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Central Region Chess Qualification Tournament 2025 - Women

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14 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 20 Aug 2025 to 23 Aug 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1043, and top seed was Sawsan Ismail Saleem (🇸🇦 KSA, 1852).

Dalia Alsemairi (🇸🇦 KSA, WCM, 1791) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Maitha Abdulrahman A Alotaibi (5.0) and Adeem Mohammed Al-Dosari (5.0). Alsemairi clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Maitha Abdulrahman A Alotaibi (1598) beat Adeem Mohammed Al-Dosari (1817), a +219-point gap.

Location
🇸🇦Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dates
20 Aug 2025 → 23 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇸🇦Sawsan Ismail Saleem1852
Avg top 10
1,043
Participants
14
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia×12
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

WCM Dalia Alsemairi led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
4
2
1
4
2
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Alotaibi takes leadAlsemairi takes lead
Alsemairi5.5Alotaibi5Al-Dosari5Saleem4Aldawsari4ALSANEA4— ex-leaders:Bin Shilashled R3, #8
R6 · LEADER CHANGE22 Aug

Maitha Abdulrahman A Alotaibi takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WCM Dalia Alsemairi beat Maitha Abdulrahman A Alotaibi (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

WCM Dalia Alsemairi 4 wins (R4–R7)Maitha Abdulrahman A Alotaibi 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WCMDalia Alsemairi*
1
½
1
2Maitha Abdulrahman A Alotaibi
0
*
1
0
3Adeem Mohammed Al-Dosari
½
0
*
1
4Sawsan Ismail Saleem
0
1
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Alsemairi, DaliaWCM1791KSA+13B−10N=3B+9N+6B+4N+2B5.523.525.020.002070+24.0
2Alotaibi, Maitha Abdulrahman A1598KSA+12N+5B−4B+10N+7N+3B−1N5.024.026.016.501790+39.2
3Al-Dosari, Adeem Mohammed1817KSA=5N+14B=1N+11B+4B−2N+8B5.024.025.015.251748-10.8
4Saleem, Sawsan Ismail1852KSAF+6B+2N+7B−3N−1B+5N4.026.526.516.001787-15.2
5Aldawsari, Leen Mohammed S0KSA=3B−2N=6N+12B+14N+7B−4B4.023.024.010.5016550.0
6ALSANEA,MASHAEL ABDULMOHSEN MOHAMMED1667KSA+9B−4N=5B+13N−1N+12B=11B4.021.022.59.751022-23.6
7Bin Shilash, Bedor Mohammed1701KSA+14N+11B+10B−4N−2B−5NF3.019.019.06.00926-37.6
8SHAHAD,FAHAD0KSAF+13N−9BF+10B+11N−3N3.017.018.06.5010170.0
9Alsulaiman,Warde Fawaz0KSA−6N+?B+8N−1B−11NF+13B3.016.516.54.509290.0
10ABRAR, ALGHAMDI0KSAF+1B−7N−2B−8N=13B+?N2.521.021.06.2515720.0
11Weam Alkharashi0KSAF−7N+12B−3N+9B−8B=6N2.520.020.07.0014550.0
12MAKKI,WALAH MOHAMAD A0KSA−2BF−11N−5N+?B−6N+14B2.016.516.51.008340.0
13FIDE 215240410—−1N−8B+?N−6BF=10N−9N1.518.018.01.259290.0
14FIDE 215482340—−7B−3NFF−5B+?N−12N1.017.017.00.009590.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets