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Youth Arab Chess Championship Girls U20 2025

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8 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 20 Jul 2025 to 28 Jul 2025 in Casablanca, Morocco. 4 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1569, and top seed was Joy Romany (🇪🇬 EGY, WIM, 1960).

Ahlam Rashed (🇦🇪 UAE, WIM, 1911) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Joy Romany (5.0) and Yasmine Gamha (5.0). Rashed clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Chahd Bousselmi (1717) beat Ahlam Rashed (WIM, 1911), a +194-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 · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇪🇬WIMJoy Romany1960
Avg top 10
1,569
Participants
8
Titled players · 4
WIM×2
WCM×2
Federations · 5 represented
🇲🇦Morocco×3
🇹🇳Tunisia×2
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates×1
🇵🇸Palestine×1
🇪🇬Egypt×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

WIM Ahlam Rashed led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Rashed takes lead
Rashed5.5Romany5Gamha5Bousselmi4Hamouri4Echcharbiny1.5
R7 · LEADER CHANGE27 Jul

WIM Ahlam Rashed takes the sole lead (5.5/7).

R1 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WIM Ahlam Rashed drew with WIM Joy Romany (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

WIM Ahlam Rashed 3 wins (R2–R4)WIM Joy Romany 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WIMAhlam Rashed*
½
1
0
2WIMJoy Romany
½
*
1
1
3WCMYasmine Gamha
0
0
*
1
4Chahd Bousselmi
1
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ahlam RashedWIM1911UAE=2B+7N+3B+6N−5B+8B+4N5.521.021.515.001966+8.8
2Romany, JoyWIM1960EGY=1N+8B=4N+5N+7B+3NF5.021.522.015.752023+14.8
3Gamha, YasmineWCM1732TUN+5B+6B−1N+8B+4N−2B+7N5.021.522.011.501928+62.4
4Hamouri, TaqwaWCM1791PLE+8N+5N=2B+7N−3B=6N−1B4.022.523.09.251793+0.2
5Bousselmi, Chahd1717TUN−3N−4B+6N−2B+1N+7B+8N4.022.523.09.001806+13.6
6Lagmou, Salma1675MAR−7B−3N−5B−1B+8N=4BF1.525.025.52.501417-51.2
7Echcharbiny, Wissal1768MAR+6N−1B=8N−4B−2N−5N−3B1.525.025.51.751524-35.6
8Ait Bentaleb, Hiba0MAR−4B−2N=7B−3N−6B−1N−5B0.525.026.50.7513710.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets