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Beirut Championship 2025

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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
Top seed
Avg top 10
1,348
Participants
30
Federations · 1 represented
🇱🇧Lebanon×29
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tarek Saad led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
17
8
3
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
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
Player1234
1Tarek Saad*
1
1
2Alexander EL Khoury*
0
3Sally Hamadeh
0
1
*
4Anthony Ghossoub
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Saad, Tarek1718LBN+19B+16N+14B+10N+4B+6B+3N7.026.029.029.002429+45.6
2EL Khoury, Alexander0LBN+?B+5B=4N6B+18N+15B+11N5.525.525.518.0016490.0
3Ghossoub, Anthony0LBN=20N+8B=5N+7B+11N+13N1B5.029.532.021.2517010.0
4Garabet, Charbel1555LBN+27B+24N=2B+11B1N+8B=6N5.028.029.016.751458-9.6
5Younes, Mohamad Hussein1809LBN+9B2N=3B+21N=12B+23N+13B5.025.527.517.502285+5.2
6Hamadeh, Sally1584LBN=30N+20B+25B+2N+10B1N=4B5.025.526.016.251870+75.6
7Abu Hjeili, Karim0LBN23B+27N+24B3N+16B+12N+10B5.020.021.014.0017690.0
8Farra, Marc Anwar0LBN=25B3N+30B+?N+20B4N+16B4.517.517.56.7517120.0
9Fadel, Mustapha0LBN5N+?B=21N17B+26N+?B+15N4.515.515.56.2510090.0
10Rammal, Ayman1749LBN+26N+29B+15N1B6N+18B7N4.025.026.09.00851-50.4
11El Masri, Ahmad0LBN+?B+23N+12B4N3B+17N2B4.024.524.59.007550.0
12Masri, Ali Rida0LBN+?N+22B11N=15B=5N7B+?B4.019.519.56.2518090.0
13Haddad, Peter1485LBN29N+30B+26N+22B+17N3B5N4.017.518.07.001009-5.2
14Chaaya, Morched0LBN+?N+17B1N18B+22N+?B20N4.017.517.55.009540.0
15Chaaban, Mohamad Dib Nidal0LBN+28B+18N10B=12N+?B2N9B3.522.022.06.009490.0
16EL Khoury, Elias0LBN+?N1B17N+28B7N+22B8N3.022.522.53.009180.0
17Masri, Mohamad0LBN+?B14N+16B+9N13B11BF3.022.022.07.506850.0
18Khochkhoch, Walid0LBN+?B15B+?N+14N2B10NF3.017.017.04.009490.0
19Hanna, Kevin Claude0LBN1N+?N+?B+?BFFF3.07.07.00.009180.0
20Badr, Daniel1790LBN=3B6N+28BF8NF+14B2.522.523.57.50784-30.4
21Sioufi, Oussama0LBN+?B25N=9B5B+24NFF2.518.518.54.2510000.0
22El Jawich, Louay0LBN+?B12N+23B13N14B16NF2.018.018.02.006850.0
23Kayem, Assi0LBN+7N11B22N+?BF5B?N2.016.016.05.0010090.0
24Karout, Manessa0LBN+?B4B7N?N21BF+?N2.012.512.50.007550.0
25Ward, Serge1791LBN=8N+21B6NFFFF1.514.514.54.75784-15.4
26FIDE 5312558010B+?N13B=?N9BFF1.513.513.50.008170.0
27Itani, Ahmad0LBN4N7B?N+?B?NFF1.013.513.50.007550.0
28Nabhan, Cybele0LBN15N+?B20N16N?B?BF1.09.09.00.009900.0
29Itani, Ahmd Youssef0LBN+13B10NFFFFF1.08.08.04.0016170.0
30Ismaeil Khalil , Yassine0LBN=6B13N8NFFFF0.513.513.52.5013420.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets