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1st AR Chess Academy

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21 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 01 Aug 2025 to 06 Aug 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 991, and top seed was Adeem Mohammed Al-Dosari (🇸🇦 KSA, 1817).

Mohamed Gamal Mahmoud Yossef Elhendy ( FID, 0) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Athish Balamurugan (5.5) and Tunar Garayev (5.5). Elhendy clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Omar Garayev (1569) beat Adeem Mohammed Al-Dosari (1817), a +248-point gap.

Location
🇸🇦Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dates
01 Aug 2025 → 06 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇸🇦Adeem Mohammed Al-Dosari1817
Avg top 10
991
Participants
21
Federations · 8 represented
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia×7
🇮🇳India×6
🇪🇬Egypt×2
🇦🇿Azerbaijan×2
🇵🇭Philippines×1
🇯🇴Jordan×1
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇸🇾Syria×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Mohamed Gamal Mahmoud Yossef Elhendy led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
4
2
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Elhendy takes lead
Elhendy6Garayev5.5Balamurugan5.5Sayeed5Badiuddin4.5Ballena4
R7 · LEADER CHANGE06 Aug

Mohamed Gamal Mahmoud Yossef Elhendy takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Mohamed Gamal Mahmoud Yossef Elhendy beat Tunar Garayev (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Mohamed Gamal Mahmoud Yossef Elhendy 6 wins (R2–R7)Tunar Garayev 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Mohamed Gamal Mahmoud Yossef Elhendy*
1
—
1
2Tunar Garayev
0
*—
½
3Athish Balamurugan——*
½
4Shahan Abu Sayeed
0
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Elhendy, Mohamed Gamal Mahmoud Yossef0FID−6N+?B+7N+15B+10N+4B+3B6.024.524.520.5017150.0
2Athish Balamurugan0IND=4N+5B=6N+14B=9N+11B+8N5.524.527.521.001796+55.6
3Garayev, Tunar1740AZE+19N+18B+13N+11N=4B+6B−1N5.522.524.015.501944+25.9
4Shahan Abu Sayeed1634IND=2B+21N+10B+12B=3N−1N+9B5.027.528.016.501711+12.6
5Mustafa Mohammed Farook Badiuddin0IND=21B−2N−?B+20N+18N+15B+10N4.514.514.58.758010.0
6Garayev, Omar1569AZE+1B=10N=2B+13N+11B−3NF4.026.526.516.501659+13.2
7Rithiha Balamurugan1552IND+8B−11N−1B−10N+17B+16N+13B4.022.024.011.501017-7.2
8Ibrahim, Yazeed Saud0KSA−7N+17B−15N+18B+12N+?B−2B4.018.518.56.5015300.0
9Ballena, Cecilio0PHI−12B+20N+21B+?N=2B=?N−4N4.015.015.04.2515230.0
10Ali, Hamada Ahmed0EGY+?N=6B−4N+7B−1B+13N−5B3.526.526.59.0016530.0
11Al-Dosari, Adeem Mohammed1817KSA+17N+7B+12N−3B−6N−2NF3.025.027.09.001505-77.2
12Alotaibi, Maitha Abdulrahman A1600KSA+9N+15B−11B−4N−8B−14N+20B3.021.522.57.50921-27.6
13Rakan Abdulaziz Alsuleimi0KSA+?N+?N−3B−6B+15N−10B−7N3.019.519.52.5014110.0
14Farook Badiuddin M0IND−?B+?B+18N−2N−?B+12BF3.013.013.04.5013950.0
15Ahmed Mahrous, Wael0EGY+20B−12N+8B−1N−13B−5N=19B2.522.023.05.758000.0
16Suliman,Yasser.0SYRF−19B+?N+17B−?N−7B=18N2.510.510.52.757510.0
17Aldawsari, Leen Mohammed S0KSA−11B−8N+20B−16N−7N+19BF2.016.016.02.508850.0
18Ahmad Hussein0JORF−3N−14B−8N−5B+20N=16B1.522.023.02.259410.0
19ALZAHRANI,BASIL MOHAMMED A0KSA−3B+16N−?B−?N−20B−17N=15N1.513.513.53.758910.0
20Yasmin Mohammed Farook Badiuddin0IND−15N−9B−17N−5B+19N−18B−12N1.017.519.01.508000.0
21ALNUWAISER,MOHAMMED BASSAM S0KSA=5N−4B−9NFFFF0.513.513.52.258250.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets