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Youth Arab Chess Championship Open U08 2025

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10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 20 Jul 2025 to 28 Jul 2025 in Casablanca, Morocco. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 293, and top seed was Yahya Dimassi (🇹🇳 TUN, 1488).

Youssef Hadj Salah (🇹🇳 TUN, 0) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Yahya Dimassi (7.0) and Mohamed AlMaeeni (6.0). Hadj Salah shared the lead from round 6 and won solo starting round 8.

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
🇹🇳Yahya Dimassi1488
Avg top 10
293
Participants
10
Federations · 5 represented
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates×2
🇹🇳Tunisia×2
🇯🇴Jordan×1
🇪🇬Egypt×1
🇶🇦Qatar×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Youssef Hadj Salah led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
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2
1
1
1
3
2
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Hadj Salah takes lead
R8 · LEADER CHANGE22 Jul

Youssef Hadj Salah takes the sole lead (7.0/8).

R1 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Youssef Hadj Salah beat Yahya Dimassi (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Youssef Hadj Salah 3 wins (R6–R8)Yahya Dimassi 6 wins (R2–R7)Mohamed AlMaeeni 4 wins (R5–R8)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Hadj Salah,Youssef0TUN+2N+10N=6B+5N=8B+9N+7B+4N=3B7.537.037.530.7514820.0
2Dimassi,Yahya1488TUN1B+6N+5B+8N+9B+7N+4B3N+10B7.037.538.024.50637-22.8
3Mohamed AlMaeeni1438UAE=6B5N+8B9N+7B+4N+10B+2B=1N6.038.539.026.752286+22.8
4Ahmed Assem, Mohab0EGY+5B+8N+9B+7N+10B3B2N1B+6N6.038.539.018.506620.0
5FIDE 906609804N+3B2N1B+6N+10N=8B+9N=7B5.039.540.015.7514620.0
6Abdulrahman Saleh Al-Ali0UAE=3N2B=1N+10N5B+8N+9B7N4B4.040.541.012.2512690.0
7Ali Saadah0JOR=8B+9N+10B4B3N2B1N+6B=5N4.040.541.010.256620.0
8Al-Mahasna, Abdulaziz0QAT=7N4B3N2B=1N6B=5N+10N+9B3.541.041.510.256620.0
9FIDE 90515700=10B7B4N+3B2N1B6N5B8N1.543.043.56.2514620.0
10FIDE 90648340=9N1B7N6B4N5B3N8B2N0.543.044.50.756620.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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