Libya championship 2nd stage Western region 2025
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36 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 30 Jul 2025 to 05 Aug 2025 in Tripoli, Libya. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2033, and top seed was Abobker Mohamed Elarabi (🇱🇾 LBA, FM, 2251).
Abobker Mohamed Elarabi (🇱🇾 LBA, FM, 2251) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Osama A. Attalib (7.0) and Omer A. Bosteen (6.0). Elarabi shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Hisham Musbah Buder (1823) beat Rami Taher (2035), a +212-point gap.
Location
🇱🇾Tripoli, Libya
Dates
30 Jul 2025 → 05 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇱🇾Libya×36
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 7.0/9. Elarabi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (45.5).
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
FM Abobker Mohamed Elarabi drew with Osama A. Attalib (White).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
FM Abobker Mohamed Elarabi 3 wins (R1–R3)Osama A. Attalib 3 wins (R1–R3)Abdulwarith Ali Altounsi 3 wins (R2–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMAbobker Mohamed Elarabi | * | ½ | ½ | — |
| 2Osama A. Attalib | ½ | * | — | ½ |
| 3Abdulwarith Ali Altounsi | ½ | — | * | — |
| 4Omer A. Bosteen | — | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elarabi, Abobker MohamedFM | 2251 | LBA | +5N | +15B | +26N | =2B | +8N | +4B | =12N | =6N | =13B | 7.0 | 45.5 | 48.5 | 37.00 | 2147 | -16.0 |
| 2 | Attalib, Osama A. | 2051 | LBA | +9B | +24N | +25B | =1N | +14B | +17N | =8N | =5B | =3B | 7.0 | 43.0 | 46.0 | 33.75 | 2136 | +17.2 |
| 3 | Bosteen, Omer A. | 1874 | LBA | +32N | =12B | +7N | =8B | −4N | +25B | =17N | +11B | =2N | 6.0 | 42.5 | 44.5 | 27.50 | 2043 | +81.2 |
| 4 | Alnayray, Miftah Khalleefah | 1857 | LBA | +33B | +36N | −8B | +16N | +3B | −1N | =13B | +9B | =6N | 6.0 | 41.5 | 42.5 | 24.50 | 2074 | +50.0 |
| 5 | Elbradei, Feras I | 1864 | LBA | −1B | =21N | +29B | +33N | +27B | +14N | =6B | =2N | =8B | 6.0 | 39.5 | 41.0 | 22.75 | 2035 | +33.8 |
| 6 | Altounsi, Abdulwarith Ali | 1791 | LBA | −26N | +29B | +30N | +13B | =9B | +18N | =5N | =1B | =4B | 6.0 | 38.5 | 40.5 | 25.25 | 2049 | +60.2 |
| 7 | Madi, Emad | 2048 | LBA | +29N | −26B | −3B | +30N | +16B | −13N | +19N | +25B | +12N | 6.0 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 21.00 | 2029 | -4.6 |
| 8 | Abdulrahman, Mohammed Midhat | 1986 | LBA | F | +13B | +4N | =3N | −1B | +9N | =2B | +12B | =5N | 5.5 | 47.5 | 47.5 | 31.00 | 2092 | +43.2 |
| 9 | Khalefa, Khaled | 1861 | LBA | −2N | +22B | +20N | +25B | =6N | −8B | +10B | −4N | +15N | 5.5 | 43.0 | 46.0 | 24.50 | 2005 | +35.0 |
| 10 | Taher, Rami | 2035 | LBA | +17B | +16N | =27B | −14N | −11B | +15B | −9N | +24N | +18B | 5.5 | 38.0 | 41.0 | 23.50 | 2017 | -3.0 |
| 11 | Buder, Hisham Musbah | 1823 | LBA | +18B | −25N | =24B | +36N | +10N | −12B | +14B | −3N | +17B | 5.5 | 36.5 | 37.5 | 21.75 | 1984 | +70.4 |
| 12 | Alborki, Mohamed A. | 1967 | LBA | +34B | =3N | −14B | +24N | +20B | +11N | =1B | −8N | −7B | 5.0 | 42.5 | 44.0 | 21.00 | 2053 | +17.4 |
| 13 | Alashheb, Abdalali Abdwhamed Omer | 1886 | LBA | +23B | −8N | +36B | −6N | F | +7B | =4N | +17B | =1N | 5.0 | 40.5 | 41.5 | 22.00 | 2033 | +58.4 |
| 14 | Mouftah, Mousi Arhoumah Miftah | 2033 | LBA | +19N | =33B | +12N | +10B | −2N | −5B | −11N | =21B | +25N | 5.0 | 40.0 | 41.5 | 20.25 | 1974 | -27.6 |
| 15 | Alnami, Salaheddin | 1944 | LBA | +21B | −1N | −17B | +31N | +23B | −10N | +27B | +20N | −9B | 5.0 | 37.5 | 39.5 | 17.00 | 1941 | -1.8 |
| 16 | Bahoor, Mahmoud A. | 1901 | LBA | +22N | −10B | +23N | −4B | −7N | +31B | −25N | +27B | +19N | 5.0 | 35.5 | 37.5 | 17.00 | 1912 | +2.2 |
| 17 | Badi, Almuetasim Billalah abdulali | 1859 | LBA | −10N | +32B | +15N | +26B | +18N | −2B | =3B | −13N | −11N | 4.5 | 41.0 | 43.0 | 17.00 | 1915 | +13.4 |
| 18 | Alfaitori, Abdallah | 1963 | LBA | −11N | +35B | +19N | +27N | −17B | −6B | =21N | =22B | −10N | 4.0 | 36.5 | 38.0 | 12.50 | 1788 | -41.4 |
| 19 | Ayoub, Hosam | 1868 | LBA | −14B | +31N | −18B | −20B | +32N | +23N | −7B | +26N | −16B | 4.0 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 11.00 | 1885 | +3.8 |
| 20 | Elblezi, Giuma | 1957 | LBA | +31B | −27N | −9B | +19N | −12N | F | +26B | −15B | +22N | 4.0 | 31.5 | 33.0 | 13.00 | 1863 | -20.0 |
| 21 | AbuMengel, Hatim Mohammed | 1808 | LBA | −15N | =5B | −33N | +28B | +30B | =27N | =18B | =14N | F | 4.0 | 31.0 | 32.5 | 13.50 | 1896 | +16.6 |
| 22 | Elhaj Yousef, abdulfattah yousef | 1753 | LBA | −16B | −9N | =34B | +35N | +24B | −26N | +30B | =18N | −20B | 4.0 | 28.5 | 30.0 | 9.75 | 1849 | +46.4 |
| 23 | ibsheesh, abdulsalam salih | 1737 | LBA | −13N | +28B | −16B | +34N | −15N | −19B | −29N | +32B | +31B | 4.0 | 27.5 | 29.0 | 8.00 | 1807 | +34.8 |
| 24 | Aldrsi, Reda Saleh | 1903 | LBA | +35N | −2B | =11N | −12B | −22N | +34B | +32N | −10B | F | 3.5 | 34.5 | 36.0 | 7.75 | 1827 | -17.0 |
| 25 | Elhallawi, Mouhanned S. | 1947 | LBA | F | +11B | −2N | −9N | +26B | −3N | +16B | −7N | −14B | 3.0 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 13.50 | 1877 | -27.6 |
| 26 | Elfelu, Alsaid | 1933 | LBA | +6B | +7N | −1B | −17N | −25N | +22B | −20N | −19B | −30N | 3.0 | 38.5 | 40.5 | 16.00 | 1806 | -31.6 |
| 27 | Kryem, Hasan Khaled | 1756 | LBA | +30N | +20B | =10N | −18B | −5N | =21B | −15N | −16N | F | 3.0 | 36.0 | 38.0 | 10.75 | 1835 | +28.8 |
| 28 | Alfalah, Alsideeq Ramadhan | 1826 | LBA | −36B | −23N | =35B | −21N | −34B | +29B | +31N | F | F | 2.5 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 4.75 | 1728 | -38.8 |
| 29 | Mgawi, Abdurrahman Majdi | 1860 | LBA | −7B | −6N | −5N | −32B | +35B | −28N | +23B | −31N | F | 2.0 | 30.0 | 31.5 | 5.50 | 1631 | -96.4 |
| 30 | Yousef Khalifa J. Keshlaf | 1902 | LBA | −27B | +34N | −6B | −7B | −21N | F | −22N | F | +26B | 2.0 | 30.0 | 31.0 | 4.50 | 1687 | -82.0 |
| 31 | Bennoor, Adel | 1819 | LBA | −20N | −19B | +32N | −15B | F | −16N | −28B | +29B | −23N | 2.0 | 28.5 | 29.5 | 4.00 | 1659 | -32.6 |
| 32 | Zgeta, Faisal Mohamed | 1723 | LBA | −3B | −17N | −31B | +29N | −19B | +35N | −24B | −23N | F | 2.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 3.50 | 1645 | -15.4 |
| 33 | Mansour, Abdallah | 2018 | LBA | −4N | =14N | +21B | −5B | F | F | F | F | F | 1.5 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 6.50 | 1718 | -23.8 |
| 34 | Aboalkasim, Ali | 1823 | LBA | −12N | −30B | =22N | −23B | +28N | −24N | F | −35B | F | 1.5 | 24.5 | 26.0 | 4.50 | 1609 | -74.4 |
| 35 | Elfelo, Ali | 1785 | LBA | −24B | −18N | =28N | −22B | −29N | −32B | F | +34N | F | 1.5 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 2.75 | 1606 | -30.6 |
| 36 | Albeebas, Anwar Dhaw Abu Jaefar | 1977 | LBA | +28N | −4B | −13N | −11B | F | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 2.50 | 1655 | -67.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Bosteen, Omer A.LBA+81.26.0 pts · #3
- 2Buder, Hisham MusbahLBA+70.45.5 pts · #16
- 3Altounsi, Abdulwarith AliLBA+60.26.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Mgawi, Abdurrahman MajdiLBA-96.42.0 pts · #30
- 2Yousef Khalifa J. KeshlafLBA-82.02.0 pts · #29
- 3Aboalkasim, AliLBA-74.41.5 pts · #33
Biggest upsets
- R5+212 Elo gap
- R7+210 Elo gap
- R2+201 Elo gap