UAE INDV. Youth Chess Championship-U12 Girls
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28 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Aug 2025 to 09 Aug 2025 in Dubai, UAE. Top 10 Elo average was 893, and top seed was Rowdah Ghalib Alafeefi (π¦πͺ UAE, 1513).
Amna Saqer Almarri (π¦πͺ UAE, 1494) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Mariam Khalifa AlQubaisi (8.0) and Rowdah Ghalib Alafeefi (7.5). Almarri shared the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.
Location
π¦πͺDubai, UAE
Dates
02 Aug 2025 β 09 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss Β· 9 rounds
Federations Β· 1 represented
π¦πͺUnited Arab EmiratesΓ18
Top 3
- π₯
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- π₯
How it unfolded
Top 6 Β· 9 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 8.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
16
9
5
3
1
5
3
3
2
R5βR9 Β· LEAD HELD
Amna Saqer Almarri held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.
R9 Β· TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 8.0/9. Almarri takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (48.5).
R6 Β· HEAD-TO-HEAD Β· WINNER VS 2ND
Amna Saqer Almarri lost to Mariam Khalifa AlQubaisi (White).
Key matchups Β· top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Amna Saqer Almarri | * | 0 | 1 | β |
| 2Mariam Khalifa AlQubaisi | 1 | * | 0 | 1 |
| 3Rowdah Ghalib Alafeefi | 0 | 1 | * | Β½ |
| 4Aliya Fahed Alharazi | β | 0 | Β½ | * |
Grille amΓ©ricaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Ξ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amna Saqer Almarri | 1494 | UAE | +24N | +7B | +10N | +3B | +5N | β2B | +6B | +11N | +13B | 8.0 | 48.5 | 52.0 | 44.00 | 1740 | +72.4 |
| 2 | Mariam Khalifa AlQubaisi | 1508 | UAE | +9B | +23N | +18B | +4N | β3B | +1N | +7B | +10N | +12B | 8.0 | 47.5 | 51.0 | 43.50 | 1660 | +25.6 |
| 3 | Rowdah Ghalib Alafeefi | 1513 | UAE | +14B | +19N | +15B | β1N | +2N | +5B | +9B | +6N | =4N | 7.5 | 50.0 | 54.0 | 42.75 | 1611 | +30.0 |
| 4 | Aliya Fahed Alharazi | 1492 | UAE | +8B | +21N | +25B | β2B | +16N | β6N | +14B | +7N | =3B | 6.5 | 46.5 | 49.5 | 31.75 | 1207 | -33.1 |
| 5 | Alia Saud Nasser Marzooq | 0 | UAE | +12B | +17N | +6B | +11N | β1B | β3N | β10B | +9N | +14B | 6.0 | 47.0 | 51.0 | 30.50 | 1395 | -9.2 |
| 6 | Shamma Obaid Almarri | 1510 | UAE | +26N | +22B | β5N | +8B | +12N | +4B | β1N | β3B | +16N | 6.0 | 47.0 | 50.0 | 28.50 | 1274 | -27.6 |
| 7 | Hafsa Eisa Mohamed | 0 | UAE | +?B | β1N | +21B | +?N | +17N | +23B | β2N | β4B | +11B | 6.0 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 16.50 | 1301 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Mahra Rashid Abdullah | 0 | UAE | β4N | +?B | +19B | β6N | +18B | +?N | β11B | +17N | +10B | 6.0 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 17.00 | 1256 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Latifa Saleh Alali | 0 | UAE | β2N | +?B | +13N | +10B | =23N | +15B | β3N | β5B | +20B | 5.5 | 44.0 | 44.0 | 20.75 | 1279 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Qasayed Ahmed Mohammed Alshehhi | 0 | UAE | +27B | +11N | β1B | β9N | +20N | +12B | +5N | β2B | β8N | 5.0 | 47.5 | 50.5 | 23.00 | 1489 | +12.8 |
| 11 | Mariam Khalid Al Nuaimi | 1409 | UAE | +28N | β10B | +24N | β5B | +26N | +16B | +8N | β1B | β7N | 5.0 | 41.5 | 44.5 | 19.50 | 650 | -69.2 |
| 12 | FIDE 9334521 | 0 | β | β5N | +?B | +22N | +15N | β6B | β10N | +25B | +19B | β2N | 5.0 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 16.00 | 650 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 9329919 | 0 | β | +?B | β18N | β9B | +19N | β14B | +26B | +20N | +27B | β1N | 5.0 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 14.00 | 691 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Huda Salah Bilal Noobi | 0 | UAE | β3N | +?B | +?N | β16B | +13N | +17B | β4N | +23B | β5N | 5.0 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 12.50 | 659 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 9332600 | 0 | β | +?N | +?B | β3N | β12B | +24N | β9N | +?B | β16B | +23N | 5.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 7.00 | 699 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Mira Ibrahim Alfahim | 0 | UAE | β18B | F | +27N | +14N | β4B | β11N | +22B | +15N | β6B | 4.0 | 38.5 | 38.5 | 17.00 | 655 | 0.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 9330011 | 0 | β | +20N | β5B | +26N | +18N | β7B | β14N | +27B | β8B | β?N | 4.0 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 14.00 | 628 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Dana Hassan Alhammadi | 0 | UAE | +16N | +13B | β2N | β17B | β8N | +21B | β23N | +?B | β?N | 4.0 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 13.00 | 732 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 9330500 | 0 | β | +?N | β3B | β8N | β13B | +?B | +24N | +?B | β12N | β25B | 4.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 3.50 | 699 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Fatema Saeed Mohammed Alshehhi | 0 | UAE | β17B | β?N | +?B | +28N | β10B | +25N | β13B | +21B | β9N | 4.0 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 10.00 | 630 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Mouza Abdulla Matar Alkhateri | 0 | UAE | +?N | β4B | β7N | β22B | +?B | β18N | +?B | β20N | +27N | 4.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 3.00 | 649 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Fatima Rashid Alkharoosi | 0 | UAE | +?B | β6N | β12B | +21N | β25B | β?N | β16N | +26B | +?N | 4.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 7.00 | 610 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Haya Gamal Amin Hussein | 0 | UAE | F | β2B | +?N | +25N | =9B | β7N | +18B | β14N | β15B | 3.5 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 9.75 | 732 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 9331484 | 0 | β | β1B | +?N | β11B | +?N | β15B | β19B | +26N | β?N | =?B | 3.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 3.00 | 698 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 9334084 | 0 | β | F | F | β4N | β23B | +22N | β20B | β12N | +28B | +19N | 3.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 11.00 | 649 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 9333495 | 0 | β | β6B | +?N | β17B | +?N | β11B | β13N | β24B | β22N | +?B | 3.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 0.00 | 658 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 9330470 | 0 | β | β10N | +28B | β16B | +?N | β?B | +?B | β17N | β13N | β21B | 3.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 3.00 | 630 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 9333509 | 0 | β | β11B | β27N | +?B | β20B | β?N | +?N | +?B | β25N | β?B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0.00 | 705 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets β the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Amna Saqer AlmarriUAE+72.48.0 pts Β· #1
- 2Rowdah Ghalib AlafeefiUAE+30.07.5 pts Β· #2
- 3Mariam Khalifa AlQubaisiUAE+25.68.0 pts Β· #3
Top rating losers
- 1Mariam Khalid Al NuaimiUAE-69.25.0 pts Β· #18
- 2Aliya Fahed AlharaziUAE-33.16.5 pts Β· #10
- 3Shamma Obaid AlmarriUAE-27.66.0 pts Β· #7