Beirut Championship 2025
Open SwissStandard
30 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 04 Jun 2025 to 16 Jun 2025 in Beirut, Lebanon. Top 10 Elo average was 1348, and top seed was Mohamad Hussein Younes (🇱🇧 LBN, 1809).
Tarek Saad (🇱🇧 LBN, 1718) won with 7.0/7, ahead of Alexander EL Khoury (5.5) and Anthony Ghossoub (5.0). Saad won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Sally Hamadeh (1584) beat Serge Ward (1791), a +207-point gap.
Location
🇱🇧Beirut, Lebanon
Dates
04 Jun 2025 → 16 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 70 minutes for the game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇱🇧Lebanon×29
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTarek Saad led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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8
3
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R4–R7 · LEAD HELD
Tarek Saad never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Tarek Saad 7 wins (R1–R7)Alexander EL Khoury 3 wins (R5–R7)Sally Hamadeh 4 wins (R2–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tarek Saad | * | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2Alexander EL Khoury | — | * | 0 | — |
| 3Sally Hamadeh | 0 | 1 | * | — |
| 4Anthony Ghossoub | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saad, Tarek | 1718 | LBN | +19B | +16N | +14B | +10N | +4B | +6B | +3N | 7.0 | 26.0 | 29.0 | 29.00 | 2429 | +45.6 |
| 2 | EL Khoury, Alexander | 0 | LBN | +?B | +5B | =4N | −6B | +18N | +15B | +11N | 5.5 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 18.00 | 1649 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Ghossoub, Anthony | 0 | LBN | =20N | +8B | =5N | +7B | +11N | +13N | −1B | 5.0 | 29.5 | 32.0 | 21.25 | 1701 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Garabet, Charbel | 1555 | LBN | +27B | +24N | =2B | +11B | −1N | +8B | =6N | 5.0 | 28.0 | 29.0 | 16.75 | 1458 | -9.6 |
| 5 | Younes, Mohamad Hussein | 1809 | LBN | +9B | −2N | =3B | +21N | =12B | +23N | +13B | 5.0 | 25.5 | 27.5 | 17.50 | 2285 | +5.2 |
| 6 | Hamadeh, Sally | 1584 | LBN | =30N | +20B | +25B | +2N | +10B | −1N | =4B | 5.0 | 25.5 | 26.0 | 16.25 | 1870 | +75.6 |
| 7 | Abu Hjeili, Karim | 0 | LBN | −23B | +27N | +24B | −3N | +16B | +12N | +10B | 5.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 14.00 | 1769 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Farra, Marc Anwar | 0 | LBN | =25B | −3N | +30B | +?N | +20B | −4N | +16B | 4.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 6.75 | 1712 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Fadel, Mustapha | 0 | LBN | −5N | +?B | =21N | −17B | +26N | +?B | +15N | 4.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 6.25 | 1009 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Rammal, Ayman | 1749 | LBN | +26N | +29B | +15N | −1B | −6N | +18B | −7N | 4.0 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 9.00 | 851 | -50.4 |
| 11 | El Masri, Ahmad | 0 | LBN | +?B | +23N | +12B | −4N | −3B | +17N | −2B | 4.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 9.00 | 755 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Masri, Ali Rida | 0 | LBN | +?N | +22B | −11N | =15B | =5N | −7B | +?B | 4.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 6.25 | 1809 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Haddad, Peter | 1485 | LBN | −29N | +30B | +26N | +22B | +17N | −3B | −5N | 4.0 | 17.5 | 18.0 | 7.00 | 1009 | -5.2 |
| 14 | Chaaya, Morched | 0 | LBN | +?N | +17B | −1N | −18B | +22N | +?B | −20N | 4.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 5.00 | 954 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Chaaban, Mohamad Dib Nidal | 0 | LBN | +28B | +18N | −10B | =12N | +?B | −2N | −9B | 3.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 6.00 | 949 | 0.0 |
| 16 | EL Khoury, Elias | 0 | LBN | +?N | −1B | −17N | +28B | −7N | +22B | −8N | 3.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 3.00 | 918 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Masri, Mohamad | 0 | LBN | +?B | −14N | +16B | +9N | −13B | −11B | F | 3.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 7.50 | 685 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Khochkhoch, Walid | 0 | LBN | +?B | −15B | +?N | +14N | −2B | −10N | F | 3.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 4.00 | 949 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Hanna, Kevin Claude | 0 | LBN | −1N | +?N | +?B | +?B | F | F | F | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 918 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Badr, Daniel | 1790 | LBN | =3B | −6N | +28B | F | −8N | F | +14B | 2.5 | 22.5 | 23.5 | 7.50 | 784 | -30.4 |
| 21 | Sioufi, Oussama | 0 | LBN | +?B | −25N | =9B | −5B | +24N | F | F | 2.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 4.25 | 1000 | 0.0 |
| 22 | El Jawich, Louay | 0 | LBN | +?B | −12N | +23B | −13N | −14B | −16N | F | 2.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 2.00 | 685 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Kayem, Assi | 0 | LBN | +7N | −11B | −22N | +?B | F | −5B | −?N | 2.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 5.00 | 1009 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Karout, Manessa | 0 | LBN | +?B | −4B | −7N | −?N | −21B | F | +?N | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 755 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Ward, Serge | 1791 | LBN | =8N | +21B | −6N | F | F | F | F | 1.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 4.75 | 784 | -15.4 |
| 26 | FIDE 5312558 | 0 | — | −10B | +?N | −13B | =?N | −9B | F | F | 1.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 0.00 | 817 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Itani, Ahmad | 0 | LBN | −4N | −7B | −?N | +?B | −?N | F | F | 1.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 0.00 | 755 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Nabhan, Cybele | 0 | LBN | −15N | +?B | −20N | −16N | −?B | −?B | F | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 990 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Itani, Ahmd Youssef | 0 | LBN | +13B | −10N | F | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 1617 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Ismaeil Khalil , Yassine | 0 | LBN | =6B | −13N | −8N | F | F | F | F | 0.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 2.50 | 1342 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Hamadeh, SallyLBN+75.65.0 pts · #1
- 2Saad, TarekLBN+45.67.0 pts · #2
- 3Younes, Mohamad HusseinLBN+5.25.0 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Rammal, AymanLBN-50.44.0 pts · #28
- 2Badr, DanielLBN-30.42.5 pts · #13
- 3Ward, SergeLBN-15.41.5 pts · #17
Biggest upsets
- R3+207 Elo gap
- R2+206 Elo gap
- R5+165 Elo gap