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Youth Arab Chess Championship Open U14 2025

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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 (🇪🇬 EGY, FM, 2217).

Eyad Elhusseiny (🇪🇬 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.

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
🇪🇬FMEyad Elhusseiny2217
Avg top 10
1,867
Participants
22
Titled players · 3
FM×1
CM×2
Federations · 8 represented
🇲🇦Morocco×6
🇹🇳Tunisia×4
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates×4
🇪🇬Egypt×2
🇯🇴Jordan×2
🇶🇦Qatar×1
🇵🇸Palestine×1
🇧🇭Bahrain×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Eyad Elhusseiny led from R3; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
11
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Elhusseiny9Alhammadi7Sultan Jabir6.5Seyam5.5Ammous5.5Elhayek5
R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Eyad Elhusseiny never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Eyad Elhusseiny beat CM Rashid Husain Alhammadi (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Eyad Elhusseiny 9 wins (R1–R9)CM Rashid Husain Alhammadi 6 wins (R3–R8)Alzarooni Sultan Jabir 3 wins (R7–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMEyad Elhusseiny*
1
1
1
2CMRashid Husain Alhammadi
0
*
0
1
3Alzarooni Sultan Jabir
0
1
*
0
4CMKhaled Seyam
0
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Elhusseiny, EyadFM2217EGY+10N+2B+7N+4B+5N+3B+6N+13B+12N9.043.547.547.502648+32.4
2Rashid Husain AlhammadiCM1824UAE+17B−1N+8B+13N+10B+11N+9B+4N−3B7.044.047.532.002008+59.7
3Sultan Jabir, Alzarooni1769UAE+20B−4N+19B=5B+7N−1N+11B+10B+2N6.544.046.529.251986+60.5
4Seyam, KhaledCM1914JOR+6N+3B=5N−1N−8B+14B+15N−2B+10N5.546.550.526.751894-4.9
5Ammous, Mahmoud1956TUN+9B=12N=4B=3N−1B=10N+17B+14N=6B5.544.047.525.501847-39.2
6Ben Salha, Ahmed1659TUN−4B+20N−13B+9N+17B+8N−1B=12N=5N5.042.044.521.001807+56.0
7Karam ejeilat1855JOR+14B+13N−1B=11N−3B−9N+21B=8N+15B5.042.044.018.751790-30.0
8Elhayek, Yazid1854PLE+16N=11B−2N+15B+4N−6B−10N=7B+13N5.039.543.522.251789-29.6
9Mohamed Yousuf Al-Ali1682UAE−5N+18B=15N−6B+16N+7B−2N=11B+22N5.038.540.018.251710+12.8
10Saidi, Mohamed Ali1733TUN−1B+19N+14B+12N−2N=5B+8B−3N−4B4.547.050.019.251811+26.4
11Ahmed Gamal El Deen, Yaseen1734EGY+22N=8N=12B=7B+13N−2B−3N=9N=14B4.541.042.517.251721-6.4
12Aamer Saeed, Alyileili1796UAE+18N=5B=11N−10B=14N=15B+16N=6B−1B4.540.544.019.001723-32.7
13Baba,Jihed1753TUN+21N−7B+6N−2B−11B+20N+19B−1N−8B4.041.043.012.501574-54.4
14Al-Janahi, Ibrahim1568QAT−7N+21B−10N+18B=12B−4N+22N−5B=11N4.035.036.511.501613+3.6
15Dkhissa, Abderrahmane1735MAR−19B+17N=9B−8N+20B=12N−4B+21N−7N4.034.036.012.751632-31.6
16Fanna, El Houssine1507MAR−8B+22N−17B−20N−9B+21N−12B+19N+18N4.029.030.510.001396-30.8
17Almusawi, Mahmood1441BRN−2N−15B+16N+19B−6N+22B−5N−18B=20N3.534.536.09.751389-20.0
18Alhassan, Ahmad1408KUW−12B−9N+22B−14N=21B−19N+20B+17N−16B3.528.530.08.501360-13.6
19Jardi, Mohamed Samy0MAR+15N−10B−3N−17N+22B+18B−13N−16B−21N3.032.033.59.0014630.0
20Cheqrouni,Kinan0MAR−3N−6B+21N+16B−15N−13B−18N−22B=17B2.532.534.07.7513800.0
21El Khnissi, Mohamed Sami0MAR−13B−14N−20B=22N=18N−16B−7N−15B+19B2.030.031.55.5012380.0
22SEFIANI, ILYAS0MAR−11B−16B−18N=21B−19N−17N−14B+20N−9B1.530.032.03.507580.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets