UAE INDV. Youth Chess Championship-U18 Open
9 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 02 Aug 2025 to 09 Aug 2025 in Dubai, UAE. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1784, and top seed was Yahya Shuaib Al Kaff (🇦🇪 UAE, 2089).
Jaber Soud (🇦🇪 UAE, 1899) won with 5.0/8, ahead of Hamad Essa Al-Blooshi (5.0) and Yahya Shuaib Al Kaff (4.5). Soud won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Abdulla Younes Alkhemeiri (1576) beat Alhamed Hamdan Edrees (2039), a +463-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 8 roundsTight race until R8; 2 players tied at 5.0/8, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Yahya Shuaib Al Kaff takes the sole lead (4.5/7).
2 players finish on 5.0/8. Soud takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (25.0).
CM Hamad Essa Al-Blooshi drew with Jaber Soud (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMHamad Essa Al-Blooshi | * | ½ | ½ | ½ |
| 2Jaber Soud | ½ | * | 1 | ½ |
| 3Alhamed Hamdan Edrees | ½ | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4Yahya Shuaib Al Kaff | ½ | ½ | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soud, Jaber | 1899 | UAE | F | +6B | +8N | =3B | +4N | =2B | −5N | +7B | 5.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 16.25 | 1977 | +35.2 |
| 2 | Al-Blooshi, Hamad EssaCM | 1936 | UAE | =7B | +5N | =3N | =4B | +9B | =1N | F | +6B | 5.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 15.75 | 1937 | +12.8 |
| 3 | Yahya Shuaib Al Kaff | 2089 | UAE | =5B | +7N | =2B | =1N | +8B | F | +6N | −4B | 4.5 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 14.00 | 1930 | -42.8 |
| 4 | Hamdan Edrees, Alhamed | 2039 | UAE | −6N | F | +5B | =2N | −1B | +8N | +9B | +3N | 4.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 14.00 | 1924 | -30.4 |
| 5 | Eisa Mohmood, AlkhooriCM | 1766 | UAE | =3N | −2B | −4N | F | =7B | +9N | +1B | +8N | 4.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 11.50 | 1869 | +39.2 |
| 6 | Abdulla Younes Alkhemeiri | 1576 | UAE | +4B | −1N | +9N | −8B | F | =7N | −3B | −2N | 2.5 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 6.75 | 1692 | +26.0 |
| 7 | Hamdan Hassan Mohammed Hassan | 1544 | UAE | =2N | −3B | F | −9N | =5N | =6B | +8B | −1N | 2.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 7.75 | 1662 | +27.0 |
| 8 | Saud Bader Huwair Alzarooni | 1788 | UAE | F | +9B | −1B | +6N | −3N | −4B | −7N | −5B | 2.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 3.50 | 1607 | -64.8 |
| 9 | Rashid,Arif | 1420 | UAE | F | −8N | −6B | +7B | −2N | −5B | −4N | F | 1.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 2.50 | 1453 | -3.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Eisa Mohmood, AlkhooriCMUAE+39.24.0 pts · #5
- 2Soud, JaberUAE+35.25.0 pts · #2
- 3Hamdan Hassan Mohammed HassanUAE+27.02.5 pts · #7
- 1Saud Bader Huwair AlzarooniUAE-64.82.0 pts · #8
- 2Yahya Shuaib Al KaffUAE-42.84.5 pts · #4
- 3Hamdan Edrees, AlhamedUAE-30.44.5 pts · #3
- R1+463 Elo gap
- R7+244 Elo gap
- R5+140 Elo gap