CChessStats

Youth Arab Chess Championship Girls U18 2025

Open SwissStandard

12 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 20 Jul 2025 to 28 Jul 2025 in Casablanca, Morocco. 5 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1803, and top seed was Jana Mohamed Zaki (🇪🇬 EGY, WIM, 2023).

Ruba Al-Qudah (🇯🇴 JOR, WIM, 1965) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Jana Mohamed Zaki (6.5) and Mareim Mohamed Azzab (6.0). Al-Qudah shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Mera Abdulaziz Aidarous (1567) beat Roaa Laamim (WFM, 1921), a +354-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
🇪🇬WIMJana Mohamed Zaki2023
Avg top 10
1,803
Participants
12
Titled players · 5
WIM×2
WFM×2
WCM×1
Federations · 7 represented
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates×3
🇲🇦Morocco×3
🇪🇬Egypt×2
🇰🇼Kuwait×1
🇵🇸Palestine×1
🇹🇳Tunisia×1
🇯🇴Jordan×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

WIM Ruba Al-Qudah led from R6; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
3
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Al-Qudah takes lead
Al-Qudah8Mohamed Zaki6.5Mohamed Azzab6Ben Amor6Sawan6Aidarous5
R6 · LEADER CHANGE24 Jul

WIM Ruba Al-Qudah takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WIM Ruba Al-Qudah beat WIM Jana Mohamed Zaki (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

WIM Ruba Al-Qudah 6 wins (R4–R9)WIM Jana Mohamed Zaki 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WIMRuba Al-Qudah*
1
1
1
2WIMJana Mohamed Zaki
0
*
1
½
3Mareim Mohamed Azzab
0
0
*
½
4WCMMeriem Ben Amor
0
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ruba Al-QudahWIM1965JOR+8B+4N−7B+5N+2N+3B+9B+6N+11N8.040.542.037.502137+65.6
2Mohamed Zaki, JanaWIM2023EGY+9B+3N+5B+6N−1B=8N=4B+10N=7N6.542.044.529.251956-16.4
3Mohamed Azzab, Mareim1815EGY+10B−2B+9N+7N=5B−1N+8B=4N+12B6.040.040.520.001904+46.0
4Ben Amor, MeriemWCM1812TUN+12N−1B−6N+11B+7B+9N=2N=3B+10B6.036.537.017.751860+29.2
5Sawan, EmanWFM1976PLE+11N+6B−2N−1B=3N=10B+12N+9N+8B6.036.036.517.751846-38.0
6Mera Abdulaziz Aidarous1567UAE+7B−5N+4B−2B−8N+12B+11N−1B+9N5.039.039.515.001816+102.2
7Laamim, RoaaWFM1921MAR−6N+8B+1N−3B−4N+11B+10NF=2B4.539.540.019.251784-45.2
8Lulwa Khalifa Alhammadi1578UAE−1N−7N+10B+12N+6B=2B−3N=11B−5N4.040.040.512.001712+45.2
9Echcharbiny, Houda1756MAR−2N+12B−3B=10N+11N−4B−1N−5B−6B2.541.542.03.251581-82.4
10Fatima Saleh Jasim1564UAE−3N+11B−8N=9B=12N=5N−7B−2B−4N2.537.037.56.001593+3.2
11Oudrhiri, Douae1617MAR−5B−10N+12B−4N−9B−7N−6B=8N−1B1.538.539.02.501453-75.6
12Alhassan, Fatemah1410KUW−4B−9N−11N−8B=10B−6N−5BF−3N0.536.538.01.251244-39.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets