Youth Arab Chess Championship Open U20 2025

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17 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 20 Jul 2025 to 28 Jul 2025 in Casablanca, Morocco. 5 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2033, and top seed was Hamed Wafa (🇪🇬 EGY, IM, 2369).

Majed Altell (🇵🇸 PLE, 1956) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Mohamed Saeed Laily (7.0) and Yousef A. Alhassadi (6.5).

The biggest upset came in round 2: Majed Altell (1956) beat Hamed Wafa (IM, 2369), a +413-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

🇪🇬IMHamed Wafa2369

Avg top 10

2,033

Participants

Titled players · 5

IM×1

FM×1

CM×3

Federations · 8 represented

🇲🇦Morocco×5

🇪🇬Egypt×2

🇹🇳Tunisia×2

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates×2

🇮🇶Iraq×1

🇵🇸Palestine×1

🇱🇾Libya×1

🇴🇲Oman×1

Top 3

🥇
Majed Altell
🇵🇸PLE·1956
7.5pts·2282perf+63.8
🥈
CMMohamed Saeed Laily
🇦🇪UAE·2031
7.0pts·2197perf+34.0
🥉
FMYousef A. Alhassadi
🇱🇾LBA·2104
6.5pts·2160perf+15.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Majed Altell led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Altell7.5Laily7Alhassadi6.5Wafa6.5Abdin6Abdellahi5

R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

Majed Altell held the sole lead from R3 through R9 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Majed Altell beat CM Mohamed Saeed Laily (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Majed Altell 5 wins (R1–R5)CM Mohamed Saeed Laily 3 wins (R7–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Majed Altell	*	1	0	1
2CMMohamed Saeed Laily	0	*	½	½
3FMYousef A. Alhassadi	1	½	*	1
4IMHamed Wafa	0	½	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Altell, Majed	1956	PLE	+14B	+4N	+5B	+2N	+8B	−3N	=6B	+9N	+7B	7.5	42.5	45.0	36.00	2282	+63.8
2	Mohamed Saeed LailyCM	2031	UAE	+8B	+15N	=3N	−1B	+7B	=4N	+5N	+6B	+11B	7.0	42.5	45.0	31.00	2197	+34.0
3	Alhassadi, Yousef A.FM	2104	LBA	+9B	+10N	=2B	−5N	+13B	+1B	=7N	+4B	=6N	6.5	43.5	46.0	31.75	2160	+15.2
4	Wafa, HamedIM	2369	EGY	+6N	−1B	+13B	+10N	+5B	=2B	+15N	−3N	+8B	6.5	41.5	44.0	26.50	2145	-33.4
5	Abdin, MahmoudCM	2050	EGY	+12N	+11B	−1N	+3B	−4N	+8N	−2B	+13B	+14N	6.0	39.5	42.0	21.00	2082	+11.4
6	Abdellahi Khaled Abdellahi	1934	MTN	−4B	−8N	+16N	+12B	+11N	+9B	=1N	−2N	=3B	5.0	40.5	43.0	19.00	2022	+36.8
7	Al Busaidi, HamoodCM	2027	OMA	−11N	+17B	+14N	−8B	−2N	+16B	=3B	+10N	−1N	4.5	36.0	38.5	14.25	1814	-39.2
8	Laadnani, Ahmed	1844	MAR	−2N	+6B	+15B	+7N	−1N	−5B	=9N	−16B	−4N	3.5	42.5	45.0	13.75	1878	+9.2
9	Pola Azad Saber	1898	IRQ	−3N	+12B	−11N	+14B	+10N	−6N	=8B	−1B	F	3.5	34.5	34.5	10.75	1783	-22.8
10	Abid, Abderahman	1726	TUN	+16N	−3B	+17N	−4B	−9B	F	=11N	−7B	+15B	3.5	31.5	31.5	9.00	1792	+5.6
11	Taqi, Mohamed	1747	BRN	+7B	−5N	+9B	−13N	−6B	=17N	=10B	F	−2N	3.0	34.5	34.5	11.00	1844	+14.4
12	Kriem, Med Amine	1887	MAR	−5B	−9N	F	−6N	−15B	=14B	=16N	+17N	+13B	3.0	27.0	27.0	7.50	1820	-17.2
13	Mohammad Abdulrahman, Alawadhi	1957	UAE	=17N	+16B	−4N	+11B	−3N	−15B	F	−5N	−12N	2.5	32.5	32.5	6.75	1900	-11.0
14	Bahhar, Anis	0	MAR	−1N	F	−7B	−9N	−16B	=12N	+17B	+15N	−5B	2.5	32.0	32.0	6.50	1570	0.0
15	kokodil, Othmane	0	MAR	F	−2B	−8N	=17B	+12N	+13N	−4B	−14B	−10N	2.5	31.0	31.0	6.75	1844	0.0
16	Zenaidi, Sadok	2006	TUN	−10B	−13N	−6B	F	+14N	−7N	=12B	+8N	−17B	2.5	27.0	27.0	7.50	1703	-47.0
17	AZIKI,ABDESSAMED	0	MAR	=13B	−7N	−10B	=15N	F	=11B	−14N	−12B	+16N	2.5	24.0	24.0	6.50	1767	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Altell, MajedPLE
+63.8
7.5 pts · #2
2Abdellahi Khaled AbdellahiMTN
+36.8
5.0 pts · #5
3Mohamed Saeed LailyCMUAE
+34.0
7.0 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Zenaidi, SadokTUN
-47.0
2.5 pts · #14
2Al Busaidi, HamoodCMOMA
-39.2
4.5 pts · #9
3Wafa, HamedIMEGY
-33.4
6.5 pts · #4

Biggest upsets

R2+413 Elo gap
Altell, Majed1956 beat IMWafa, Hamed2369
R1+280 Elo gap
Taqi, Mohamed1747 beat CMAl Busaidi, Hamood2027
R1+280 Elo gap
Abid, Abderahman1726 beat Zenaidi, Sadok2006