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QATAR CUP Tournament 2025 - Men Section

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22 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 07 Sept 2025 to 13 Sept 2025 in Doha, Qatar. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1718, and top seed was Husain Aziz (🇶🇦 QAT, IM, 2286).

Husain Aziz (🇶🇦 QAT, IM, 2286) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Ibrahim Al-Janahi (5.0) and Hamad Al-Kuwari (4.5). Aziz won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Ali Al-Naimi (1457) beat Ali Al-Saadi (1610), a +153-point gap.

Location
🇶🇦Doha, Qatar
Dates
07 Sept 2025 → 13 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 79
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇶🇦IMHusain Aziz2286
Avg top 10
1,718
Participants
22
Titled players · 3
IM×1
CM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇶🇦Qatar×18
Top 3
  • 🥇
    IMHusain Aziz
    🇶🇦QAT·2286
    6.5pts·2308perf+0.6
  • 🥈
    Ibrahim Al-Janahi
    🇶🇦QAT·1567
    5.0pts·1782perf+62.4
  • 🥉
    CMHamad Al-Kuwari
    🇶🇦QAT·1744
    4.5pts·1788perf+10.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

IM Husain Aziz led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
11
4
1
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Aziz6.5Al-Janahi5Al-Kuwari4.5AlJamaat4.5Al-Mansouri4.5AlKhulaifi4.5
R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

IM Husain Aziz never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Husain Aziz beat Ibrahim Al-Janahi (White).

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

IM Husain Aziz won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMHusain Aziz*
1
½
1
2Ibrahim Al-Janahi
0
*
½
—
3CMHamad Al-Kuwari
½
½
*
½
4Khaled AlJamaat
0
—
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Aziz, HusainIM2286QAT+9N+6B+4N+7B=3N+2B+8N6.526.530.528.252308+0.6
2Al-Janahi, Ibrahim1567QAT+14B+19N=3B=5N+9B−1N+11B5.026.027.016.001782+62.4
3Al-Kuwari, HamadCM1744QAT+21N+8B=2N=4B=1B=7N=5B4.528.528.516.251788+10.4
4AlJamaat, Khaled1696QAT+15B+11N−1B=3N+17B+5N−7B4.526.028.515.751754+12.8
5Al-Mansouri, Fahad1577QAT+20N=7B+17N=2B+6N−4B=3N4.525.025.514.251692+28.8
6Khalid Abdulrahman AlKhulaifi1624QAT+18B−1N+10B=11N−5B+17N+12B4.524.026.013.251599-5.8
7Erfan Mohamad FirdausCM1823QAT+13B=5NF−1N+11B=3B+4N4.026.527.515.501826-0.4
8Ahmad, Saif1599QAT+10B−3N+15B−9N+16B+12N−1B4.025.028.013.001504-18.4
9Al-Naimi, Ali1457QAT−1B+18N+12B+8B−2N−11N+14B4.025.027.012.001557+21.6
10Al-Subaiey, Mohammed0QAT−8N+21B−6N+20B−12N+15B+13N4.018.018.06.508030.0
11Djerbi, Mohamed1530QAT+22N−4B+16N=6B−7N+9B−2N3.525.025.09.251485-14.0
12Al-Saadi, Ali1610QAT−17N+20B−9N+13N+10B−8B−6N3.022.022.57.50752-34.6
13Al Hitmi, Mubarak0QAT−7N=17B+21N−12B=14N+16N−10B3.019.519.55.759170.0
14Al-Zeyara, Khalid0QAT−2N−16B=20N+22B=13B+18N−9N3.017.517.53.757150.0
15Al-Malki, Khalifa0QAT−4N+22B−8N−17B+21B−10N+18B3.017.017.02.008330.0
16Al-Muftah, Saqr0QAT−19B+14N−11B+18N−8N−13B+20B3.016.517.05.507870.0
17Al-Shaer, Ali0QAT+12B=13N−5B+15N−4N−6BF2.522.522.57.5014340.0
18FIDE 121022370—−6N−9B+22N−16B+20N−14B−15N2.018.018.00.507410.0
19Al-Atas, Abdulrahman1656QAT+16N−2BFFFFF1.012.012.03.00772-24.8
20FIDE 121034620—−5B−12N=14B−10N−18BF−16N0.519.519.51.507950.0
21FIDE 121035510—−3B−10N−13BF−15NFF0.014.514.50.009470.0
22FIDE 121035600—−11B−15N−18B−14NFFF0.012.012.00.007300.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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