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Youth Arab Chess Championship Girls U12 2025

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11 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 20 Jul 2025 to 28 Jul 2025 in Casablanca, Morocco. 1 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1424, and top seed was Zakaa Ahmed Mohamed (🇪🇬 EGY, WFM, 1852).

Zakaa Ahmed Mohamed (🇪🇬 EGY, WFM, 1852) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Randa Seder (7.0) and Yara Abdallah (6.0). Ahmed Mohamed won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Yasmine El Kefi (1489) beat Maryam El Harrak (1727), a +238-point gap.

Location
🇲🇦Casablanca, Morocco
Dates
20 Jul 2025 → 28 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇪🇬WFMZakaa Ahmed Mohamed1852
Avg top 10
1,424
Participants
11
Titled players · 1
WFM×1
Federations · 7 represented
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates×3
🇹🇳Tunisia×2
🇰🇼Kuwait×1
🇪🇬Egypt×1
🇲🇦Morocco×1
🇯🇴Jordan×1
🇵🇸Palestine×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

WFM Zakaa Ahmed Mohamed led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
5
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Ahmed Mohamed8Seder7Abdallah6Almarri4.5El Harrak4.5Talia3.5
R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

WFM Zakaa Ahmed Mohamed never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WFM Zakaa Ahmed Mohamed beat Randa Seder (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

WFM Zakaa Ahmed Mohamed 8 wins (R1–R8)Randa Seder 3 wins (R7–R9)Yara Abdallah 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WFMZakaa Ahmed Mohamed*
1
1
1
2Randa Seder
0
*
0
1
3Yara Abdallah
0
1
*
1
4Amna Saqer Almarri
0
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ahmed Mohamed, ZakaaWFM1852EGY+3B+7N+2B+6N+5B+8N+4B+9NF8.035.035.035.002348+48.8
2Seder, Randa1600PLE+4N+8B−1N+10B+6B−3N+11B+5N+9B7.034.034.520.501751+55.6
3Abdallah, Yara1490TUN−1N+9B−6N+7N+4B+2B−5N+10B+8N6.037.038.522.501689+82.4
4Amna Saqer Almarri1477UAE−2B=5NF+8B−3N+7B−1N+11B+6N4.536.036.012.751592+34.9
5El Harrak, Maryam1727MAR−8N=4B+9N+11B−1NF+3B−2B+10N4.533.533.513.251530-62.4
6Talia, Helal1507JOR+10B=11N+3B−1B−2N−9NF+7B−4B3.534.034.011.251461-17.2
7Rowdah Ghalib Alafeefi1485UAE+9N−1B=10N−3BF−4N+8B−6N+11N3.530.030.07.251446-15.6
8El Kefi,Yasmine1489TUN+5B−2N+11B−4N+10N−1B−7NF−3B3.035.535.56.501332-47.2
9Mariam Khalifa AlQubaisi1617UAE−7B−3N−5BF+11N+6B+10N−1B−2N3.034.534.55.501337-83.2
10Alwasmi, Sara0KUW−6NF=7B−2N−8B+11N−9B−3N−5B1.531.031.02.2511360.0
11FIDE 90586800—F=6B−8N−5N−9B−10B−2N−4N−7B0.530.530.51.7511350.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets