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UAE INDV. Youth Chess Championship-U16 Open

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14 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Aug 2025 to 09 Aug 2025 in Dubai, UAE. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1651, and top seed was Alhemeiri Rashed Abubaker (🇦🇪 UAE, CM, 2030).

Rashid Husain Alhammadi (🇦🇪 UAE, CM, 1944) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Hamad Shuaib Al Kaff (7.5) and Alhemeiri Rashed Abubaker (7.5). Alhammadi won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Hamad Shuaib Al Kaff (1570) beat Alhemeiri Rashed Abubaker (CM, 2030), a +460-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
Top seed
🇦🇪CMAlhemeiri Rashed Abubaker2030
Avg top 10
1,651
Participants
14
Titled players · 2
CM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates×13
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

CM Rashid Husain Alhammadi led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
7
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Alhammadi8Kaff7.5Rashed Abubaker7.5Bamatraf6AlRaeesi5Alremaeithi5
R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

CM Rashid Husain Alhammadi held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Rashid Husain Alhammadi beat Hamad Shuaib Al Kaff (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

CM Rashid Husain Alhammadi 3 wins (R7–R9)Hamad Shuaib Al Kaff 4 wins (R6–R9)CM Alhemeiri Rashed Abubaker 5 wins (R5–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMRashid Husain Alhammadi*
1
½
½
2Hamad Shuaib Al Kaff
0
*
1
1
3CMAlhemeiri Rashed Abubaker
½
0
*
1
4Ahmed Ali Bamatraf
½
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Rashid Husain AlhammadiCM1944UAE+11N+10B=3N+6B+2N=4B+7N+5B+8N8.043.046.539.751997+22.4
2Hamad Shuaib Al Kaff1570UAE+9N+4B=10N+3B−1B+5N+8B+6N+7B7.544.047.537.751932+120.0
3Rashed Abubaker, AlhemeiriCM2030UAE+7B+5N=1B−2N+11B+6N+4B+10N+12B7.543.045.534.001933-19.6
4Ahmed Ali Bamatraf1794UAE+8B−2N+7B=5N+12B=1N−3N+9B+11B6.044.046.525.001708-24.4
5Abdulla Ateeq Alremaeithi1672UAE+6N−3B+14N=4B=7N−2B+9N−1N+13B5.043.544.516.251595-19.0
6Ali Hassan AlRaeesi0UAE−5B+13N+8B−1N+10B−3B+11N−2B+14N5.040.041.013.0016520.0
7Abdelrahman Mohamed Al Hammadi1477UAE−3N+14B−4N+8B=5B+12N−1B+13N−2N4.541.542.511.001577+19.2
8Khalifa Talal Al Belushi1451UAE−4N+9B−6N−7N+13B+14B−2N+12N−1B4.038.539.58.501400-16.0
9Humaid Abdulla, Alzahmi0UAE−2B−8N−12B+13N+14N+11B−5B−4N+10B4.033.034.09.0015270.0
10Abdulla Adel, Alsheaili1607UAE+12B−1N=2B−11N−6N+13B+14N−3B−9N3.539.040.08.251545-23.6
11Mohamed Abdalla Alzarooni1460UAE−1B=12N+13B+10B−3N−9N−6B+14B−4N3.537.538.56.751652+38.0
12Ahmed Rashed Marshool0UAE−10N=11B+9N+14B−4N−7B−13N−8B−3N2.534.035.06.7513880.0
13FIDE 93321970—−14N−6B−11N−9B−8N−10N+12B−7B−5N1.032.033.02.507270.0
14Omar Sami Alzarouni1506UAE+13B−7N−5B−12N−9B−8N−10B−11N−6B1.032.033.01.00734-88.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets