Bahrain Chess Championship 2025

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57 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 10 Sept 2025 to 19 Sept 2025 in Muharraq, Bahrain. 6 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1875, and top seed was Husain Ayyad (🇧🇭 BRN, FM, 2120).

Husain Ayyad (🇧🇭 BRN, FM, 2120) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Ali Al-Ghasra (7.5) and Maher Ayyad (6.5). Ayyad won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Joudi Mansoor AlFaraj (1527) beat Hussain BuKhalaf (1860), a +333-point gap.

Location

🇧🇭Muharraq, Bahrain

Dates

10 Sept 2025 → 19 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇧🇭FMHusain Ayyad2120

Avg top 10

1,875

Participants

Titled players · 6

FM×2

CM×3

WCM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇧🇭Bahrain×52

Top 3

🥇
FMHusain Ayyad
🇧🇭BRN·2120
8.0pts·2168perf+8.4
🥈
CMAli Al-Ghasra
🇧🇭BRN·1964
7.5pts·2052perf+21.4
🥉
FMMaher Ayyad
🇧🇭BRN·1969
6.5pts·1913perf-5.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Husain Ayyad led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Ayyad8Al-Ghasra7.5Ayyad6.5Faqihi6.5Taher6.5Ebrahim6

R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Husain Ayyad held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Husain Ayyad beat CM Ali Al-Ghasra (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Husain Ayyad 6 wins (R1–R6)CM Ali Al-Ghasra 4+3 wins (R1–R4, R6–R8)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMHusain Ayyad	*	1	½	—
2CMAli Al-Ghasra	0	*	1	—
3FMMaher Ayyad	½	0	*	—
4Abdulaziz Faqihi	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Ayyad, HusainFM	2120	BRN	+55N	+10B	+7N	+6N	+2B	+33B	=3N	+11B	=4N	8.0	47.0	47.0	40.50	2168	+8.4
2	Al-Ghasra, AliCM	1964	BRN	+35N	+16B	+4N	+12B	−1N	+10B	+6N	+3B	=7N	7.5	49.5	53.0	42.00	2052	+21.4
3	Ayyad, MaherFM	1969	BRN	+49B	+39N	=17B	=11N	+13B	+19N	=1B	−2N	+10B	6.5	45.5	48.0	31.25	1913	-5.2
4	Taher, Mohamed	1684	BRN	+26B	+34N	−2B	−30N	+48B	+14N	+29B	+12N	=1B	6.5	42.5	45.0	29.50	1812	+22.0
5	Faqihi, Abdulaziz	1565	BRN	=38N	+36B	+9N	−33B	+27N	=7B	=10N	+23B	+6N	6.5	39.0	42.5	31.50	1914	+70.2
6	Ebrahim, Mahmood	1855	BRN	+52B	+40N	+13N	−1B	+17B	+8N	−2B	+22N	−5B	6.0	47.0	48.5	26.50	1812	-10.8
7	Taqi, Mohamed	1744	BRN	+43B	+30N	−1B	−8N	+20B	=5N	+36B	+15N	=2B	6.0	46.0	49.0	28.00	1744	-0.6
8	Albinkhalil, Faisal	1592	BRN	+45N	−33B	+25N	+7B	+12N	−6B	+18B	−10N	+19B	6.0	41.0	44.0	29.00	1814	+81.2
9	BuKhalaf, Hussain	1860	BRN	+27N	−13B	−5B	+53N	−28B	+31N	+24N	+29B	+18B	6.0	37.5	39.0	23.00	1566	-41.2
10	Shubber, Sayed Mahmood	1671	BRN	+56N	−1N	+53B	+20B	+42N	−2N	=5B	+8B	−3N	5.5	44.0	44.0	18.75	1724	+7.2
11	Bukhalaf, Khalaf	1785	BRN	+53B	+28N	+14N	=3B	−33N	+17B	+19B	−1N	−13B	5.5	43.0	44.5	24.25	1796	+3.0
12	AlWardi, Hussain	1794	BRN	+25N	+29B	+20N	−2N	−8B	+44B	+33N	−4B	=14N	5.5	42.5	45.5	22.75	1700	-34.0
13	Ahmed, Najla	1601	BRN	F	+9N	−6B	+21B	−3N	+42B	=23N	+33B	+11N	5.5	40.0	40.0	25.25	1911	+46.8
14	Fardan, Yousif	1521	BRN	+51N	+19N	−11B	+16B	−23N	−4B	+44N	+35B	=12B	5.5	39.0	41.0	21.75	1712	+78.8
15	Mohamed Ali Albuainain	0	BRN	−20N	=37B	+24N	+40B	−18N	+27B	+17N	−7B	+34N	5.5	36.5	40.0	22.25	1603	0.0
16	AlAbbas, Ali	1613	BRN	+41B	−2N	+43B	−14N	+31B	−28N	+42N	=34B	+24N	5.5	35.5	38.5	19.75	871	-54.4
17	Shaker, MusabCM	1691	BRN	+31B	+21N	=3N	+18B	−6N	−11N	−15B	=27B	+37N	5.0	41.5	45.0	22.75	1671	-3.2
18	Alshehabi, Shehab	1687	BRN	+42N	+50B	=33N	−17N	+15B	=23B	−8N	+21B	−9N	5.0	38.5	40.5	19.50	1520	-40.8
19	AlSari,Yusuf	1717	BRN	+47N	−14B	+35N	+44B	+30N	−3B	−11N	+28B	−8N	5.0	38.0	40.5	17.00	1613	-43.2
20	Almutawa, Jassim	1526	BRN	+15B	+23N	−12B	−10N	−7N	F	+43B	+47N	+27B	5.0	37.5	40.0	19.50	1609	+18.8
21	KHALIL MOHSEN ALNAZER	0	BRN	+36N	−17B	+28B	−13N	+39B	−29N	+48B	−18N	+40B	5.0	34.0	36.5	17.00	1609	0.0
22	Mosa, Hamad	1648	BRN	F	+38B	=27N	+37B	=29N	+30B	+28N	−6B	F	5.0	29.0	29.0	19.00	1649	+0.6
23	Al-Ghasra, Osama	1775	BRN	+37N	−20B	+49N	=29B	+14B	=18N	=13B	−5N	F	4.5	37.5	37.5	18.75	1572	-36.0
24	Alsalman, Reem	0	BRN	−39B	=32N	−15B	+45N	+41B	+26N	−9B	+40N	−16B	4.5	36.0	39.0	16.50	1465	0.0
25	Abdulelah Ahmed Yusuf Habib	0	BRN	−12B	+54N	−8B	=41N	−38B	=32N	+46B	=48N	+47B	4.5	30.5	31.0	11.00	1397	0.0
26	Almusawi, Ali	0	BRN	−4N	+55B	−44N	+52B	=36N	−24B	−35N	+42B	+48B	4.5	28.0	28.0	8.75	1524	0.0
27	Almusawi, Mahmood	1421	BRN	−9B	+45N	=22B	+32N	−5B	−15N	+38B	=17N	−20N	4.0	40.5	43.5	15.50	1492	+16.4
28	Joudi Mansoor AlFaraj	1527	BRN	+54N	−11B	−21N	+34B	+9N	+16B	−22B	−19N	−32N	4.0	39.5	40.0	15.50	1554	+4.8
29	Rajab, Nooh	1583	BRN	F	−12N	+47B	=23N	=22B	+21B	−4N	−9N	+30B	4.0	39.0	39.0	16.25	1590	+8.0
30	Yaqoob, WafaWCM	1524	BRN	+46N	−7B	+50N	+4B	−19B	−22N	−34B	+31N	−29N	4.0	37.0	39.0	15.50	1429	-11.4
31	Aljeshi, Abdulla	0	BRN	−17N	−44B	+46N	+35B	−16N	−9B	+52N	−30B	+51B	4.0	32.0	33.5	10.00	1427	0.0
32	Obaid, Dania	1448	BRN	F	=24B	+38N	−27B	−37N	=25B	+45N	F	+28B	4.0	30.5	33.5	15.00	1474	+2.8
33	Monther, AlfardanCM	1882	BRN	F	+8N	=18B	+5N	+11B	−1N	−12B	−13N	F	3.5	46.0	46.0	20.50	1735	-25.0
34	Qasim, Sayed Shubbar	0	BRN	+48N	−4B	F	−28N	+53B	F	+30N	=16N	−15B	3.5	36.5	38.0	10.75	1575	0.0
35	Haider, Ali Hasan	1451	BRN	−2B	+41N	−19B	−31N	+54B	=47N	+26B	−14N	F	3.5	36.0	36.5	9.75	896	-26.4
