Baghdad Golden Standard Chess Tournament 2025
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54 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 20 Aug 2025 to 24 Aug 2025 in Baghdad, Iraq. Top 10 Elo average was 1707, and top seed was Hayder Jawad Mubarak Ameer (🇮🇶 IRQ, 1976).
Ali Najib kadhim (🇮🇶 IRQ, 1652) won with 6.0/9, ahead of Bashar Salim Ali (6.0) and Ahmed Natiq Ghaith (6.0).
The biggest upset came in round 6: Shawqi Abdulzahra Hasan (1547) beat Saeed Abbas Kadhim (1966), a +419-point gap.
Location
🇮🇶Baghdad, Iraq
Dates
20 Aug 2025 → 24 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 40 minutes for the game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Avg top 10
1,707
Participants
54
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇶Iraq×45
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 4 players tied at 6.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
Co-leaders
37
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7
3
2
1
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R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
4 players finish on 6.0/9. kadhim takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (35.5).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Jasim Mohammed Ali 3 wins (R7–R9)Bashar Salim Ali 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jasim Mohammed Ali | * | — | — | — |
| 2Bashar Salim Ali | — | * | — | 1 |
| 3Ahmed Natiq Ghaith | — | — | * | — |
| 4Ali Najib kadhim | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ali Najib kadhim | 1652 | IRQ | −12B | −49N | +26B | +54N | +45B | +24N | +37B | −2N | +5B | 6.0 | 35.5 | 36.5 | 22.50 | 1657 | +0.8 |
| 2 | Ali, Bashar Salim | 1766 | IRQ | +48N | +10B | +?N | −?B | =17N | =?B | +16N | +1B | −?B | 6.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 22.00 | 2450 | +27.2 |
| 3 | Ghaith, Ahmed Natiq | 1762 | IRQ | +45B | +33N | =?B | +14N | +?B | −?N | −5B | +15N | =?B | 6.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 17.00 | 1649 | -5.8 |
| 4 | Ali, Jasim Mohammed | 0 | IRQ | =?B | =20N | =?B | +23N | =?B | −15N | +?B | +29N | +37N | 6.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 15.25 | 1623 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Hasan, Shawqi Abdulzahra | 1547 | IRQ | −14B | +31N | =12B | +33N | +32B | +?N | +3N | −?B | −1N | 5.5 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 21.75 | 1707 | +16.4 |
| 6 | Ali, Nazar Shareef | 1726 | IRQ | =53B | =34N | =33B | =32N | =25B | =14N | +45B | +21N | =8B | 5.5 | 35.0 | 36.0 | 21.75 | 2262 | +7.2 |
| 7 | Ahmed, Abdulrahman Hussein | 1703 | IRQ | +31B | +35N | −?B | −34N | +14B | =21N | −?B | +43N | +27B | 5.5 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 23.75 | 1462 | -12.0 |
| 8 | Hamzah, Jamal Ali | 0 | IRQ | +?B | −15N | =?B | −13N | +18B | +25N | =?B | +20N | =6N | 5.5 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 16.75 | 1686 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Taraq, Samr | 1566 | IRQ | +28N | −?B | −36N | +44B | +46N | −?B | =10N | +42B | +22N | 5.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 21.75 | 2531 | +28.8 |
| 10 | Abdulmaged, Riyadh Abdulmged | 0 | IRQ | +?B | −2N | +29B | −?N | +47B | =?N | =9B | =14N | +21B | 5.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 17.25 | 1581 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Yousif, Mustafa Abdulrazzaq | 1728 | IRQ | +26N | +41B | −?N | +49B | −?B | +20N | +34B | =12N | −?B | 5.5 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 21.75 | 2277 | +3.8 |
| 12 | Mohammed, Bahaa Mohsin | 0 | IRQ | +1N | −?B | =5N | +?B | +22N | +?N | =?B | =11B | −?N | 5.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 16.00 | 1717 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Abdulazeez, Mohammed Sadeq | 0 | IRQ | +?B | =?N | −22N | +8B | =?B | +?N | =15B | −?N | +23B | 5.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 12.50 | 1731 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Mustafa, Salam Ridha | 0 | IRQ | +5N | =22B | +40N | −3B | −7N | =6B | +?N | =10B | =?N | 5.0 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 16.75 | 1648 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Widad, Sabah Noori | 1750 | IRQ | +42N | +8B | −?N | +36B | −?N | +4B | =13N | −3B | =17N | 5.0 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 24.25 | 962 | -9.6 |
