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Youth Arab Chess Championship Open U16 2025

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21 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 20 Jul 2025 to 28 Jul 2025 in Casablanca, Morocco. 6 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1994, and top seed was Farid Tamer Waguih (🇪🇬 EGY, FM, 2302).

Farid Tamer Waguih (🇪🇬 EGY, FM, 2302) won with 9.0/9, ahead of Alhemeiri Rashed Abubaker (7.0) and Mohammed Seder (6.5). Tamer Waguih won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Ahmed cherif Khaled Abdellahi (1643) beat Yahya Chelly (CM, 2020), a +377-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
🇪🇬FMFarid Tamer Waguih2302
Avg top 10
1,994
Participants
21
Titled players · 6
FM×2
CM×4
Federations · 8 represented
🇲🇦Morocco×6
🇹🇳Tunisia×4
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates×3
🇮🇶Iraq×2
🇯🇴Jordan×2
🇵🇸Palestine×1
🇪🇬Egypt×1
🇲🇷Mauritania×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Farid Tamer Waguih led from R4; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Tamer Waguih9Rashed Abubaker7Seder6.5Abdallah5.5Chelly5.5EL BAKKALI5
R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Farid Tamer Waguih never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Farid Tamer Waguih beat CM Alhemeiri Rashed Abubaker (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Farid Tamer Waguih 9 wins (R1–R9)FM Mohammed Seder 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMFarid Tamer Waguih*
1
1
1
2CMAlhemeiri Rashed Abubaker
0
*
½
½
3FMMohammed Seder
0
½
*
1
4CMMohamed Khalil Abdallah
0
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Tamer Waguih, FaridFM2302EGY+17N+7B+2N+3B+4N+6B+12N+8N+5B9.042.546.046.002767+23.4
2Rashed Abubaker, AlhemeiriCM1953UAE+19N+20B−1B+11N=3N+9B=4N+7B+8B7.041.042.027.002141+76.8
3Seder, MohammedFM2075PLE+13N+6B+9N−1N=2B+7N−5B+4B+10N6.545.549.531.502123+27.2
4Abdallah, Mohamed KhalilCM2140TUN+10B−9N+12B+16N−1B+13N=2B−3N+7N5.544.047.524.002004-50.0
5Chelly, YahyaCM2020TUN=15B−16N+8B−12N+18N+10B+3N+13B−1N5.539.543.024.751921-33.1
6EL BAKKALI,JAD1840MAR+21B−3N+14B=15N+11B−1N−8B=16N+19B5.037.537.514.001874+11.2
7Paywand, Mahmood Mohammed1905IRQ+8N−1N+18B=9B+10N−3B+17N−2N−4B4.545.048.518.251922+3.8
8Al-Kuwari, HamadCM1668QAT−7B=10N−5N+18B+21N+11B+6N−1B−2N4.543.543.515.251865+83.2
9Humaidan Mohamed, Alzaabi1865UAE+14N+4B−3B=7N=12B−2N−13B+21N=16B4.539.039.015.501846-5.4
10Kasri, Mohamed Ali1814MAR−4N=8B+19N+20B−7B−5N+15N+12B−3B4.536.037.012.751821-2.8
11El Bakkar, Rayan1948MAR+18B=12N+15B−2B−6N−8N=14B+20N=17B4.535.036.013.751700-86.8
12Ahmed cherif Khaled Abdellahi1643MTN+16N=11B−4N+5B=9N+15B−1B−10N−14B4.041.044.517.001840+80.0
13El khchine, Sami1774MAR−3B−18NF+19B+17N−4B+9N−5N+21B4.031.031.010.001864+32.4
14Ali, Ahamed Mezhir1623IRQ−9BF−6N−17B+20N=16B=11N+19B+12N4.028.028.011.001763+47.2
15Bouafia,Arken1737TUN=5N+17B−11N=6B+16B−12N−10B=18NF3.534.034.014.001783+16.8
16Bennis, Saad1893MAR−12B+5B+20N−4B−15N=14NF=6B=9N3.533.033.013.251736-59.2
17Dammak Mohamed Amine1821TUN−1B−15N+21B+14N−13B+19N−7BF=11N3.531.531.58.251770-27.6
18Hamad Shuaib Al Kaff1670UAE−11N+13B−7N−8N−5BF+21N=15B+20B3.527.527.56.751702+7.0
19Amjed Al Yabroudi1723JOR−2B+21N−10B−13NF−17B+20B−14N−6N2.029.029.01.001467-81.2
20ELAASRI, OMAR0MARF−2N−16B−10N−14B+21B−19N−11B−18N1.029.029.00.0014510.0
21Husam Alnimer1608JOR−6N−19B−17NF−8B−20N−18B−9B−13N0.028.028.00.00964-84.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets