad Ghazizadeh | 1494 | UAE | F | −16B | +5N | +17N | −10B | +19N | +11B | −2B | +12N | 5.0 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 24.50 | 1620 | +32.0 |
| 8 | Rashid Mohamed Alali | 0 | UAE | −18B | +22N | +25B | +11N | +9N | =5B | −2N | =12B | −10N | 5.0 | 41.0 | 43.5 | 21.50 | 1422 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Salem Ahmed AlMheiri | 1484 | UAE | F | +26N | −1B | +15N | −8B | +17N | −10N | +18B | +3B | 5.0 | 40.5 | 40.5 | 23.00 | 1545 | +8.4 |
| 10 | Abdulla Ali Almansoori | 1453 | UAE | F | −2B | +29N | +27B | +7N | −3N | +9B | −1N | +8B | 5.0 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 17.00 | 1520 | +14.8 |
| 11 | Nassir Abdalla Alzarooni | 1463 | UAE | +?N | −3B | +28N | −8B | +23N | +16B | −7N | +17B | −2N | 5.0 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 13.00 | 1368 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Sultan Mohamed Alali | 0 | UAE | −13N | +21B | +20N | −5B | =18N | +24B | +19N | =8N | −7B | 5.0 | 37.0 | 39.5 | 19.00 | 1505 | +20.4 |
| 13 | Abdulla Aref Albusaeedi | 0 | UAE | +12B | −6N | −15B | +26N | +28B | =18B | +16N | −5B | =17N | 5.0 | 36.5 | 37.5 | 17.25 | 1359 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Hamad Adel Rashed | 1421 | UAE | +15B | −1N | −27B | −24N | +25B | +28N | +23B | +6N | −4B | 5.0 | 33.5 | 34.5 | 16.50 | 1425 | +0.4 |
| 15 | Saeed Nasser Alshamsi | 0 | UAE | −14N | +30B | +13N | −9B | −20N | +21B | −18N | +23B | +22N | 5.0 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 15.50 | 655 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Abdulrahman Saleh Al-Ali | 0 | UAE | F | +7N | =4B | +19N | −1B | −11N | −13B | +21B | +18N | 4.5 | 40.5 | 40.5 | 20.00 | 1587 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Saif Ali Mahfoudh | 1407 | UAE | +20N | −19B | +23N | −7B | +27N | −9B | +24N | −11N | =13B | 4.5 | 33.5 | 35.5 | 14.00 | 1321 | -17.6 |
| 18 | Sharif, Khaled Alawi | 1432 | UAE | +8N | −4B | +26B | −6N | =12B | =13N | +15B | −9N | −16B | 4.0 | 40.5 | 43.0 | 17.50 | 1163 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Saif Ghalib Alafeefi | 1515 | UAE | +24B | +17N | −3N | −16B | +21N | −7B | −12B | +20N | −6B | 4.0 | 39.0 | 41.5 | 15.00 | 1369 | -72.4 |
| 20 | Saif Abdulwahhab AlAbdouli | 0 | UAE | −17B | =24N | −12B | =22N | +15B | +27N | −6B | −19B | +23N | 4.0 | 32.5 | 34.5 | 13.00 | 678 | -71.6 |
| 21 | Hamed Mubarak Al Mheri | 0 | UAE | −6B | −12N | +22B | +25N | −19B | −15N | +28B | −16N | +24N | 4.0 | 32.0 | 33.0 | 9.50 | 700 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Ebrahim Abdulwahhab AlAbdouli | 0 | UAE | −4N | −8B | −21N | =20B | +26B | −23N | +25B | +27N | −15B | 3.5 | 32.0 | 34.0 | 9.00 | 1292 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Sanad Badir Alraeesi | 0 | UAE | +25B | −28N | −17B | +29N | −11B | +22B | −14N | −15N | −20B | 3.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 6.00 | 623 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Ghaith Ahmed Al-Ali | 0 | UAE | −19N | =20B | F | +14B | −4N | −12N | −17B | +26N | −21B | 2.5 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 9.50 | 1275 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Abdulaziz Rashed Marshool | 0 | UAE | −23N | +31B | −8N | −21B | −14N | −26B | −22N | +28B | =27B | 2.5 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 2.00 | 621 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 9335692 | 0 | — | F | −9B | −18N | −13B | −22N | +25N | =27B | −24B | +28N | 2.5 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 4.50 | 704 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Saif Ahmed Al-Ali | 0 | UAE | F | −5B | +14N | −10N | −17B | −20B | =26N | −22B | =25N | 2.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 7.50 | 1199 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 9331387 | 0 | — | −3N | +23B | −11B | F | −13N | −14B | −21N | −25N | −26B | 1.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 3.00 | 753 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 9336770 | 0 | — | −2N | F | −10B | −23B | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0.00 | 744 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 9336761 | 0 | — | −1B | −15N | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0.00 | 824 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 9336737 | 0 | — | −5N | −25N | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 668 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Saqar Essa KhamisUAE+44.47.5 pts · #1
- 2Sultan Ahmed AlMheiriUAE+35.27.5 pts · #3
- 3Khaled Mohammad GhazizadehUAE+32.05.0 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Saif Ghalib AlafeefiUAE-72.44.0 pts · #13
- 2Saif Abdulwahhab AlAbdouliUAE-71.64.0 pts · #28
- 3KHALID ALHAWAYUAE-34.05.0 pts · #12
Biggest upsets
- R9+200 Elo gap