36	Yusuf Ahmed Alsaegh	1563	BRN	−21B	−5N	+45B	+43N	=26B	+38N	−7N	−37B	F	3.5	35.5	38.5	11.75	854	-30.4
37	Abdulla Nayel	0	BRN	−23B	=15N	F	−22N	+32B	=39N	=40B	+36N	−17B	3.5	34.5	38.0	13.75	1561	0.0
38	Joud Mansoor AlFaraj	0	BRN	=5B	−22N	−32B	F	+25N	−36B	−27N	+49B	+39N	3.5	33.5	35.5	13.75	1441	0.0
39	Ayoob Asad	1604	BRN	+24N	−3B	+52N	−42B	−21N	=37B	−47B	+41N	−38B	3.5	32.0	33.5	11.25	1695	+6.4
40	Alqallaf, Ali	1546	BRN	+57N	−6B	−42B	−15N	+43N	+52B	=37N	−24B	−21N	3.5	32.0	32.0	6.25	1638	+7.6
41	AlSaati, Elias	0	BRN	−16N	−35B	+51N	=25B	−24N	−43B	+50N	−39B	+46N	3.5	29.5	31.5	9.25	756	0.0
42	Alkhamiry, Mohammed	0	BRN	−18B	+48B	+40N	+39N	−10B	−13N	−16B	−26N	F	3.0	36.0	38.5	9.50	1557	0.0
43	Al Arayedh, Daniyah	0	BRN	−7N	+51B	−16N	−36B	−40B	+41N	−20N	+45B	F	3.0	33.0	35.0	8.50	798	0.0
44	Husain, Sabt	1530	BRN	−50B	+31N	+26B	−19N	+47B	−12N	−14B	F	F	3.0	33.0	33.0	11.00	878	-38.0
45	Hasan Isa Hasan Bukhammas	0	BRN	−8B	−27B	−36N	−24B	+46N	+53N	−32B	−43N	+54N	3.0	29.5	30.0	5.00	706	0.0
46	Qader, Ahmed	0	BRN	−30B	−53N	−31B	+51N	−45B	+49N	−25N	+52B	−41B	3.0	25.0	26.5	6.00	1520	0.0
47	Ali Hisham Mahmood Ali Salim	0	BRN	−19B	F	−29N	+49B	−44N	=35B	+39N	−20B	−25N	2.5	31.0	31.0	7.75	1460	0.0
48	Ebrahim, Mohsen	1523	BRN	−34B	−42N	F	+54B	−4N	+50B	−21N	=25B	−26N	2.5	29.5	29.5	4.75	884	-11.6
49	Alaradi, Sawsan	1486	BRN	−3N	+56B	−23B	−47N	−50N	−46B	+54B	−38N	=52N	2.5	24.0	24.0	1.25	1443	-19.2
50	Mahmood Abdulla, Abdulla	0	BRN	+44N	−18N	−30B	F	+49B	−48N	−41B	F	F	2.0	26.0	26.0	5.50	1492	0.0
51	FIDE 11210362	0	—	−14B	−43N	−41B	−46B	−52N	+54N	+53B	F	−31N	2.0	24.0	24.5	2.00	671	0.0
52	Jawad, Jad Tareq	1421	BRN	−6N	F	−39B	−26N	+51B	−40N	−31B	−46N	=49B	1.5	29.0	29.0	3.25	1309	-19.6
53	FIDE 11210133	0	—	−11N	+46B	−10N	−9B	−34N	−45B	−51N	=54B	F	1.5	29.0	29.0	3.25	972	0.0
54	FIDE 11210141	0	—	−28B	−25B	F	−48N	−35N	−51B	−49N	=53N	−45B	0.5	23.5	23.5	0.75	713	0.0
55	Khalid Yateem	1497	BRN	−1B	−26N	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	1097	-3.2
56	FIDE 11207736	0	—	−10B	−49N	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	811	0.0
57	FIDE 11205997	0	—	−40B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	747	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Albinkhalil, FaisalBRN
+81.2
6.0 pts · #11
2Fardan, YousifBRN
+78.8
5.5 pts · #7
3Faqihi, AbdulazizBRN
+70.2
6.5 pts · #4

Top rating losers

1AlAbbas, AliBRN
-54.4
5.5 pts · #54
2AlSari,YusufBRN
-43.2
5.0 pts · #12
3BuKhalaf, HussainBRN
-41.2
6.0 pts · #19

Biggest upsets

R5+333 Elo gap
Joudi Mansoor AlFaraj1527 beat BuKhalaf, Hussain1860
R3+295 Elo gap
Faqihi, Abdulaziz1565 beat BuKhalaf, Hussain1860
R9+290 Elo gap
Faqihi, Abdulaziz1565 beat Ebrahim, Mahmood1855