Youth Arab Chess Championship Girls U16 2025
14 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 20 Jul 2025 to 28 Jul 2025 in Casablanca, Morocco. 2 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1719, and top seed was Anoud Eisa Mohamed (🇦🇪 UAE, WFM, 1871).
Jood Ahmad (🇯🇴 JOR, 1766) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Anoud Eisa Mohamed (7.0) and Dema Alaa (6.0). Ahmad took the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Helal Revana (1605) beat Kenza Tabich (1838), a +233-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R3; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.
Jood Ahmad takes the sole lead (3.5/4).
2 players finish on 7.0/9. Ahmad takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (42.5).
WFM Anoud Eisa Mohamed lost to Jood Ahmad (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1WFMAnoud Eisa Mohamed | * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2Jood Ahmad | 1 | * | 1 | ½ |
| 3WCMDema Alaa | 1 | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4Khadija El Mteri | 0 | ½ | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jood Ahmad | 1766 | JOR | =9N | +7B | +3N | +2B | =4N | +6B | +8N | +11B | −5N | 7.0 | 42.5 | 46.5 | 36.00 | 1881 | +53.6 |
| 2 | Anoud Eisa MohamedWFM | 1871 | UAE | +13B | +8N | +4B | −1N | +6B | +10N | −3B | +7N | +11B | 7.0 | 40.5 | 43.0 | 30.00 | 1853 | -0.3 |
| 3 | Alaa, DemaWCM | 1790 | EGY | =10B | =5N | −1B | =13N | +14N | +4B | +2N | +6B | =7B | 6.0 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 25.75 | 1779 | -1.6 |
| 4 | El Mteri, Khadija | 1753 | MAR | +6B | +12N | −2N | +11B | =1B | −3N | +9N | −5B | +10B | 5.5 | 43.0 | 46.0 | 24.00 | 1750 | +3.6 |
| 5 | Tabich , Kenza | 1838 | MAR | −7N | =3B | −10N | +14B | −8N | +13B | +12B | +4N | +1B | 5.5 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 21.00 | 1719 | -46.4 |
| 6 | Naguez, Loujein | 1492 | TUN | −4N | +14B | +7N | +9B | −2N | −1N | +10B | −3N | +12B | 5.0 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 16.00 | 1690 | +76.0 |
| 7 | Shamma Khalfan Alsuwaidi | 1611 | UAE | +5B | −1N | −6B | +12N | =10B | =11N | +13B | −2B | =3N | 4.5 | 41.5 | 44.0 | 18.00 | 1679 | +57.1 |
| 8 | Abdelkefi Beya | 1673 | TUN | +11N | −2B | =9N | −10B | +5B | +12N | −1B | −13N | +14N | 4.5 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 14.75 | 1628 | -20.4 |
| 9 | Al-Qassabi, Rawda | 1523 | QAT | =1B | +10N | =8B | −6N | =11B | +14N | −4B | −12N | +13B | 4.5 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 14.25 | 1587 | +18.8 |
| 10 | Revana, Helal | 1605 | JOR | =3N | −9B | +5B | +8N | =7N | −2B | −6N | +14B | −4N | 4.0 | 42.5 | 42.5 | 15.25 | 1599 | -8.0 |
| 11 | Souibgui, Maram | 1462 | TUN | −8B | +13N | +12B | −4N | =9N | =7B | +14B | −1N | −2N | 4.0 | 38.5 | 38.5 | 10.00 | 1589 | +42.8 |
| 12 | Ben Zid, Rayhane | 1669 | TUN | +14B | −4B | −11N | −7B | +13N | −8B | −5N | +9B | −6N | 3.0 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 7.00 | 1420 | -104.4 |
| 13 | Al-Qassabi, Layan | 1618 | QAT | −2N | −11B | +14N | =3B | −12B | −5N | −7N | +8B | −9N | 2.5 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 7.50 | 1420 | -78.8 |
| 14 | Sidrine, Ibtihal | 0 | MAR | −12N | −6N | −13B | −5N | −3B | −9B | −11N | −10N | −8B | 0.0 | 36.5 | 39.0 | 0.00 | 832 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Naguez, LoujeinTUN+76.05.0 pts · #7
- 2Shamma Khalfan AlsuwaidiUAE+57.14.5 pts · #6
- 3Jood AhmadJOR+53.67.0 pts · #2
- 1Ben Zid, RayhaneTUN-104.43.0 pts · #12
- 2Al-Qassabi, LayanQAT-78.82.5 pts · #13
- 3Tabich , KenzaMAR-46.45.5 pts · #5
- R3+233 Elo gap
- R1+227 Elo gap
- R3+207 Elo gap