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Asian Seniors Chess Championships 2025 over 50

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24 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 05 Oct 2025 to 13 Oct 2025 in Erbil, Iraq. 10 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2070, and top seed was Ramil Hasangatin (🇷🇺 RUS, GM, 2444).

Aziz Umarbekov (🇰🇬 KGZ, IM, 2032) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Hussein Ali Hussein Al-Ali (7.0) and Ramil Hasangatin (6.5). Umarbekov shared the lead from round 7 and won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Hussein Ali Hussein Al-Ali (IM, 2138) beat Ramil Hasangatin (GM, 2444), a +306-point gap.

Location
🇮🇶Erbil, Iraq
Dates
05 Oct 2025 → 13 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for game with 30 seconds delay from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺GMRamil Hasangatin2444
Avg top 10
2,070
Participants
24
Titled players · 10
GM×1
IM×3
CM×5
WCM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇮🇶Iraq×16
🇸🇾Syria×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇦🇫Afghanistan×1
🇯🇴Jordan×1
🇴🇲Oman×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
🇾🇪Yemen×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

IM Aziz Umarbekov led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.

Co-leaders
11
4
1
2
4
1
3
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Al-Ali takes leadUmarbekov takes lead
R6 · LEADER CHANGE10 Oct

IM Hussein Ali Hussein Al-Ali takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Aziz Umarbekov drew with IM Hussein Ali Hussein Al-Ali (White).

R7–R9 · WIN STREAK

IM Aziz Umarbekov won 3 in a row (R7–R9).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Umarbekov, AzizIM2032KGZ+14B+7N=2B+4N=3B=17N+5B+10N+16B7.541.544.536.252289+55.0
2Al-Ali, Hussein Ali HusseinIM2138IRQ+18N+16B=1N=5B+7N+6B4N+3B+11N7.044.047.034.252237+11.1
3Hasangatin, RamilGM2444RUS+10N=5B+6N+9B=1N=4B+17B2N+7B6.545.548.531.752239-16.2
4Aboudi, MarwanCM2074JOR+12N+11B+9N1B+16B=3N+2B7N=5B6.044.047.028.252133+13.0
5Ismael, Namir Mohammed IsmaelCM1940IRQ+20B=3N+19B=2N=17B+16N1N+9B=4N6.040.042.523.752166+45.6
6Al-Aqrabi, SalehCM2083YEM+8B=19N3B+15N+11B2N=10B+17N+14B6.037.540.523.502106+7.2
7Ebenezer, JosephCM1925IND+13N1B+12N+21B2BF+9N+4B3N5.042.044.020.002053+18.2
8Ali Adnan Younus1807IRQ6N+22B16N13B+21N=18B=20N+12B+9N5.028.530.014.251905+16.6
9Mohammed Ali MahdiAl-KinaniCM1981IRQ+21N+17B4B3N+14B+12N7B5N8B4.039.541.513.001882-24.2
10Esam, Naama Lafta1856IRQ3B+15N+24B16N=19B+13N=6N1BF4.037.037.012.501895+3.8
11Haitham, Ali Namoos1915IRQ+23B4N+14B17N6N+21B+15B16N2B4.035.035.010.001836-15.8
12Aram, Abdulla Fattah1770IRQ4B+20N7B+22N=13B9B=18N8N+23B4.031.031.07.501659-17.4
13Hussein Ali Fayyadh0IRQ7B14N+20B+8N=12N10B22N+23B=15B4.030.030.011.5016230.0
14Safaa, Abbass Jasim1713IRQ1N+13B11N+24B9N20B+23N+22B6N4.029.529.55.501665-16.0
15Mohammed Ameen, Jwan Jamal M.A.WCM1885IRQ+24N10B21N6B+23N=22B11N+20B=13N4.024.024.05.251520-32.8
16Khairandish, Aminullah1928AFGF2N+8B+10B4N5BF+11B1N3.042.542.513.001916-6.0
17Alzaim, TalalIM2139SYRF9N+18B+11B=5N=1B3N6BF3.038.538.513.751980-29.8
18Al Ansi Amin1813OMA2BF17N19N+20B=8N=12B+21NF3.030.530.59.001718-13.2
19Firas, Qassim Abbas1937IRQ+22N=6B5N+18B=10NFFFF3.028.528.59.5019180.0
20Dilpak Ali Hamzah0IRQ5N12B13N+23B18N+14N=8B15NF2.532.032.06.5016280.0
21Tayeb, Zrar Abdulrahman0IRQ9B+23N+15B7N8B11NF18BF2.027.527.54.0016150.0
22Iman, Mahdi Ahmed1513IRQ19B8NF12BF=15N+13B14NF1.527.027.06.001452-10.0
23Ismail, Shino Othman0IRQ11N21BF20N15BF14B13N12N0.026.026.00.0010210.0
24Karmanj, Omar Agha Muhammad0IRQ15BF10N14NFFFFF0.013.513.50.0010180.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets