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National Junior Chess Championship 2025 - O18

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8 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 05 Sept 2025 to 12 Sept 2025 in Hulhumale, Maldives. Top 10 Elo average was 1165, and top seed was Looth Mohamed Saeed (🇲🇻 MDV, 1599).

Mohamed Raakin Fayaz (🇲🇻 MDV, 1537) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Ahmed Aathik Haleem (6.0) and Akil Ihsan Mustafa (5.0). Fayaz took the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

Location
🇲🇻Hulhumale, Maldives
Dates
05 Sept 2025 → 12 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇲🇻Looth Mohamed Saeed1599
Avg top 10
1,165
Participants
8
Federations · 1 represented
🇲🇻Maldives×8
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 8 · 7 rounds

Mohamed Raakin Fayaz led from R3 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
3
1
1
3
3
3
2
#1#2#4#8R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Fayaz takes lead
Fayaz#1Haleem#2Mustafa#3Saeed#4Shinan Muneer#5Hussain#7Mohamed#8Sadiq#6
R3 · LEADER CHANGE06 Sept

Mohamed Raakin Fayaz takes the sole lead (2.5/3).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Mohamed Raakin Fayaz drew with Ahmed Aathik Haleem (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Mohamed Raakin Fayaz 3 wins (R5–R7)Ahmed Aathik Haleem 5 wins (R3–R7)Akil Ihsan Mustafa 5 wins (R2–R6)

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇲🇻Mohamed Raakin Fayaz1537*½11111½6.017.5021.0+82.81922
2🇲🇻Ahmed Aathik Haleem1535½*1½11116.016.5021.0+66.81798
3🇲🇻Akil Ihsan Mustafa155600*111115.010.0022.0+18.81626
4🇲🇻Looth Mohamed Saeed15990½0*011½3.07.5024.0-54.81397
5🇲🇻Shinan Muneer, Saneem Mohamed15460001*—012.04.0025.0-57.21316
7🇲🇻Ahmed Aiham Yoosuf Hussain00000—*112.03.0025.00.01316
8🇲🇻Meekal Hassan Mohamed1544000010*12.03.0025.0-56.41317
6🇲🇻Ashhab Nuh Ibrahim Sadiq0½00½000*1.04.5026.00.01282

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