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Open Classic Chess Tournament (Jeddah July 2025)

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16 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 25 Jul 2025 to 16 Aug 2025 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1082, and top seed was Elsayed Elnemr (🇪🇬 EGY, 1892).

mohammed al-madhfari (🇾🇪 YEM, 1885) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Elsayed Elnemr (5.0) and YOUSEF HATTAN A TURKI (4.5). al-madhfari shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 7: YOUSEF HATTAN A TURKI (1586) beat mohammed al-madhfari (1885), a +299-point gap.

Location
🇸🇦Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Dates
25 Jul 2025 → 16 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇪🇬Elsayed Elnemr1892
Avg top 10
1,082
Participants
16
Federations · 4 represented
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia×9
🇪🇬Egypt×3
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇾🇪Yemen×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
9
4
2
4
1
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/7. al-madhfari takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (22.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Elsayed Elnemr lost to mohammed al-madhfari (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Elsayed Elnemr 3 wins (R4–R7)mohammed al-madhfari 5 wins (R1–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1mohammed al-madhfari1885YEM+15B+9N+2NF+4B+7B3N5.022.022.014.501914+6.8
2Elnemr, Elsayed1892EGY+12B+13N1B+3NF+4N+7B5.021.022.014.001912+5.2
3TURKI, YOUSEF HATTAN A1586KSA+14N=5B+4N2BF+10N+1B4.523.023.012.501889+28.4
4Abdulmajeed ALzahrani0KSA+10B+6N3B+5N1N2B+11B4.023.525.010.5017150.0
5ALASWAD,SALEH ABDULLAH S0KSA+?B=3N6B4B=11N+13N+10B4.016.016.05.5015940.0
6Malki, Ahmed S1798KSA+16N4B+5N7BF+11N=9N3.519.519.56.751832+3.6
7Farghaly, Ahmed1889EGY8NF+9B+6N+10B1N2N3.020.520.57.501733-12.6
8Ariel, V. SILLARICO0FID+7B+12N+13BFFFF3.015.515.55.5019090.0
9Ibrahim Abdullah Alzahrani0KSA+11N1B7NFF+12N=6B2.516.017.04.7517500.0
10KHAN,MOHAMMED ABDULLAH J0KSA4N+11B=12BF7N3B5N1.519.521.02.2516250.0
11Esshaq, Saud Abdullah1774KSA9B10NF+13N=5B6B4N1.516.516.53.00998-18.8
12Alshamrani , Thikra Saeed0KSA2N8B=10NFF9B+13B1.513.013.01.7510920.0
13FIDE 215464790+?N2B8N11BF5B12N1.017.517.50.0010330.0
14Khaled Mousa, Ahmed0EGY3BFFFFFF0.07.57.50.007860.0
15Basuni,Khalil I0KSA1NFFFFFF0.05.05.00.0010850.0
16FIDE 2150584506BFFFFFF0.05.05.00.009980.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets