UAE INDV. Youth Chess Championship-U14 Open
15 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Aug 2025 to 09 Aug 2025 in Dubai, UAE. Top 10 Elo average was 1571, and top seed was Alzarooni Sultan Jabir (🇦🇪 UAE, 1831).
Alzarooni Sultan Jabir (🇦🇪 UAE, 1831) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Alyileili Aamer Saeed (7.5) and Fahad Abdulaziz Al-Ali (7.0). Sultan Jabir shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 8.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Ammar Abdalla (1474) beat Mohamed Yousuf Al-Ali (1741), a +267-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsAlzarooni Sultan Jabir led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Alzarooni Sultan Jabir held the sole lead from R3 through R9 without losing it.
Alzarooni Sultan Jabir lost to Alyileili Aamer Saeed (Black).
Alzarooni Sultan Jabir 3+5 wins (R1–R3, R5–R9)Fahad Abdulaziz Al-Ali 3 wins (R7–R9)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alzarooni Sultan Jabir | * | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Alyileili Aamer Saeed | 1 | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3Fahad Abdulaziz Al-Ali | 0 | ½ | * | ½ |
| 4Mohamed Yousuf Al-Ali | 0 | ½ | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sultan Jabir, Alzarooni | 1831 | UAE | +5B | +3N | +6B | −2N | +4N | +7B | +8N | +11B | +9B | 8.0 | 41.5 | 44.5 | 37.00 | 1859 | +11.2 |
| 2 | Aamer Saeed, Alyileili | 1746 | UAE | +14N | +7B | =4N | +1B | =3N | +8B | +9B | =5N | +10B | 7.5 | 40.0 | 41.5 | 32.50 | 1811 | +23.2 |
| 3 | Fahad Abdulaziz Al-Ali | 1579 | UAE | +9N | −1B | +12B | +7N | =2B | =4N | +6B | +8N | +5B | 7.0 | 42.5 | 45.5 | 30.75 | 1753 | +37.5 |
| 4 | Mohamed Yousuf Al-Ali | 1741 | UAE | +8B | +15N | =2B | +6N | −1B | =3B | −5N | +7N | +12B | 6.0 | 43.0 | 44.0 | 23.75 | 1601 | -41.2 |
| 5 | Ammar Abdalla | 1474 | UAE | −1N | =9B | =10N | +15B | +11N | =6N | +4B | =2B | −3N | 5.0 | 43.0 | 44.0 | 19.50 | 1592 | +31.2 |
| 6 | Essa Yousuf Bukhashem | 1485 | UAE | +13N | +10B | −1N | −4B | +12N | =5B | −3N | =14B | +15N | 5.0 | 35.5 | 36.5 | 12.25 | 1471 | -8.8 |
| 7 | Sultan Khaled Alhosani | 1482 | UAE | +11B | −2N | +15B | −3B | +13N | −1N | F | −4B | +14N | 4.0 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 7.50 | 1429 | -15.4 |
| 8 | Yousuf Mohammad Shukri | 1416 | UAE | −4N | +13B | =11N | +9B | +10N | −2N | −1B | −3B | F | 3.5 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 10.00 | 1442 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Omar Ali Bamatraf | 1410 | UAE | −3B | =5N | +13B | −8N | F | +12B | −2N | +15B | −1N | 3.5 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 8.50 | 1336 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Hamdan Jabir Al Ali | 1514 | UAE | =12B | −6N | =5B | +14N | −8B | F | −11N | +13B | −2N | 3.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 7.50 | 1450 | -14.8 |
| 11 | Mohamed Rashid Alyamahi | 0 | UAE | −7N | F | =8B | =12N | −5B | +14N | +10B | −1N | −13N | 3.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 7.75 | 1478 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Abdulla Talib Alzarooni | 0 | UAE | =10N | +14B | −3N | =11B | −6B | −9N | +15B | F | −4N | 3.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 5.50 | 1403 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Maktoom Saleh Al-Ali | 0 | UAE | −6B | −8N | −9N | F | −7B | −15N | +14B | −10N | +11B | 2.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 4.50 | 1289 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Khalifa Rashed Taheri | 1442 | UAE | −2B | −12N | F | −10B | +15N | −11B | −13N | =6N | −7B | 1.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 3.50 | 1237 | -36.8 |
| 15 | FIDE 9335099 | 0 | — | F | −4B | −7N | −5N | −14B | +13B | −12N | −9N | −6B | 1.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 2.00 | 726 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Fahad Abdulaziz Al-AliUAE+37.57.0 pts · #3
- 2Ammar AbdallaUAE+31.25.0 pts · #5
- 3Aamer Saeed, AlyileiliUAE+23.27.5 pts · #1
- 1Mohamed Yousuf Al-AliUAE-41.26.0 pts · #4
- 2Khalifa Rashed TaheriUAE-36.81.5 pts · #14
- 3Sultan Khaled AlhosaniUAE-15.44.0 pts · #10
- R7+267 Elo gap