National Qualifiers for the Arab Chess Championship
Round-RobinStandard
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 09 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2025 in Giza, Egypt. 10 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2257, and top seed was Adham Fawzy (🇪🇬 EGY, GM, 2495).
Adham Kandil (🇪🇬 EGY, GM, 2220) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Adham Fawzy (7.0) and Hamed Wafa (5.5). Kandil won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Adham Kandil (GM, 2220) beat Adham Fawzy (GM, 2495), a +275-point gap.
Location
🇪🇬Giza, Egypt
Dates
09 Sept 2025 → 15 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Titled players · 10
GM×2
IM×2
FM×6
Federations · 1 represented
🇪🇬Egypt×10
Top 3
- 🥇
- 🥈
- 🥉
How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsTitle race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
2
1
1
3
2
2
1
1
2
Kandil#1Fawzy#2Wafa#3Kandil#4Yousry#5Tamer Waguih#6Ashraf#7Sameh Mohamed#8Hossam Mohamed#9Wael Sabry#10
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
GM Adham Kandil beat GM Adham Fawzy (White).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
GM Adham Kandil 4 wins (R3–R6)GM Adham Fawzy 3 wins (R1–R3)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇪🇬GMKandil, Adham | 2220 | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 29.75 | 37.0 | +59.6 | 2482 |
| 2 | 🇪🇬GMFawzy, Adham | 2495 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 25.50 | 37.0 | -2.8 | 2457 |
| 3 | 🇪🇬IMWafa, Hamed | 2353 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 18.50 | 38.5 | -4.8 | 2327 |
| 4 | 🇪🇬FMKandil, Ahmed | 2323 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5.0 | 20.25 | 39.0 | -7.2 | 2293 |
| 5 | 🇪🇬FMYousry, Salah | 2268 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | * | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 4.0 | 16.00 | 40.0 | -12.8 | 2213 |
| 6 | 🇪🇬FMTamer Waguih, Farid | 2228 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 14.00 | 40.0 | -2.6 | 2218 |
| 7 | 🇪🇬FMAshraf, Shereif | 2251 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 12.50 | 40.0 | -8.6 | 2215 |
| 8 | 🇪🇬IMSameh Mohamed, Abdalrahman | 2207 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | — | 3.5 | 15.00 | 40.5 | +6.8 | 2229 |
| 9 | 🇪🇬FMHossam Mohamed, Adham | 2041 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 3.0 | 12.00 | 41.0 | +42.8 | 2150 |
| 10 | 🇪🇬FMWael Sabry, Mina | 2188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | * | 1.0 | 4.50 | 43.0 | -85.6 | 1950 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Kandil, AdhamGMEGY+59.67.0 pts · #1
- 2Hossam Mohamed, AdhamFMEGY+42.83.0 pts · #9
- 3Sameh Mohamed, AbdalrahmanIMEGY+6.83.5 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Wael Sabry, MinaFMEGY-85.61.0 pts · #10
- 2Yousry, SalahFMEGY-12.84.0 pts · #5
- 3Ashraf, ShereifFMEGY-8.64.0 pts · #7
Biggest upsets
- R4+275 Elo gap
- R3+187 Elo gap
- R7+179 Elo gap