| 16 | Ahmed, Jalal Shahat | 1648 | IRQ | +30N | +27B | −?N | +41B | F | −?N | −2B | +34N | +19B | 5.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 21.50 | 966 | -13.6 |
| 17 | Mostafa, Faris Abdalghani | 0 | IRQ | +23B | +?N | −?B | +21N | =2B | =?N | =29B | −?N | =15B | 5.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 16.75 | 1719 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Yousif, Osamah Yas | 0 | IRQ | =34B | −?N | −?B | +?N | −8N | +48B | =26B | +45N | +?B | 5.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 10.25 | 1694 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Mustafa, Adil Yousif | 0 | IRQ | −?N | −51B | +?N | +?B | +?B | −?N | +24B | +?N | −16N | 5.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 4.50 | 1431 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Hasan, Khalid Saleh | 1477 | IRQ | =40N | =4B | −41N | +27B | +36N | −11B | +39N | −8B | =28N | 4.5 | 37.0 | 40.5 | 19.00 | 1423 | -6.0 |
| 21 | Hasan, Abdulkareem Hasan | 1462 | IRQ | +38N | −?B | +30N | −17B | +49N | =7B | +22N | −6B | −10N | 4.5 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 18.25 | 1720 | +38.0 |
| 22 | Samer, Barakat Salim | 1731 | IRQ | +49B | =14N | +13B | −?N | −12B | +43N | −21B | +33N | −9B | 4.5 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 18.00 | 714 | -62.0 |
| 23 | Ahmed, Estabrak Nadhem | 1606 | IRQ | −17N | +42B | =50N | −4B | +28N | +33B | −?N | +40B | −13N | 4.5 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 16.50 | 2303 | +14.4 |
| 24 | Abdallah, Mohammed Jead | 0 | IRQ | +47N | −?B | +44N | −37B | +41N | −1B | −19N | =31B | +42N | 4.5 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 15.75 | 852 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 4846478 | 0 | — | −37N | +54B | +?N | −?B | =6N | −8B | =28N | =30B | +41N | 4.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 11.75 | 1726 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Hussein, Ali Khalid | 0 | IRQ | −11B | −?N | −1N | =?B | +?N | +?B | =18N | =39B | +40N | 4.5 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 7.75 | 1547 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Murtadha, Hasan Dawood | 0 | IRQ | +?B | −16N | −?B | −20N | +51N | +46B | =40N | +?B | −7N | 4.5 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 6.25 | 1431 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Mustafa, Khalid Suhail | 0 | IRQ | −9B | =39N | +?B | −?N | −23B | +?N | =25B | +?N | =20B | 4.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 6.25 | 1433 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Najmuldeen, Suhail Ibrahim | 0 | IRQ | −?N | +?B | −10N | +39B | +50N | =?B | =17N | −4B | =?N | 4.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 8.00 | 1631 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Mohammed, Faez Mohammed | 0 | IRQ | −16B | +?N | −21B | −?B | −?N | +?B | +50N | =25N | +43B | 4.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 7.75 | 759 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Mohammed, Abdulwahhab Gatea | 0 | IRQ | −7N | −5B | +?N | +?B | −?N | −39B | +?N | =24N | +?B | 4.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 2.25 | 1409 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Mohammed, Falah Hasan | 0 | IRQ | −?N | +?B | +?N | =6B | −5N | =40B | =?N | −?B | +39N | 4.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 8.00 | 1404 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Ali, Munther Hamed | 0 | IRQ | +?N | −3B | =6N | −5B | +?N | −23N | +35B | −22B | =38N | 4.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 8.75 | 1308 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Hussien, Talib Habib | 0 | IRQ | =18N | =6B | +?N | +7B | +?N | −?B | −11N | −16B | −?B | 4.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 10.75 | 1624 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 4845544 | 0 | — | +?N | −7B | =39N | −40B | +48N | −?B | −33N | +46B | =36B | 4.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 9.75 | 799 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Hani, Radhwan Oday Almutari | 0 | IRQ | −?N | +?N | +9B | −15N | −20B | −?B | =38N | +?B | =35N | 4.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 9.50 | 1577 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Yaseen, Ayad Faieq | 0 | IRQ | +25B | +?N | −?B | +24N | F | −?B | −1N | +?N | −4B | 4.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 9.00 | 1610 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Nahar, Hayder Taha | 0 | IRQ | −21B | −43N | +?B | −45N | −?B | +53N | =36B | +?N | =33B | 4.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 5.00 | 779 | 0.0 |
| 39 | FIDE 4846516 | 0 | — | −?N | =28B | =35B | −29N | +44B | +31N | −20B | =26N | −32B | 3.5 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 14.50 | 677 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Yahya, Mustafa Yassen | 1503 | IRQ | =20B | +53N | −14B | +35N | −?B | =32N | =27B | −23N | −26B | 3.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 11.75 | 1349 | -16.0 |
| 41 | Mohammed, Akram Khorsheed | 0 | IRQ | +?B | −11N | +20B | −16N | −24B | −45N | +52B | =?N | −25B | 3.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 6.00 | 1637 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Harith, Aqeel Rahman | 0 | IRQ | −15B | −23N | =?B | +53N | −43B | +52N | +?B | −9N | −24B | 3.5 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 2.50 | 1333 | 0.0 |
| 43 | FIDE 4846524 | 0 | — | −?N | +38B | −?N | =?B | +42N | −22B | +47N | −7B | −30N | 3.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 10.50 | 917 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Murtadha, Ali Mohsin | 0 | IRQ | −?N | +?B | −24B | −9N | −39N | =51B | =?N | +?B | =46N | 3.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 2.25 | 1329 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Gafar, Redha Mohssen | 0 | IRQ | −3N | −?B | +?N | +38B | −1N | +41B | −6N | −18B | −?B | 3.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 7.50 | 913 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Ameer, Amar Abd Alkhadhom | 0 | IRQ | −?N | +47B | +?B | −?N | −9B | −27N | =?B | −35N | =44B | 3.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 4.75 | 1532 | 0.0 |
| 47 | FIDE 4846680 | 0 | — | −24B | −46N | +52N | +51B | −10N | =?B | −43B | −?N | =?B | 3.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 3.00 | 896 | 0.0 |
| 48 | FIDE 4846591 | 0 | — | −2B | =?N | +53B | −?N | −35B | −18N | −?B | +52N | =?N | 3.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 2.50 | 925 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Hayder, Ammar Sattar | 0 | IRQ | −22N | +1B | +?N | −11N | −21B | −?N | −?B | =?B | F | 2.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 6.00 | 1578 | 0.0 |
| 50 | FIDE 4846583 | 0 | — | −?N | +?B | =23B | −?N | −29B | =?N | −30B | −?N | F | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 2.25 | 1606 | 0.0 |
| 51 | Alhasan, Akram Mohammed | 0 | IRQ | −?B | +19N | −?B | −47N | −27B | =44N | F | F | F | 1.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 6.75 | 960 | 0.0 |
| 52 | FIDE 4846575 | 0 | — | −?B | −?N | −47B | +?N | =?N | −42B | −41N | −48B | F | 1.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 1647 | 0.0 |
| 53 | Hussien, Nazar Mohamed Ali | 0 | IRQ | =6N | −40B | −48N | −42B | =?N | −38B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 2.75 | 1422 | 0.0 |
| 54 | FIDE 4846621 | 0 | — | −?B | −25N | +?N | −1B | −?N | −?B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 852 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Hasan, Abdulkareem HasanIRQ+38.04.5 pts · #17
- 2Taraq, SamrIRQ+28.85.5 pts · #28
- 3Ali, Bashar SalimIRQ+27.26.0 pts · #12
Top rating losers
- 1Samer, Barakat SalimIRQ-62.04.5 pts · #54
- 2Yahya, Mustafa YassenIRQ-16.03.5 pts · #36
- 3Ahmed, Jalal ShahatIRQ-13.65.0 pts · #47
Biggest upsets
- R6+419 Elo gap
- R7+269 Elo gap
- R7+215 Elo gap