6th Invitational BCA Closed Tournament
6 players participated in this 10-round tournament, held from 03 Jul 2025 to 08 Jul 2025 in manama, Bahrain. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1613, and top seed was Mohamed Taqi (🇧🇭 BRN, 1747).
Fares Qanair (🇯🇴 JOR, 1684) won with 7.0/10, ahead of Mohamed Taqi (6.5) and Musab Shaker (5.5). Qanair shared the lead from round 8 and won solo starting round 9.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Maryam Tissir (1464) beat Mohamed Youssef (1605), a +141-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 10 roundsFares Qanair led from R9 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.
Mohamed Taqi takes the sole lead (3.5/5).
Fares Qanair 1.0–1.0 against Mohamed Taqi (R1 ½-½, R2 ½-½).
Fares Qanair went unbeaten across 10 games (R1–R10).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇯🇴Fares Qanair | 1684 | * | ½½ | ½½ | ½1 | 11 | ½1 | 7.0 | 30.75 | 46.0 | +36.0 | 1748 |
| 2 | 🇧🇭Taqi, Mohamed | 1747 | ½½ | * | ½½ | ½½ | 11 | 1½ | 6.5 | 29.00 | 47.0 | -10.4 | 1696 |
| 3 | 🇧🇭CMShaker, Musab | 1711 | ½½ | ½½ | * | 11 | 0½ | ½½ | 5.5 | 26.75 | 49.0 | -19.2 | 1630 |
| 5 | 🇧🇭Tissir, Maryam | 1464 | 0½ | ½½ | 00 | * | 10 | 11 | 4.5 | 18.50 | 51.0 | +69.6 | 1607 |
| 4 | 🇲🇦Youssef, Mohamed | 1605 | 00 | 00 | ½1 | 10 | * | 11 | 4.5 | 16.75 | 51.0 | -15.2 | 1579 |
| 6 | 🇧🇭Mohamed, Hamza | 1467 | 0½ | ½0 | ½½ | 00 | 00 | * | 2.0 | 12.25 | 56.0 | -31.2 | 1402 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Tissir, MaryamBRN+69.64.5 pts · #5
- 2Fares QanairJOR+36.07.0 pts · #1
- 3Taqi, MohamedBRN-10.46.5 pts · #2
- 1Mohamed, HamzaBRN-31.22.0 pts · #6
- 2Shaker, MusabCMBRN-19.25.5 pts · #3
- 3Youssef, MohamedMAR-15.24.5 pts · #4
- R2+141 Elo gap
- R9+106 Elo gap