Egyptian League (A) Round 9
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41 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held on 30 Jun 2025 in Many cities, Egypt. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2068, and top seed was Salah Yousry (🇪🇬 EGY, FM, 2267).
Mohamed Safwat Sultan (🇪🇬 EGY, 1814) won with 1.0/9, ahead of Adam Ahmed Rashwan (1.0) and Esam Mohamed Ahmed (1.0).
The biggest upset came in round 9: Noor Ahmed Osman (1894) beat Ahmed Metwally (2002), a +108-point gap.
Location
🇪🇬Many cities, Egypt
Dates
30 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Titled players · 2
FM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇪🇬Egypt×41
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 14 players tied at 1.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 109 co-leaders at R4 to 17 at the finish.
Co-leaders
109
109
109
109
109
109
109
109
17
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
14 players finish on 1.0/9. Safwat Sultan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (0.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Safwat Sultan, Mohamed | 1814 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +38N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2414 | +9.6 |
| 2 | Ahmed Rashwan, Adam | 1438 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +27B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2336 | +26.0 |
| 3 | Mohamed Ahmed, Esam | 2026 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +29N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2796 | +9.2 |
| 4 | Sabry, Taher | 1985 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +28B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2602 | +5.2 |
| 5 | Khater, Ahmed Hamdy | 1961 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +36B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2854 | +12.6 |
| 6 | Hamdy, Mohamed | 1992 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +30N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2814 | +10.6 |
| 7 | Amr Sayed, Mostafa | 0 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +?B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1815 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Sameeh, HanyFM | 2039 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +33B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2625 | +4.6 |
| 9 | Yousry, SalahFM | 2267 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +35B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2849 | +4.4 |
| 10 | Fattouh, Mohamed | 1915 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +31N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2653 | +16.4 |
| 11 | Arafa, Hosam Sayed | 1983 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +32B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2788 | +10.2 |
| 12 | Khater, Hamdy | 1916 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +34B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2504 | +4.6 |
| 13 | Ahmed Osman, Noor | 1894 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +37B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2802 | +26.0 |
| 14 | Khaled, Omar | 1636 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +26B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2284 | +12.0 |
| 15 | Ahmed Abdulaziz, Mohamed | 1704 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =23B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1741 | +2.0 |
| 16 | Elazzawy, Walid | 2022 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =17N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1952 | -2.0 |
| 17 | Ahmed Yehia, Ahmed | 1952 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =16B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2022 | +2.0 |
| 18 | Maher Elkhodery, Mohamed | 1640 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =19B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1884 | +12.0 |
| 19 | Masoud, Mohamed Helmy | 1884 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =18N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1639 | -6.0 |
| 20 | Ragheb, Malak | 2158 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =22N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1957 | -5.2 |
| 21 | Abo Ela, Sayed | 2017 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =24B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2029 | +0.4 |
| 22 | Kamal, Edmon | 1957 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =20B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2158 | +5.2 |
| 23 | Mahmoud Hussain, Abdulla | 1742 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =15N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1704 | -2.0 |
| 24 | Moatamid, Yasser | 2029 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =21N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2017 | -0.4 |
| 25 | Saad, Ahmed Abdelaziz | 0 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =?B | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1918 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Ahmed Abdel Haleem, Kareem | 1484 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −14N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 835 | -12.0 |
| 27 | Said Tawfeik, Fatma | 1536 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 626 | -26.0 |
| 28 | Sayed Hassanien, Baraa | 1802 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1185 | -5.2 |
| 29 | Ali Mohamed, Mohamed | 1996 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1226 | -9.2 |
| 30 | Aly Bekhet, Bekhet | 2014 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −6B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1192 | -10.6 |
| 31 | Mecheil, Kerlos | 1853 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −10B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1115 | -8.2 |
| 32 | Abdo, Hany Elsayed | 1988 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −11N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1183 | -10.2 |
| 33 | Abdo Mohamed , Shady | 1825 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −8N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1239 | -4.6 |
| 34 | Ibrahem Saeed, Hossam | 1704 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −12N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1116 | -4.6 |
| 35 | Yehya, Waleed | 2049 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −9N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1467 | -4.4 |
| 36 | Allam, Emad Hamdy | 2054 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −5N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1161 | -12.6 |
| 37 | Metwally, Ahmed | 2002 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −13N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1093 | -13.0 |
| 38 | Yasser Maher, Maher | 1612 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1014 | -9.6 |
| 39 | Mamdouh Youseif, Martin | 0 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 938 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Mohamed Samy, Ahmed | 0 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 825 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Abdel Aleem, Mohamed | 0 | EGY | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1197 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Ahmed Osman, NoorEGY+26.01.0 pts · #13
- 2Ahmed Rashwan, AdamEGY+26.01.0 pts · #2
- 3Fattouh, MohamedEGY+16.41.0 pts · #10
Top rating losers
- 1Said Tawfeik, FatmaEGY-26.00.0 pts · #28
- 2Metwally, AhmedEGY-13.00.0 pts · #39
- 3Allam, Emad HamdyEGY-12.60.0 pts · #38
Biggest upsets
- R9+108 Elo gap