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25th Bahrain Chess Academy Classic Fide Rated

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20 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 07 Aug 2025 to 09 Aug 2025 in Manama, Bahrain. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1583, and top seed was Mohamed Taqi (🇧🇭 BRN, 1752).

Yusuf AlSari (🇧🇭 BRN, 0) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Mohamed Youssef (5.0) and Najla Ahmed (5.0). AlSari shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Ayman Binzaiman (1504) beat Thomas James (1686), a +182-point gap.

Location
🇧🇭Manama, Bahrain
Dates
07 Aug 2025 → 09 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇭Mohamed Taqi1752
Avg top 10
1,583
Participants
20
Federations · 3 represented
🇧🇭Bahrain×16
🇮🇳India×2
🇲🇦Morocco×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Yusuf AlSari led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
4
1
1
2
3
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7AlSari takes lead
AlSari5.5Youssef5Mohamed5Ahmed5Rajab4.5Binzaiman4
R4 · LEADER CHANGE08 Aug

Yusuf AlSari takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Yusuf AlSari lost to Mohamed Youssef (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Mohamed Youssef 4 wins (R2–R5)Hamza Mohamed 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Yusuf AlSari*
0
—
1
2Mohamed Youssef
1
*
½
1
3Hamza Mohamed—
½
*—
4Najla Ahmed
0
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1AlSari,Yusuf0BRN+8N+9B=5N+12B−2B+3N+7B5.526.029.021.7516980.0
2Youssef, Mohamed1591MARF+11N+3B+6B+1N=7B=4N5.026.526.522.001788+42.0
3Ahmed, Najla1601BRN+14N+16B−2N+5B+6N−1B+13B5.024.527.016.501739+14.2
4Mohamed, Hamza1436BRN=9N+13B−6N+10B+5N+11B=2B5.023.526.518.251699+77.5
5Rajab, Nooh1613BRN+15B+12N=1B−3N−4B+6B+11N4.525.528.015.251593-4.8
6Binzaiman, Ayman1504BRN+20B+7N+4B−2N−3B−5N+12N4.026.526.512.001580+24.8
7James, Thomas1686IND+18N−6B=10N+17B+11B=2N−1N4.023.524.510.751602-16.8
8Tissir, Maryam1534BRN−1B−14N+20B=15N+17B+10N=9B4.020.020.09.001751+11.2
9Taqi, Mohamed1752BRN=4B−1N=15BF+12N+14B=8N3.522.522.511.251633-7.8
10Alqallaf, Ali0BRN−12B+19N=7B−4N+18B−8B+16N3.519.520.56.5014620.0
11Ali, Sayed Hashim1512BRN+17N−2B+16N+14B−7N−4N−5B3.023.526.07.50782-64.8
12Algosaibi, Khalifa1554BRN+10N−5B+18N−1N−9B+19N−6B3.022.023.05.501483-20.8
13Obaid, Sondos1475BRNF−4N−14B+20N+15B+16B−3N3.017.517.55.00718-35.2
14Abbas, Mohammed Mansoor0BRN−3B+8B+13N−11N=16B−9N−17N2.521.023.58.2515020.0
15Dhruva Roy0IND−5N=17B=9N=8B−13N+18N−19B2.518.519.56.0014220.0
16Zainal, Bayan0BRN+19B−3N−11B+18B=14N−13N−10B2.518.019.03.2514270.0
17Mohamed Ali Albuainain0BRN−11B=15N+19B−7N−8NF+14B2.517.017.04.7513610.0
18Adam Alqatari1416BRN−7B+20N−12B−16N−10N−15BF1.015.515.50.00820-20.0
19Alqallaf, Yusuf1485BRN−16N−10B−17NFF−12B+15N1.014.014.02.50754-16.0
20FIDE 112101500—−6N−18B−8N−13BFFF0.013.013.00.006840.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets