UAE League Chess Championship 2025-Open
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54 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 13 Sept 2025 to 08 Nov 2025 in Emirates, UAE. 20 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2418, and top seed was Bassem Amin (🇪🇬 EGY, GM, 2629).
Fareed Ahmed (🇦🇪 UAE, FM, 2109) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Mohamed Yousuf Al-Ali (4.5) and Abdulla Ateeq Alremaeithi (4.0). Ahmed won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Sedrani Ammar (FM, 2198) beat Adam Tukhaev (GM, 2531), a +333-point gap.
Location
🇦🇪Emirates, UAE
Dates
13 Sept 2025 → 08 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Team · 5 rounds
Titled players · 20
GM×5
IM×5
FM×4
CM×6
Federations · 7 represented
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates×39
🇮🇳India×1
🇮🇷Iran×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇪🇬Egypt×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
🇵🇭Philippines×1
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | FMAhmed, Fareed | 🇦🇪UAE | 2109 | 4.5 | 1968 | 2304 | +14.2 |
| 1 | Mohamed Yousuf Al-Ali | 🇦🇪UAE | 1765 | 4.5 | 1651 | 1987 | +48.8 |
| 3 | Abdulla Ateeq Alremaeithi | 🇦🇪UAE | 1806 | 4.0 | 1938 | 2131 | +59.6 |
| 5 | CMRashed Abubaker, Alhemeiri | 🇦🇪UAE | 1752 | 4.0 | 1859 | 2052 | +37.6 |
| 4 | IMSultan, Ibrahim | 🇦🇪UAE | 2098 | 4.0 | 1870 | 2063 | -4.0 |
| 7 | Aamer Saeed, Alyileili | 🇦🇪UAE | 1852 | 3.5 | 1823 | 1918 | +22.4 |
| 10 | Zayed, Sultan Al Taher | 🇦🇪UAE | 1939 | 3.5 | 1678 | 1951 | +2.0 |
| 11 | CMMohamed Saeed Laily | 🇦🇪UAE | 2042 | 3.0 | 1992 | 1992 | -4.6 |
| 20 | CMKhalifah, Khaled | 🇦🇪UAE | 1876 | 2.5 | 1929 | 1842 | -4.0 |
| 9 | CMRashid Husain Alhammadi | 🇦🇪UAE | 1999 | 2.5 | 1748 | 1843 | -30.4 |
| 21 | Essa Yousuf Bukhashem | 🇦🇪UAE | 1473 | 2.5 | 1648 | 1561 | +10.8 |
| 19 | GMMiladinovic, Igor | 🇷🇸SRB | 2466 | 2.5 | 2310 | 2223 | -12.4 |
| 8 | IMOmar, Noaman | 🇦🇪UAE | 2324 | 2.5 | 2164 | 2437 | +4.7 |
| 6 | IMDimakiling, Oliver | 🇵🇭PHI | 2402 | 2.5 | 2165 | 2438 | +1.7 |
| 24 | Humaidan Mohamed, Alzaabi | 🇦🇪UAE | 1823 | 2.0 | 2053 | 1860 | -4.8 |
| 17 | IMAl Hosani, Omran | 🇦🇪UAE | 2314 | 2.0 | 2388 | 2388 | +8.0 |
| 13 | FMAmmar, Sedrani | 🇦🇪UAE | 2198 | 2.0 | 2324 | 2324 | +13.2 |
| 12 | Hamad Essam | 🇦🇪UAE | 2003 | 2.0 | 1773 | 1898 | -6.4 |
| 23 | GMTukhaev, Adam | 🇺🇦UKR | 2531 | 2.0 | 2319 | 2194 | -11.6 |
| 18 | GMSalem, A.R. Saleh | 🇦🇪UAE | 2620 | 2.0 | 2504 | 3304 | +6.3 |
| 16 | FMOthman, A. Moussa | 🇦🇪UAE | 2215 | 2.0 | 2257 | 3057 | +10.9 |
| 15 | Sultan Khaled Alhosani | 🇦🇪UAE | 1463 | 2.0 | 1506 | 2306 | +42.8 |
| 14 | GMAmin, Bassem | 🇪🇬EGY | 2629 | 2.0 | 2299 | 3099 | +2.3 |
| 26 | Abdulrahim, Salem | 🇦🇪UAE | 1893 | 2.0 | 1512 | 2312 | +1.8 |
| 22 | Hamdan Hassan Mohammed Hassan | 🇦🇪UAE | 1588 | 2.0 | 1727 | 2527 | +27.2 |
| 28 | Mohammad Abdulrahman, Alawadhi | 🇦🇪UAE | 1860 | 1.5 | 1937 | 1744 | -6.0 |
| 29 | Yahya Shuaib Al Kaff | 🇦🇪UAE | 1888 | 1.5 | 1701 | 1701 | -13.6 |
| 36 | Mohamed AlMaeeni | 🇦🇪UAE | 1539 | 1.0 | 1678 | 878 | -55.2 |
| 25 | FMAbdulrahman Mohammad, Al Taher | 🇦🇪UAE | 2199 | 1.0 | 2091 | 2091 | -5.8 |
| 38 | KHALID ALHAWAY | 🇦🇪UAE | 1458 | 1.0 | 1701 | 901 | -8.0 |
| 37 | Saif, Ahmed | 🇦🇪UAE | 2025 | 1.0 | 2125 | 1325 | -7.2 |
| 53 | Mohamed Abdalla Alzarooni | 🇦🇪UAE | 1497 | 1.0 | 1901 | 1101 | -3.2 |
| 33 | Abdulrahman Saleh Al-Ali | 🇦🇪UAE | 1624 | 1.0 | 2004 | 1204 | -3.6 |
| 43 | Salem Ahmed AlMheiri | 🇦🇪UAE | 1495 | 1.0 | 1892 | 1092 | -3.6 |
| 34 | Mohamed Sultan Al Taher | 🇦🇪UAE | 0 | 1.0 | 1780 | 980 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Ahmed Ali Bamatraf | 🇦🇪UAE | 1770 | 0.5 | 2013 | 1740 | -6.0 |
| 32 | Sultan Ahmed AlMheiri | 🇦🇪UAE | 1723 | 0.5 | 1776 | 1503 | -32.0 |
| 31 | CMAl-Blooshi, Hamad Essa | 🇦🇪UAE | 1951 | 0.5 | 1822 | 1822 | -6.8 |
| 27 | GMDarini, Pouria | 🇮🇷IRI | 2383 | 0.5 | 2324 | 2324 | -0.8 |
| 35 | FIDE 9336001 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1786 | 986 | 0.0 |
| 54 | FIDE 11525177 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1856 | 1056 | 0.0 |
| 49 | FIDE 9335692 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 2156 | 1356 | 0.0 |
| 39 | FIDE 9336028 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1777 | 977 | 0.0 |
| 44 | FIDE 9335986 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1835 | 1035 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Fahad Abdulaziz Al-Ali | 🇦🇪UAE | 1675 | 0.0 | 1820 | 1020 | -25.6 |
| 52 | Saqar Essa Khamis | 🇦🇪UAE | 1737 | 0.0 | 1980 | 1180 | -19.6 |
| 41 | Hamad Shuaib Al Kaff | 🇦🇪UAE | 1782 | 0.0 | 2183 | 1383 | -9.6 |
| 46 | CMVihaan Dumir | 🇮🇳IND | 2037 | 0.0 | 2236 | 1436 | -29.6 |
| 51 | Obaid Hamad Alsuwaidi | 🇦🇪UAE | 0 | 0.0 | 1741 | 941 | 0.0 |
| 40 | FIDE 9337105 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1479 | 679 | 0.0 |
| 45 | FIDE 9337113 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1591 | 791 | 0.0 |
| 50 | IMSaeed, Ishaq | 🇦🇪UAE | 2291 | 0.0 | 2636 | 1836 | -1.1 |
| 42 | FIDE 9337024 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1860 | 1060 | 0.0 |
| 47 | FIDE 9337032 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1902 | 1102 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Abdulla Ateeq AlremaeithiUAE+59.64.0 pts · #3
- 2Mohamed Yousuf Al-AliUAE+48.84.5 pts · #1
- 3Sultan Khaled AlhosaniUAE+42.82.0 pts · #15
Top rating losers
- 1Mohamed AlMaeeniUAE-55.21.0 pts · #36
- 2Sultan Ahmed AlMheiriUAE-32.00.5 pts · #32
- 3Rashid Husain AlhammadiCMUAE-30.42.5 pts · #9
Biggest upsets
- R1+333 Elo gap
- R5+292 Elo gap
- R3+251 Elo gap