Youth Arab Chess Championship Open U14 2025
22 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 20 Jul 2025 to 28 Jul 2025 in Casablanca, Morocco. 3 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1867, and top seed was Eyad Elhusseiny (πͺπ¬ EGY, FM, 2217).
Eyad Elhusseiny (πͺπ¬ EGY, FM, 2217) won with 9.0/9, ahead of Rashid Husain Alhammadi (7.0) and Alzarooni Sultan Jabir (6.5). Elhusseiny won solo starting round 3.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Ahmed Ben Salha (1659) beat Yazid Elhayek (1854), a +195-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 Β· 9 roundsFM Eyad Elhusseiny led from R3; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up.
FM Eyad Elhusseiny never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.
FM Eyad Elhusseiny beat CM Rashid Husain Alhammadi (White).
FM Eyad Elhusseiny 9 wins (R1βR9)CM Rashid Husain Alhammadi 6 wins (R3βR8)Alzarooni Sultan Jabir 3 wins (R7βR9)
Key matchups Β· top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMEyad Elhusseiny | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2CMRashid Husain Alhammadi | 0 | * | 0 | 1 |
| 3Alzarooni Sultan Jabir | 0 | 1 | * | 0 |
| 4CMKhaled Seyam | 0 | 0 | 1 | * |
Grille amΓ©ricaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Ξ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elhusseiny, EyadFM | 2217 | EGY | +10N | +2B | +7N | +4B | +5N | +3B | +6N | +13B | +12N | 9.0 | 43.5 | 47.5 | 47.50 | 2648 | +32.4 |
| 2 | Rashid Husain AlhammadiCM | 1824 | UAE | +17B | β1N | +8B | +13N | +10B | +11N | +9B | +4N | β3B | 7.0 | 44.0 | 47.5 | 32.00 | 2008 | +59.7 |
| 3 | Sultan Jabir, Alzarooni | 1769 | UAE | +20B | β4N | +19B | =5B | +7N | β1N | +11B | +10B | +2N | 6.5 | 44.0 | 46.5 | 29.25 | 1986 | +60.5 |
| 4 | Seyam, KhaledCM | 1914 | JOR | +6N | +3B | =5N | β1N | β8B | +14B | +15N | β2B | +10N | 5.5 | 46.5 | 50.5 | 26.75 | 1894 | -4.9 |
| 5 | Ammous, Mahmoud | 1956 | TUN | +9B | =12N | =4B | =3N | β1B | =10N | +17B | +14N | =6B | 5.5 | 44.0 | 47.5 | 25.50 | 1847 | -39.2 |
| 6 | Ben Salha, Ahmed | 1659 | TUN | β4B | +20N | β13B | +9N | +17B | +8N | β1B | =12N | =5N | 5.0 | 42.0 | 44.5 | 21.00 | 1807 | +56.0 |
| 7 | Karam ejeilat | 1855 | JOR | +14B | +13N | β1B | =11N | β3B | β9N | +21B | =8N | +15B | 5.0 | 42.0 | 44.0 | 18.75 | 1790 | -30.0 |
| 8 | Elhayek, Yazid | 1854 | PLE | +16N | =11B | β2N | +15B | +4N | β6B | β10N | =7B | +13N | 5.0 | 39.5 | 43.5 | 22.25 | 1789 | -29.6 |
| 9 | Mohamed Yousuf Al-Ali | 1682 | UAE | β5N | +18B | =15N | β6B | +16N | +7B | β2N | =11B | +22N | 5.0 | 38.5 | 40.0 | 18.25 | 1710 | +12.8 |
| 10 | Saidi, Mohamed Ali | 1733 | TUN | β1B | +19N | +14B | +12N | β2N | =5B | +8B | β3N | β4B | 4.5 | 47.0 | 50.0 | 19.25 | 1811 | +26.4 |
| 11 | Ahmed Gamal El Deen, Yaseen | 1734 | EGY | +22N | =8N | =12B | =7B | +13N | β2B | β3N | =9N | =14B | 4.5 | 41.0 | 42.5 | 17.25 | 1721 | -6.4 |
| 12 | Aamer Saeed, Alyileili | 1796 | UAE | +18N | =5B | =11N | β10B | =14N | =15B | +16N | =6B | β1B | 4.5 | 40.5 | 44.0 | 19.00 | 1723 | -32.7 |
| 13 | Baba,Jihed | 1753 | TUN | +21N | β7B | +6N | β2B | β11B | +20N | +19B | β1N | β8B | 4.0 | 41.0 | 43.0 | 12.50 | 1574 | -54.4 |
| 14 | Al-Janahi, Ibrahim | 1568 | QAT | β7N | +21B | β10N | +18B | =12B | β4N | +22N | β5B | =11N | 4.0 | 35.0 | 36.5 | 11.50 | 1613 | +3.6 |
| 15 | Dkhissa, Abderrahmane | 1735 | MAR | β19B | +17N | =9B | β8N | +20B | =12N | β4B | +21N | β7N | 4.0 | 34.0 | 36.0 | 12.75 | 1632 | -31.6 |
| 16 | Fanna, El Houssine | 1507 | MAR | β8B | +22N | β17B | β20N | β9B | +21N | β12B | +19N | +18N | 4.0 | 29.0 | 30.5 | 10.00 | 1396 | -30.8 |
| 17 | Almusawi, Mahmood | 1441 | BRN | β2N | β15B | +16N | +19B | β6N | +22B | β5N | β18B | =20N | 3.5 | 34.5 | 36.0 | 9.75 | 1389 | -20.0 |
| 18 | Alhassan, Ahmad | 1408 | KUW | β12B | β9N | +22B | β14N | =21B | β19N | +20B | +17N | β16B | 3.5 | 28.5 | 30.0 | 8.50 | 1360 | -13.6 |
| 19 | Jardi, Mohamed Samy | 0 | MAR | +15N | β10B | β3N | β17N | +22B | +18B | β13N | β16B | β21N | 3.0 | 32.0 | 33.5 | 9.00 | 1463 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Cheqrouni,Kinan | 0 | MAR | β3N | β6B | +21N | +16B | β15N | β13B | β18N | β22B | =17B | 2.5 | 32.5 | 34.0 | 7.75 | 1380 | 0.0 |
| 21 | El Khnissi, Mohamed Sami | 0 | MAR | β13B | β14N | β20B | =22N | =18N | β16B | β7N | β15B | +19B | 2.0 | 30.0 | 31.5 | 5.50 | 1238 | 0.0 |
| 22 | SEFIANI, ILYAS | 0 | MAR | β11B | β16B | β18N | =21B | β19N | β17N | β14B | +20N | β9B | 1.5 | 30.0 | 32.0 | 3.50 | 758 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets β the story behind the numbers.
- 1Sultan Jabir, AlzarooniUAE+60.56.5 pts Β· #6
- 2Rashid Husain AlhammadiCMUAE+59.77.0 pts Β· #2
- 3Ben Salha, AhmedTUN+56.05.0 pts Β· #9
- 1Baba,JihedTUN-54.44.0 pts Β· #19
- 2Ammous, MahmoudTUN-39.25.5 pts Β· #4
- 3Aamer Saeed, AlyileiliUAE-32.74.5 pts Β· #7
- R6+195 Elo gap
- R6+173 Elo gap
- R7+121 Elo gap