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Golden Knight Dokki Classic Chess 27 7 2025

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25 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 27 Jul 2025 to 06 Aug 2025 in Giza, Egypt. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1818, and top seed was Ibrahim Ahmed Mohamed (🇪🇬 EGY, 1918).

Fares Ahmed Moustafa (🇪🇬 EGY, 1895) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Tawfeek Abalsalam Tawfeek (6.5) and Waleed ElGohary (6.0). Ahmed Moustafa shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Mohamed Maher Elkhodery (1640) beat Hamza Ahmed Emad Eldin (1873), a +233-point gap.

Location
🇪🇬Giza, Egypt
Dates
27 Jul 2025 → 06 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇪🇬Ibrahim Ahmed Mohamed1918
Avg top 10
1,818
Participants
25
Federations · 3 represented
🇪🇬Egypt×23
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇲🇦Morocco×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 6.5/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
10
3
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Abalsalam Tawfeek6.5Ahmed Moustafa6.5ElGohary6Ahmed Salah6Ahmed Salah Saad5.5Abdel Hadi Mohamed5.5
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/9. Ahmed Moustafa takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (41.0).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Tawfeek Abalsalam Tawfeek beat Fares Ahmed Moustafa (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Tawfeek Abalsalam Tawfeek 5 wins (R3–R7)Fares Ahmed Moustafa 5 wins (R1–R5)Waleed ElGohary 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R7–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Tawfeek Abalsalam Tawfeek*
1
—
½
2Fares Ahmed Moustafa
0
*
1
1
3Waleed ElGohary—
0
*—
4Ali Ahmed Salah
½
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ahmed Moustafa, Fares1895EGY+14N+20B+9N+3B+4N=8B−2N+11B−5N6.541.043.028.501885-2.8
2Abalsalam Tawfeek, Tawfeek1683EGY=10N−15B+22N+23B+18N+5B+1B=4N=8N6.534.536.025.251893+50.8
3ElGohary, Waleed0EGY+?B+8N+5B−1N−7B−9N+14B+6B+11N6.040.040.023.5018170.0
4Ahmed Salah, Ali1758EGY=22N+10B+6N+15B−1B+13N−11N=2B+9B6.038.039.525.001847+45.6
5Ahmed Salah Saad, Belal1782EGY+17BF−3N+11N=13B−2N+7B+9N+1B5.539.039.024.751947+56.0
6Mohamed Reda, Youssef1729EGY+25B=7N−4B−8N+19B+23N+13B−3N+10B5.534.534.514.751780+18.4
7Abdel Hadi Mohamed, Youssef1678EGY+18N=6B−15N+14B+3N−11B−5N+17B+13N5.533.536.020.751767+39.6
8Sayed Hassanien, Baraa1802EGY+16N−3B=23N+6BF=1N=9B+10N=2B5.039.541.022.501862+13.0
9Maher Elkhodery, Mohamed1640EGY+19B+11N−1B−13N+12N+3B=8N−5B−4N4.540.543.019.001682+12.4
10Hafez, Mahmoud1888EGY=2B−4N−13B+25N+17B+14N+15N−8B−6N4.535.535.512.251653-48.8
11Ahmed Emad Eldin, Hamza1873EGY+12N−9B+20N−5BF+7N+4B−1N−3B4.040.042.017.501786-30.4
12Tamer Refaat, Joury1681EGY−11B+25N=18B=20N−9BF+22N−14B+17N4.020.520.56.251625-21.2
13Essam Ahmed, Omar1698EGY−24N+21B+10N+9B=5N−4B−6NF−7B3.536.537.513.751668-13.6
14Hosny Abdel Samei, Mohamed1694EGY−1B=17N+19B−7N+20B−10B−3N+12NF3.533.533.59.751678-3.8
15Salah, Yassin1653EGYF+2N+7B−4NFF−10BF+20N3.035.535.514.001817+43.6
16Maged Girgis, Marise1580EGY−8B=19N−17B−21B−23N=20N+25B+22BF3.017.017.03.751456-34.0
17Milik Sedeak, Safwat1552EGY−5N=14B+16N−18B−10N+22BF−7N−12B2.531.032.56.251553-1.8
18Ali Sayed, Ali1810EGY−7B+22B=12N+17N−2BFFFF2.523.023.06.001607-25.0
19BEN KHADRA MOHAMED ASSAD0MAR−9N=16B−14N+22B−6N+21BFFF2.522.522.55.0014670.0
20Abdelaziz Ahmed, Ahmed1720EGYF−1N−11B=12B−14N=16BF+25N−15B2.026.026.03.501456-76.8
21Tan, Tughan Veli0TUR−?B−13N+25B+16NF−19NFFF2.015.015.03.0015350.0
22Mohamed Hassan, Salah1443EGY=4B−18N−2B−19N+25B−17N−12B−16NF1.527.027.03.001276-15.8
23Mohamed Adel, Adam1514EGYFF=8B−2N+16B−6BFFF1.520.020.05.501612+17.2
24Mohamed, Ibrahim Ahmed1918EGY+13BFFFFFFFF1.03.53.53.502498+4.4
25Ali Mohamed, Maged0EGY−6N−12B−21N−10B−22NF−16N−20BF0.026.026.00.008730.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets