Iraqi Chess Tournament Boys U 16
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58 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 07 Jul 2025 to 11 Jul 2025 in Erbil, Iraq. Top 10 Elo average was 1827, and top seed was Mohamed Edan Ameen (🇮🇶 IRQ, 1957).
Abdullah Ammar Ahmed Al-Saffar (🇮🇶 IRQ, 1886) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Mahmood Mohammed Paywand (7.5) and Mohamed Edan Ameen (7.0). Al-Saffar shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Soran Azad Dahen (1563) beat Nasraw Mustafa Daniar (1808), a +245-point gap.
Location
🇮🇶Erbil, Iraq
Dates
07 Jul 2025 → 11 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇶Iraq×48
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 7 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
27
11
5
7
1
2
1
2
2
R5–R9 · LEAD HELD
Mahmood Mohammed Paywand held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 7.5/9. Al-Saffar takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (48.0).
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Mahmood Mohammed Paywand drew with Abdullah Ammar Ahmed Al-Saffar (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mahmood Mohammed Paywand | * | ½ | ½ | 1 |
| 2Abdullah Ammar Ahmed Al-Saffar | ½ | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3Mohamed Edan Ameen | ½ | ½ | * | — |
| 4Mohammed Taher Lawin | 0 | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Saffar, Abdullah Ammar Ahmed | 1886 | IRQ | +44B | +45N | +19B | =4N | =3B | =2N | +15B | +8N | +10B | 7.5 | 48.0 | 51.0 | 40.50 | 1921 | +15.6 |
| 2 | Paywand, Mahmood Mohammed | 1905 | IRQ | +33N | +34B | +32N | =9B | +13N | =1B | +4N | =3B | +14N | 7.5 | 46.0 | 50.0 | 39.75 | 2034 | +42.2 |
| 3 | Ameen, Mohamed Edan | 1957 | IRQ | +46B | =10N | +30B | +20B | =1N | =7B | +13N | =2N | +17B | 7.0 | 47.5 | 50.5 | 37.00 | 1936 | -0.8 |
| 4 | Lawin, Mohammed Taher | 1882 | IRQ | +57N | +37B | +15N | =1B | =7N | +23B | −2B | =14N | +16B | 6.5 | 46.5 | 46.5 | 29.50 | 1762 | -30.4 |
| 5 | Siver, Salar Hamza | 0 | IRQ | +?N | =13B | −7N | +35B | +21N | +25B | =20N | =9B | +18N | 6.5 | 42.0 | 42.0 | 27.75 | 1735 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Sarbarz, Sherko Dilshad | 0 | IRQ | −13N | +?B | +34N | +12B | =32N | −9B | +25N | +15B | +20N | 6.5 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 27.50 | 1683 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Dahen, Soran Azad | 1563 | IRQ | +40B | =25N | +5B | +11N | =4B | =3N | =14B | =16N | =8B | 6.0 | 48.0 | 52.0 | 34.25 | 1861 | +73.2 |
| 8 | Arez, Namir Khaleel | 0 | IRQ | +41B | +11N | −20N | +21B | +17B | =14N | +9N | −1B | =7N | 6.0 | 46.5 | 50.5 | 32.25 | 1789 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Muhanned Manhel, Zuhair | 1871 | IRQ | +47B | +42N | +16B | =2N | −14B | +6N | −8B | =5N | +24B | 6.0 | 46.5 | 49.5 | 31.00 | 1733 | -20.4 |
| 10 | Sivan, Sarkan Tofiq | 0 | IRQ | +35N | =3B | +18N | −13B | =22N | +?B | +23N | +20B | −1N | 6.0 | 44.5 | 44.5 | 25.50 | 1760 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Daniar, Nasraw Mustafa | 1808 | IRQ | +58N | −8B | +49N | −7B | +28N | +37B | =18N | =12B | +23N | 6.0 | 40.5 | 40.5 | 22.75 | 1555 | -36.8 |
| 12 | Saryan, Soran Mohammed | 1630 | IRQ | =30B | −24N | +50B | −6N | +39B | +29N | +41B | =11N | +21B | 6.0 | 40.0 | 42.5 | 25.75 | 1962 | +49.2 |
| 13 | Yahiya, Dlshad Hasan | 1720 | IRQ | +6B | =5N | +25B | +10N | −2B | +32N | −3B | −17N | +26B | 5.5 | 49.0 | 53.0 | 29.75 | 1574 | -30.8 |
| 14 | Ali, Wassam Hatam | 1725 | IRQ | =22N | =38B | +36N | +28B | +9N | =8B | =7N | =4B | −2B | 5.5 | 46.0 | 50.0 | 28.75 | 1737 | +4.4 |
| 15 | Yahya, Mahmoud Usamah | 1409 | IRQ | +52B | +39N | −4B | +24N | +19B | =20B | −1N | −6N | +41B | 5.5 | 44.0 | 46.0 | 23.00 | 1665 | +40.4 |
| 16 | Baqir, Rashid Jawad | 1568 | IRQ | +56N | +27B | −9N | +18B | −23N | +36B | +19N | =7B | −4N | 5.5 | 43.5 | 44.0 | 23.50 | 1534 | -13.2 |
| 17 | Ali, Ahamed Mezhir | 1623 | IRQ | −18N | +29B | +48N | =22B | −8N | +33B | +27N | +13B | −3N | 5.5 | 43.0 | 46.0 | 25.00 | 1852 | +34.0 |
| 18 | Yousif, Omed Hameed | 0 | IRQ | +17B | +21N | −10B | −16N | +?B | +45N | =11B | +32N | −5B | 5.5 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 20.50 | 1708 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Saif, Sudain Alaa | 1642 | IRQ | +23N | +36B | −1N | +33B | −15N | =22B | −16B | +42N | +31B | 5.5 | 41.0 | 45.0 | 24.00 | 1502 | -35.2 |
| 20 | Abbas, Ahmed Najat | 1762 | IRQ | +49B | +51N | +8B | −3N | +41B | =15N | =5B | −10N | −6B | 5.0 | 44.5 | 46.5 | 21.00 | 1490 | -25.6 |
| 21 | Haiytham, Ahmed Shakir | 1757 | IRQ | +48N | −18B | +58B | −8N | −5B | +44N | +28N | +22B | −12N | 5.0 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 17.00 | 830 | -26.8 |
| 22 | Shad, Najaat Abdullah | 0 | IRQ | =14B | +50N | =24B | =17N | =10B | =19N | =32B | −21N | +40B | 5.0 | 40.5 | 43.0 | 22.25 | 1591 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Shadi, Fouad Mohammed | 1472 | IRQ | −19B | +55N | +45B | +47N | +16B | −4N | −10B | +43N | −11B | 5.0 | 39.5 | 40.5 | 16.50 | 1526 | +5.6 |
| 24 | Pavlin, Kaywan Salm | 0 | IRQ | =26N | +12B | =22N | −15B | −38N | +?B | +34N | +37B | −9N | 5.0 | 39.5 | 39.5 | 19.00 | 1400 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Lawand, Salar Salahaldeen | 0 | IRQ | +?N | =7B | −13N | +40N | +30B | −5N | −6B | =27B | +?N | 5.0 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 14.00 | 1449 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Nawdar, Hakim Hassan | 0 | IRQ | =24B | −30N | −31B | +50N | +40B | =42N | +35N | +36B | −13N | 5.0 | 35.5 | 38.0 | 19.00 | 827 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Mustafa, Mohammed Adnan | 0 | IRQ | +55B | −16N | +46B | −41N | =42B | +31N | −17B | =25N | +39B | 5.0 | 35.5 | 36.5 | 17.00 | 1450 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Maziyar, Marewan Hameed | 0 | IRQ | −39B | +52N | +53B | −14N | −11B | +?N | −21B | +45N | +32B | 5.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 10.50 | 1526 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Peshawa, Pshtiwan Ahmed | 1502 | IRQ | −45B | −17N | +55B | =53N | +52N | −12B | =38N | +35B | +36N | 5.0 | 30.0 | 31.0 | 13.75 | 1299 | -28.8 |
| 30 | Yahya, Oday Fareed | 0 | IRQ | =12N | +26B | −3N | +34B | −25N | +38B | −37N | −31N | +50B | 4.5 | 39.5 | 42.0 | 18.50 | 1559 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Pavel, Bootan Sherzad | 1533 | IRQ | −36N | −48B | +26N | +43B | =33N | −27B | +49N | +30B | −19N | 4.5 | 35.0 | 38.0 | 18.50 | 826 | -14.8 |
| 32 | Taraq, Samr | 1584 | IRQ | +54B | +53N | −2B | +51N | =6B | −13B | =22N | −18B | −28N | 4.0 | 38.5 | 40.0 | 10.75 | 1013 | -18.0 |
| 33 | Muhsin, Ahmed Muhsin | 0 | IRQ | −2B | +43N | +39B | −19N | =31B | −17N | =40B | −50N | +52B | 4.0 | 37.5 | 39.5 | 14.25 | 1350 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Lawy, Ibrahim Noory | 0 | IRQ | +43B | −2N | −6B | −30N | +46B | +47N | −24B | −39N | +51B | 4.0 | 37.5 | 39.5 | 12.00 | 1105 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Alend, Amir Abdullah | 0 | IRQ | −10B | +44N | =42B | −5N | +53B | =41N | −26B | −29N | +47B | 4.0 | 37.5 | 39.0 | 12.50 | 702 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Ahmed, Sherwan Ahmed | 0 | IRQ | +31B | −19N | −14B | +46N | +47B | −16N | +48B | −26N | −29B | 4.0 | 37.0 | 40.0 | 13.50 | 1351 | 0.0 |
| 37 | FIDE 4840410 | 0 | — | +?B | −4N | =40B | =42N | +44B | −11N | +30B | −24N | F | 4.0 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 12.50 | 1047 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Abdula, Awas Rasool | 1463 | IRQ | =50B | =14N | −51B | =39N | +24B | −30N | =29B | +47N | −43B | 4.0 | 33.5 | 35.5 | 16.50 | 1614 | +14.8 |
| 39 | Mahdi, Dashty Yassin | 0 | IRQ | +28N | −15B | −33N | =38B | −12N | =?B | +?N | +34B | −27N | 4.0 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 11.00 | 1228 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Ahmed Khalid, Ibrahim | 0 | IRQ | −7N | +?B | =37N | −25B | −26N | +54B | =33N | +46B | −22N | 4.0 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 8.50 | 762 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Adil, Mofaq Adil | 0 | IRQ | −8N | +57B | +?N | +27B | −20N | =35B | −12N | =?B | −15N | 4.0 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 7.00 | 800 | 0.0 |
| 42 | FIDE 4840488 | 0 | — | +?N | −9B | =35N | =37B | =27N | =26B | =?N | −19B | =?B | 4.0 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 9.00 | 949 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Oskar, Bestoon Abdulkhaleq | 0 | IRQ | −34N | −33B | F | −31N | +?B | +51N | +45B | −23B | +38N | 4.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 9.00 | 1364 | 0.0 |
| 44 | FIDE 4844386 | 0 | — | −1N | −35B | +56N | +?B | −37N | −21B | =?N | =49B | +?N | 4.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 2.00 | 1022 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Phicri, Parwar | 0 | IRQ | +29N | −1B | −23N | +49B | +48N | −18B | −43N | −28B | F | 3.0 | 38.0 | 41.0 | 11.00 | 1495 | 0.0 |
| 46 | FIDE 4844378 | 0 | — | −3N | +56B | −27N | −36B | −34N | +52B | +51B | −40N | F | 3.0 | 31.0 | 31.5 | 4.50 | 1157 | 0.0 |
| 47 | Parsa, Hawbash Khaleel | 0 | IRQ | −9N | +?B | +?N | −23B | −36N | −34B | +54N | −38B | −35N | 3.0 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 1.50 | 802 | 0.0 |
| 48 | San, Hawzheen Fadhil | 0 | IRQ | −21B | +31N | −17B | +?N | −45B | F | −36N | +?B | F | 3.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 4.50 | 1513 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Rasan, Hawbash Khalil | 0 | IRQ | −20N | F | −11B | −45N | =?B | +50N | −31B | =44N | +56B | 3.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 5.00 | 901 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Ayhem, Haleem | 0 | IRQ | =38N | −22B | −12N | −26B | +56N | −49B | F | +33B | −30N | 2.5 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 6.50 | 1354 | 0.0 |
| 51 | Hastear, Fateh Ismail | 0 | IRQ | F | −20B | +38N | −32B | −?N | −43B | −46N | +54B | −34N | 2.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 5.50 | 1478 | 0.0 |
| 52 | FIDE 4844270 | 0 | — | −15N | −28B | F | +57N | −29B | −46N | F | +?B | −33N | 2.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 0.00 | 656 | 0.0 |
| 53 | FIDE 4844254 | 0 | — | +?N | −32B | −28N | =29B | −35N | F | F | F | F | 1.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 2.50 | 1350 | 0.0 |
| 54 | FIDE 4844335 | 0 | — | −32N | −?B | −?N | =56B | F | −40N | −47B | −51N | +?B | 1.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 0.25 | 784 | 0.0 |
| 55 | Lawand, Qabeel Hadi | 0 | IRQ | −27N | −23B | −29N | F | F | +58B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0.00 | 687 | 0.0 |
| 56 | FIDE 4844343 | 0 | — | −16B | −46N | −44B | =54N | −50B | F | F | −?N | −49N | 0.5 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 0.75 | 768 | 0.0 |
| 57 | FIDE 4844408 | 0 | — | −4B | −41N | F | −52B | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 0.00 | 1086 | 0.0 |
| 58 | FIDE 4844424 | 0 | — | −11B | F | −21N | F | F | −55N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 983 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Dahen, Soran AzadIRQ+73.26.0 pts · #8
- 2Saryan, Soran MohammedIRQ+49.26.0 pts · #9
- 3Paywand, Mahmood MohammedIRQ+42.27.5 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Daniar, Nasraw MustafaIRQ-36.86.0 pts · #19
- 2Saif, Sudain AlaaIRQ-35.25.5 pts · #13
- 3Yahiya, Dlshad HasanIRQ-30.85.5 pts · #27
Biggest upsets
- R4+245 Elo gap
- R5+233 Elo gap
- R5+146 Elo gap