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Asian Seniors Chess Championships 2025 Over 65

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16 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 05 Oct 2025 to 13 Oct 2025 in Erbil, Iraq. 8 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1996, and top seed was Nikolai Gertsyk (🇷🇺 RUS, 2197).

Marat Primbetov (🇰🇿 KAZ, IM, 2113) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Hossein Aryanejad (6.5) and Randolph Schain (6.0). Primbetov shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: AliAsghar Akhavan Rad (1706) beat Nikolai Gertsyk (2197), a +491-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
🇷🇺Nikolai Gertsyk2197
Avg top 10
1,996
Participants
16
Titled players · 8
IM×3
FM×3
CM×1
WGM×1
Federations · 6 represented
🇮🇶Iraq×8
🇮🇷Iran×3
🇷🇺Russia×2
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×1
🇯🇴Jordan×1
🇰🇭Cambodia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 6.5/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
5
2
3
1
1
1
1
1
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/9. Primbetov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (43.5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Hossein Aryanejad drew with IM Marat Primbetov (Black).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

FM Randolph Schain won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Primbetov, MaratIM2113KAZ+8B+6N=2B+9N=4B+3B=7N=12N=5B6.543.547.034.002095-0.2
2Aryanejad, HosseinIM1950IRI+13B+14N=1N=4B=3N=6B=5N+7B+12B6.541.043.028.502063+30.4
3Schain, RandolphFM2038CAM4N+5B+14B+12N=2B1N+8B=6B+13N6.041.543.525.501997-5.2
4Akhavan Rad, AliAsghar1706IRI+3B=7N+11B=2N=1N+12B6N5B+10B5.543.046.526.502066+77.0
5Adil, Ali JalalFM2070IRQ=10B3N+15N=13B=8N+11B=2B+4N=1N5.541.042.023.251953-18.8
6Al-Khattab, Ghassan M. Ali AjmedFM1940IRQ+16N1B=13N+14B=11B=2N+4B=3N=7B5.539.039.020.001961+10.2
7Strutinskaia, GalinaWGM2077RUS=12N=4B=8N=10B+13N+9B=1B2N=6N5.041.044.523.001901-36.0
8Majad, Hamid Mozan1847IRQ1N+16B=7B=11N=5B=10N3N+9B+15N5.036.536.514.751960+22.4
9Hafez, BakrIM1906JOR+15B=11N=12B1B=10N7N+16B8N+14B4.531.031.08.751844-13.0
10Al-Turaihi, Dhari Satea Saeed1763IRQ=5NF+16B=7N=9B=8B=13N=11B4N4.036.536.513.751855+16.0
11Gertsyk, Nikolai2197RUSF=9B4N=8B=6N5N+15B=10N+16N4.031.031.010.501829-59.8
12Kashush, H. Abdul KareemCM1826IRQ=7BF=9N3B+15N4N+14B=1B2N3.540.041.011.001833-1.2
13Alavi, Mir Mahmood1556IRI2NF=6B=5N7B+16N=10B+15N3B3.534.534.58.501760+26.2
14Mohammed, Abbas Mohammed1757IRQF2B3N6NF+15B12N+16B9N2.027.027.01.001590-23.4
15Abdulrahman, Mohammed Abdullah0IRQ9NF5B+16N12B14N11N13B8B1.031.531.50.0015130.0
16Hussein, Ali Mohsen1520IRQ6B8N10N15BF13B9N14N11B0.030.531.50.001009-49.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets