Iraqi Chess Tournament Boys U 12
30 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 07 Jul 2025 to 11 Jul 2025 in Erbil, Iraq. Top 10 Elo average was 1398, and top seed was Samer Abdel Rahman Tejan (🇮🇶 IRQ, 1679).
Awder Abdullh Rahand (🇮🇶 IRQ, 1672) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Nasraw Mustafa Dawan (7.5) and Awder Abdullah Aydya (7.0). Rahand won solo starting round 6.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Omed Ali Aryaz (1483) beat Samer Abdel Rahman Tejan (1679), a +196-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsAwder Abdullh Rahand led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
Awder Abdullh Rahand held the sole lead from R6 through R9 without losing it.
Awder Abdullh Rahand beat Nasraw Mustafa Dawan (White).
Awder Abdullh Rahand 4+3 wins (R1–R4, R6–R8)Nasraw Mustafa Dawan 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R7–R9)Awder Abdullah Aydya 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Awder Abdullh Rahand | * | 1 | ½ | 1 |
| 2Nasraw Mustafa Dawan | 0 | * | ½ | — |
| 3Awder Abdullah Aydya | ½ | ½ | * | 1 |
| 4Nareeman Noori Rameen | 0 | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rahand, Awder Abdullh | 1672 | IRQ | +30N | +16B | +6N | +2B | =3N | +4B | +8B | +12N | =7B | 8.0 | 47.0 | 47.0 | 40.75 | 1888 | +38.8 |
| 2 | Dawan, Nasraw Mustafa | 1645 | IRQ | +14B | +24N | +12B | −1N | +7B | =3B | +13N | +6N | +8B | 7.5 | 46.5 | 49.5 | 38.00 | 1682 | +10.8 |
| 3 | Aydya, Awder Abdullah | 1549 | IRQ | +8N | +7B | +4N | +9B | =1B | =2N | −6B | +11N | +14B | 7.0 | 49.5 | 54.5 | 41.25 | 1630 | +21.3 |
| 4 | Rameen, Nareeman Noori | 1440 | IRQ | +10B | +21N | −3B | +15N | +17B | −1N | +7B | =8N | +6B | 6.5 | 46.5 | 50.0 | 32.25 | 1443 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Tejan, Samer Abdel Rahman | 1679 | IRQ | +26B | =11N | =13B | =21N | −6B | +18B | =10N | +9B | +12N | 6.0 | 40.0 | 42.5 | 27.25 | 1594 | -17.6 |
| 6 | Aryaz, Omed Ali | 1483 | IRQ | +27B | +18N | −1B | =13N | +5N | +9B | +3N | −2B | −4N | 5.5 | 50.0 | 52.5 | 28.00 | 1572 | +32.4 |
| 7 | FIDE 4834291 | 0 | — | +?B | −3N | +20B | +19N | −2N | +15B | −4N | +16B | =1N | 5.5 | 46.5 | 46.5 | 21.50 | 1255 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Pasha, Hemin Hussein | 0 | IRQ | −3B | +?N | +?B | +12N | +13B | +16B | −1N | =4B | −2N | 5.5 | 43.5 | 43.5 | 17.75 | 1488 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Hasan, Abdulkareem Hasan | 1548 | IRQ | =29B | +23N | +11B | −3N | +21B | −6N | +14B | −5N | +13B | 5.5 | 41.0 | 42.0 | 23.00 | 1352 | -40.8 |
| 10 | Shayar, Danar Mostafa | 0 | IRQ | −4N | +26N | +18B | +24B | −16N | −12N | =5B | +25B | +22N | 5.5 | 35.5 | 38.0 | 19.00 | 1265 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Arin, Arsalan Othman | 0 | IRQ | +?B | =5B | −9N | −17B | +?N | +22N | +21B | −3B | +18N | 5.5 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 14.50 | 1319 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Taha Samr Ahmed | 1494 | IRQ | +25N | +15B | −2N | −8B | +20N | +10B | +16N | −1B | −5B | 5.0 | 46.0 | 48.5 | 21.50 | 865 | -33.2 |
| 13 | Ali, Dlshad Hasan | 1469 | IRQ | +28N | +22B | =5N | =6B | −8N | +17N | −2B | +19B | −9N | 5.0 | 42.0 | 44.0 | 19.75 | 1396 | -14.8 |
| 14 | Parsa, Hemin Hussein | 0 | IRQ | −2N | +?B | −17N | +28B | +?N | +19B | −9N | +15B | −3N | 5.0 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 11.00 | 781 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Taman, Majeed Hassan | 0 | IRQ | +20B | −12N | +?B | −4B | +24N | −7N | +?B | −14N | +19B | 5.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 11.00 | 667 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 4844505 | 0 | — | +?B | −1N | +27B | +22N | +10B | −8N | −12B | −7N | =17B | 4.5 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 13.75 | 783 | 0.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 4844645 | 0 | — | =23B | =29N | +14B | +11N | −4N | −13B | −19N | +20B | =16N | 4.5 | 38.0 | 39.0 | 19.00 | 655 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 4839145 | 0 | — | +?N | −6B | −10N | +25B | =22B | −5N | +23B | +21N | −11B | 4.5 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 11.25 | 781 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 4844513 | 0 | — | −24B | +?N | +26B | −7B | +27N | −14N | +17B | −13N | −15N | 4.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 9.50 | 669 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 4844653 | 0 | — | −15N | +28B | −7N | +?B | −12B | −23N | +?B | −17N | +27B | 4.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 4.50 | 694 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Mohammed, Hassan Mohammed | 0 | IRQ | +?B | −4B | +23N | =5B | −9N | F | −11N | −18B | +25N | 3.5 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 9.00 | 1283 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Yousif, Omer Abdulaziz | 0 | IRQ | +?B | −13N | F | −16B | =18N | −11B | +27N | +24B | −10B | 3.5 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 7.75 | 669 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Las, Ibrahim Noory | 0 | IRQ | =17N | −9B | −21B | −?N | +?N | +20B | −18N | +26B | −?N | 3.5 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 8.75 | 748 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Briss, Chiya Taher | 0 | IRQ | +19N | −2B | +25B | −10N | −15B | −?N | F | −22N | +28B | 3.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 8.50 | 845 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 4844599 | 0 | — | −12B | F | −24N | −18N | +?B | =27B | +26N | −10N | −21B | 2.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 3.75 | 694 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 4844556 | 0 | — | −5N | −10B | −19N | =?B | +28N | F | −25B | −23N | +?B | 2.5 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 2.00 | 879 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Shahan, Danar Mustafa | 0 | IRQ | −6N | +?B | −16N | +30B | −19B | =25N | −22B | −?N | −20N | 2.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 1.25 | 683 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 4844610 | 0 | — | −13B | −20N | +?B | −14N | −26B | +?N | F | −?B | −24N | 2.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 0.00 | 669 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Rastgo, Haso Najam | 0 | IRQ | =9N | =17B | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 5.00 | 1548 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 4844564 | 0 | — | −1B | −?N | F | −27N | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 0.00 | 872 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Rahand, Awder AbdullhIRQ+38.88.0 pts · #1
- 2Aryaz, Omed AliIRQ+32.45.5 pts · #2
- 3Aydya, Awder AbdullahIRQ+21.37.0 pts · #4
- 1Hasan, Abdulkareem HasanIRQ-40.85.5 pts · #8
- 2Taha Samr AhmedIRQ-33.25.0 pts · #22
- 3Tejan, Samer Abdel RahmanIRQ-17.66.0 pts · #6
- R5+196 Elo gap