Open Neinava chess championship 2025
Open SwissStandard
48 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 08 Aug 2025 to 11 Aug 2025 in Nineveh, Iraq. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1772, and top seed was MOHAMMED ABDULLAH SALEH MERZA (🇮🇶 IRQ, 1966).
Mohammed Duhbian Fahad (🇮🇶 IRQ, 1692) won with 7.0/7, ahead of MOHAMMED ABDULLAH SALEH MERZA (6.0) and Namir Mohammad Husham (6.0). Fahad won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Namir Mohammad Husham (1667) beat MOHAMMED ABDULLAH SALEH MERZA (1966), a +299-point gap.
Location
🇮🇶Nineveh, Iraq
Dates
08 Aug 2025 → 11 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇶Iraq×26
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsMohammed Duhbian Fahad led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
36
17
5
2
1
1
1
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD
Mohammed Duhbian Fahad never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Mohammed Duhbian Fahad 7 wins (R1–R7)MOHAMMED ABDULLAH SALEH MERZA 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Namir Mohammad Husham 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mohammed Duhbian Fahad | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2MOHAMMED ABDULLAH SALEH MERZA | — | * | 0 | 1 |
| 3Namir Mohammad Husham | 0 | 1 | * | — |
| 4CMQutayba Yunis Ahmed | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fahad, Mohammed Duhbian | 1692 | IRQ | +48B | +44N | +11B | +15N | +3B | +12N | +5B | 7.0 | 27.0 | 29.0 | 29.00 | 2492 | +30.0 |
| 2 | MOHAMMED ABDULLAH SALEH MERZA | 1966 | IRQ | +40B | +41N | +9B | −3N | +8B | +6B | +4N | 6.0 | 29.0 | 31.5 | 25.50 | 1948 | -0.2 |
| 3 | Husham, Namir Mohammad | 1667 | IRQ | +38B | +37N | +19B | +2B | −1N | +21B | +13N | 6.0 | 28.5 | 31.5 | 24.50 | 1829 | +7.6 |
| 4 | Ahmed, Qutayba YunisCM | 1892 | IRQ | +35N | =16B | +14N | +21B | =5N | +20B | −2B | 5.0 | 28.0 | 31.5 | 20.75 | 1907 | +1.8 |
| 5 | Muhanned Manhel, Zuhair | 1859 | IRQ | +34B | +29N | =12B | +30N | =4B | +25B | −1N | 5.0 | 27.5 | 31.0 | 19.25 | 1587 | -41.2 |
| 6 | Abdullah, Ahmed Abdulghani | 1663 | IRQ | +45N | +27B | −21N | +29B | +17B | −2N | +12B | 5.0 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 18.00 | 1759 | +8.4 |
| 7 | Waseem, Raad Najeeb | 1780 | IRQ | +24N | +28B | =31N | −13B | +18N | +19B | =8N | 5.0 | 25.5 | 29.0 | 20.25 | 1746 | -1.0 |
| 8 | Masood, Khalid Mohammed | 1746 | IRQ | +42N | +43B | =13N | +31B | −2N | +27B | =7B | 5.0 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 16.25 | 1680 | -6.8 |
| 9 | Hamed, Maher Hamed | 1589 | IRQ | +46N | +32B | −2N | −27B | +43N | +15B | +19N | 5.0 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 16.00 | 1166 | -3.2 |
| 10 | Yahya, Mahmoud Usamah | 1450 | IRQ | −27N | +47B | +36N | +32B | −19N | +33B | +20N | 5.0 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 16.00 | 2443 | +30.0 |
| 11 | Soheib, Mohammed Yiseen | 0 | IRQ | +?N | +?B | −1N | +28B | −20N | +?N | +22B | 5.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 7.50 | 1545 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Zaid, Abd Almalik | 1551 | IRQ | +39N | +17B | =5N | +22B | +13N | −1B | −6N | 4.5 | 30.0 | 33.0 | 18.50 | 1635 | +14.8 |
| 13 | Mohammad, Mahmood Othman | 0 | IRQ | +?N | +14B | =8B | +7N | −12B | +30N | −3B | 4.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 15.50 | 1702 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Hassan, Falah Hassan | 1779 | IRQ | +26B | −13N | −4B | +42N | +23B | =16N | +21N | 4.5 | 26.0 | 28.5 | 16.75 | 1092 | -14.0 |
| 15 | Yoynis, Mohmond Younis | 0 | IRQ | +?B | +?N | +22B | −1B | =27N | −9N | +29B | 4.5 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 9.25 | 1521 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 4846150 | 0 | — | +?N | =4N | =30B | +?B | −21N | =14B | +32N | 4.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 10.00 | 1836 | 0.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 4846354 | 0 | — | +?N | −12N | +41B | +?B | −6N | =?N | +34B | 4.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 6.00 | 807 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Redwan, Faris Abdul Qadir | 0 | IRQ | −?B | +?N | =34B | +37N | −7B | +41N | +?B | 4.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 7.25 | 980 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Wadullah, Mushreq Salih | 0 | IRQ | +23N | +?B | −3N | +43B | +10B | −7N | −9B | 4.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 11.00 | 1424 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Mostafa, Mohammed Hussiun | 1643 | IRQ | −29B | +24N | +45B | +33N | +11B | −4N | −10B | 4.0 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 14.50 | 871 | -37.6 |
| 21 | Zakaria, Duraid Najeeb | 0 | IRQ | +?B | +?N | +6B | −4N | +16B | −3N | −14B | 4.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 9.50 | 1557 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Khdir, Ahmed Hadi | 1675 | IRQ | +47N | +36B | −15N | −12N | +28B | +24B | −11N | 4.0 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 12.50 | 751 | -26.8 |
| 23 | FIDE 4846141 | 0 | — | −19B | −33N | +38B | +44N | −14N | +46B | +36B | 4.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 10.00 | 979 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Hayder, Husam Shifaa | 0 | IRQ | −7B | −20B | +?N | +?B | +?N | −22N | +?B | 4.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 1452 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 4834410 | 0 | — | −28N | +35B | +?N | +?B | +?B | −5N | −?N | 4.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.50 | 915 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 4838408 | 0 | — | −14N | −?B | +?N | −?B | +39N | +?B | +?N | 4.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.00 | 810 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Mustafa, Khudhur Abed | 0 | IRQ | +10B | −6N | +?B | +9N | =15B | −8N | −?B | 3.5 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 12.25 | 1608 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 4829743 | 0 | — | +25B | −7N | +?B | −11N | −22N | +?B | =33N | 3.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 5.75 | 928 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Moath, Thaer Ali | 0 | IRQ | +20N | −5B | +?N | −6N | +?B | =?B | −15N | 3.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 4.00 | 1684 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 4846443 | 0 | — | +?N | +?B | =16N | −5B | +31N | −13B | −?N | 3.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 5.75 | 1059 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 4846087 | 0 | — | +?N | +?B | =7B | −8N | −30B | =?N | =35B | 3.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 4.25 | 1570 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Omeran, Hamza Jasim | 0 | IRQ | +?B | −9N | +?B | −10N | =41B | +?N | −16B | 3.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 1.25 | 1376 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 4846311 | 0 | — | −?N | +23B | +?N | −20B | +?N | −10N | =28B | 3.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 5.75 | 746 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 4846230 | 0 | — | −5N | +?B | =18N | −?B | +?N | +?B | −17N | 3.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 2.25 | 915 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 4846222 | 0 | — | −4B | −25N | +?B | +?N | −?N | +?B | =31N | 3.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 1.75 | 932 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Mohammed, Saad Ahmed | 0 | IRQ | +?N | −22N | −10B | +?B | +?N | −?B | −23N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 1351 | 0.0 |
| 37 | FIDE 4846338 | 0 | — | +?N | −3B | =?N | −18B | −?N | =?B | +43N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2.00 | 867 | 0.0 |
| 38 | FIDE 4839552 | 0 | — | −3N | −?B | −23N | +?N | +?B | +43B | −?N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.00 | 867 | 0.0 |
| 39 | FIDE 4846290 | 0 | — | −12B | −?B | +?N | −?N | −26B | +?N | +?B | 3.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 751 | 0.0 |
| 40 | FIDE 4846214 | 0 | — | −2N | −?B | −?N | −?B | +?N | +?B | +?N | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 924 | 0.0 |
| 41 | FIDE 4846133 | 0 | — | +?N | −2B | −17N | +?B | =32N | −18B | −?N | 2.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 1.75 | 1166 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Joseph, Safaa Ablahad | 0 | IRQ | −8B | +?B | −?N | −14B | +?N | −?N | =?B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 1544 | 0.0 |
| 43 | FIDE 4839498 | 0 | — | +?B | −8N | +?B | −19N | −9B | −38N | −37B | 2.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 0.00 | 859 | 0.0 |
| 44 | FIDE 4846281 | 0 | — | +?N | −1B | −?N | −23B | −?N | =?N | =?B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 892 | 0.0 |
| 45 | FIDE 4846265 | 0 | — | −6B | +?N | −20N | −?B | −?N | −?B | +?N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 853 | 0.0 |
| 46 | FIDE 4846273 | 0 | — | −9B | −?N | +?B | −?B | +?N | −23N | −?B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 772 | 0.0 |
| 47 | FIDE 4846257 | 0 | — | −22B | −10N | +?B | −?N | −?B | +?N | −?B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 735 | 0.0 |
| 48 | FIDE 4839544 | 0 | — | −1N | +?B | −?N | +?B | −?N | −?B | −?N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 892 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Fahad, Mohammed DuhbianIRQ+30.07.0 pts · #3
- 2Yahya, Mahmoud UsamahIRQ+30.05.0 pts · #16
- 3Zaid, Abd AlmalikIRQ+14.84.5 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Muhanned Manhel, ZuhairIRQ-41.25.0 pts · #18
- 2Mostafa, Mohammed HussiunIRQ-37.64.0 pts · #38
- 3Khdir, Ahmed HadiIRQ-26.84.0 pts · #34
Biggest upsets
- R4+299 Elo gap
- R7+193 Elo gap
- R7+167 Elo gap