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Abha Chess Classic 2025

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14 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 25 Aug 2025 to 27 Aug 2025 in Abha, Saudi Arabia. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 700, and top seed was Mohammed Khaleel (🇪🇬 EGY, 2017).

Ibrahim Mohammad Al Fahad (🇸🇦 KSA, 1703) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Abdulrahman Saad Alshehri (5.0) and Mohammed Khaleel (4.5). Al Fahad shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Ibrahim Mohammad Al Fahad (1703) beat Mohammed Khaleel (2017), a +314-point gap.

Location
🇸🇦Abha, Saudi Arabia
Dates
25 Aug 2025 → 27 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇪🇬Mohammed Khaleel2017
Avg top 10
700
Participants
14
Federations · 3 represented
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia×7
🇾🇪Yemen×2
🇪🇬Egypt×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
9
3
1
1
1
2
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Alshehri5Al Fahad5Khaleel4.5ALHAYYANI4Al Awad3.5MOQBEL3.5
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Al Fahad takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (20.0).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Abdulrahman Saad Alshehri beat Ibrahim Mohammad Al Fahad (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Abdulrahman Saad Alshehri 4 wins (R3–R6)Ibrahim Mohammad Al Fahad 5 wins (R1–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Abdulrahman Saad Alshehri*
1
0
—
2Ibrahim Mohammad Al Fahad
0
*
1
—
3Mohammed Khaleel
1
0
*
1
4HASSAN SALEH A ALHAYYANI——
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Al Fahad,Ibrahim Mohammad1703KSA+11B+7N+3B+6N+5B−2N5.020.022.517.502615+24.8
2Alshehri, Abdulrahman Saad0KSA+12B−3N+10B+?N+?B+1B5.013.513.59.0018150.0
3Khaleel , Mohammed2017EGY+13N+2B−1N+4B=8N+5B4.520.521.515.00903-17.2
4ALHAYYANI,HASSAN SALEH A0KSA+?N=9B=?N−3N+?B+11B4.010.010.04.0012170.0
5MOHAMMED ARAFAT MOQBEL0YEM+8N=6B+9N+?B−1N−3N3.519.019.07.7515040.0
6Al Awad, Naser1612KSA+14B=5N+12B−1B−9N+10N3.515.515.55.751684+7.6
7KORERY,FAISAL0KSA+?N−1B+13N−8B=10B+?N3.511.511.52.259030.0
8FIDE 76203060—−5B+14NF+7N=3B=9B3.014.514.57.2520170.0
9Yaslam Mohammed Hussein0YEMF=4N−5B+?N+6B=8N3.014.014.07.0016320.0
10FIDE 215323380—+?N−?B−2N+14B=7N−6B2.512.012.01.758120.0
11FIDE 215407130—−1N+?B−?B=12N+13B−4N2.511.511.51.7514910.0
12Al Qahtani, Yasser1665KSA−2N+13B−6N=11BFF1.512.012.02.25812-22.8
13alqahtani,Saud ali0KSA−3B−12N−7BF−11N+14N1.012.012.00.0010410.0
14FIDE 215480300—−6N−8BF−10NF−13B0.010.010.00.008120.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets