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Youth Arab Chess Championship Open U12 2025

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19 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 1730, and top seed was Abdalrahman Sameh Mohamed (🇪🇬 EGY, IM, 2215).

Abdalrahman Sameh Mohamed (🇪🇬 EGY, IM, 2215) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Youssef Abderrazak (7.0) and Thabet Benzarti (6.5). Sameh Mohamed won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Youssef Abderrazak (1668) beat Abdalrahman Sameh Mohamed (IM, 2215), a +547-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
🇪🇬IMAbdalrahman Sameh Mohamed2215
Avg top 10
1,730
Participants
19
Titled players · 1
IM×1
Federations · 7 represented
🇹🇳Tunisia×6
🇲🇦Morocco×5
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates×3
🇪🇬Egypt×2
🇲🇷Mauritania×1
🇯🇴Jordan×1
🇮🇶Iraq×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

IM Abdalrahman Sameh Mohamed led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Sameh Mohamed8Abderrazak7Benzarti6.5Bouslama5.5Ejeilat5Hafsa4.5
R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

IM Abdalrahman Sameh Mohamed never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Abdalrahman Sameh Mohamed lost to Youssef Abderrazak (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Abdalrahman Sameh Mohamed 5+3 wins (R1–R5, R7–R9)Youssef Abderrazak 4 wins (R5–R8)Thabet Benzarti 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMAbdalrahman Sameh Mohamed*
0
1
1
2Youssef Abderrazak
1
*
½
½
3Thabet Benzarti
0
½
*
½
4Youssef Bouslama
0
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Sameh Mohamed, AbdalrahmanIM2215EGY+16N+8B+3N+7B+4N−2B+10N+5B+6N8.042.045.538.502166-10.6
2Abderrazak, Youssef1668TUN−8N+19B+17N=3B+14N+1N+9B+7B=4N7.039.540.029.501832+48.4
3Benzarti,Thabet1643TUN+17B+14N−1B=2N+15B+6B+7N=4N=12B6.540.543.026.751816+62.4
4Bouslama, Youssef1697TUN=11B=13N+5B+15N−1B=9N+6N=3B=2B5.543.046.525.751788+40.4
5Shahem Ejeilat1636JOR+6N−7B−4N=12B=8N+18B+11B−1N+19B5.036.537.014.751690+18.0
6Hafsa,Yessine1750TUN−5B=9N+18B+10N+11B−3N−4B+16N−1B4.541.543.015.751701-28.4
7Ahmed Younes Alkhemeiri1649UAE+18B+5N=15B−1N=13B+11N−3B−2N=17N4.540.041.515.251692+12.8
8OUADNOUNI,ABDOURRAHMANE1584MAR+2B−1N+13B−11N=5B=15N−16B+19N=9B4.539.039.517.501645+20.4
9Sultan Ahmed AlMheiri1606UAE−10N=6B+12N=14B+16N=4B−2N=13B=8N4.537.040.518.251653+20.3
10Saqar Essa Khamis1696UAE+9B−15N=11B−6B+17N+13N−1B−12N+18N4.534.536.014.001648-20.1
11Baba,Mouadh1696TUN=4N+12B=10N+8B−6N−7B−5NF+14B4.036.036.017.001602-36.4
12Aydya, Awder Abdullah1549IRQ=13B−11N−9B=5NF+14B=15N+10B=3N4.035.035.017.251601+18.2
13Saleh, Adem1644TUN=12N=4B−8N+17B=7N−10BF=9N=16B3.533.533.513.501528-45.2
14Mehdi Tabich0MARF−3B+16N=9N−2B−12N+19B+17B−11N3.532.532.58.7514390.0
15Najimi, Ziad1641MAR+19N+10B=7N−4B−3N=8B=12B−18NF3.531.531.511.501523-46.4
16Tamer, Eyad1639EGY−1B+18N−14B+19N−9BF+8N−6B=13N3.530.530.58.251638-7.2
17BENZIAN, JAAFAR0MAR−3NF−2B−13N−10B+19N+18B−14N=7B2.531.531.54.2514490.0
18Mohamed Hemam1555MTN−7N−16B−6NF=19B−5N−17N+15B−10B1.528.528.53.751396-43.2
19Guedira amine0MAR−15B−2NF−16B=18N−17B−14N−8B−5N0.531.031.00.7512200.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets