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4th Iraq Championship (zone3) 2025

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16 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 22 Oct 2025 to 25 Oct 2025 in Qadisiyah, Iraq. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1806, and top seed was Abbas Hussein kzar (🇮🇶 IRQ, CM, 2017).

Abbas Hussein kzar (🇮🇶 IRQ, CM, 2017) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Sinan Younus Abdulrazzaq Abaeji (5.0) and Dhafer Abdulameer Ameer (4.5). kzar won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Baqir Abd Al Adil Gofran (1522) beat Abd Al Adil Baqir (1867), a +345-point gap.

Location
🇮🇶Qadisiyah, Iraq
Dates
22 Oct 2025 → 25 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 70 minutes for the game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇶CMAbbas Hussein kzar2017
Avg top 10
1,806
Participants
16
Titled players · 3
CM×3
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇶Iraq×14
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

CM Abbas Hussein kzar led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
2
1
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
kzar6.5Abaeji5Ameer4.5Ayman4.5Waleed4Baqir4
R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

CM Abbas Hussein kzar never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Abbas Hussein kzar beat CM Sinan Younus Abdulrazzaq Abaeji (White).

R1–R6 · WIN STREAK

CM Abbas Hussein kzar won 6 in a row (R1–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMAbbas Hussein kzar*
1
1
½
2CMSinan Younus Abdulrazzaq Abaeji
0
*
½
1
3CMDhafer Abdulameer Ameer
0
½
*
0
4Kadhim Yousif Ayman
½
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Abbas Hussein kzarCM2017IRQ+5B+8N+11B+3N+2B+7B=4N6.525.027.525.252208+18.8
2Abaeji, Sinan Younus AbdulrazzaqCM1959IRQ=14N+4B=3N+12B−1N+5B+8N5.025.025.516.501932-1.6
3Ameer,Dhafer AbdulameerCM1893IRQ+16B+10N=2B−1B+8N−4B+7N4.526.026.012.501867-0.6
4Ayman, Kadhim Yousif1758IRQ=7B−2N+13B=5N+12B+3N=1B4.525.526.514.501909+24.2
5Waleed, Hamed Jabir1701IRQ−1N=9B+15N=4B+6N−2N+10B4.026.526.511.001824+30.0
6Baqir, Abd Al Adil1867IRQ−10N+7N−8B+13N−5B+15N+11B4.017.517.57.001495-37.8
7Layth Yhyh Hafedh1810IRQ=4N−6B+9N+10B+11B−1N−3B3.526.028.511.251662-19.2
8Tho Afaqr Mohammed Ali1720IRQ+9B−1B+6N=11N−3B+12N−2B3.526.028.010.751821+11.8
9Maytham, Salah Mahdi0IRQ−8N=5N−7B+15B+13N−11B+12N3.516.516.55.0016530.0
10Gofran, Baqir Abd Al Adil1522IRQ+6B−3B−12N−7N+15B+13B−5N3.019.019.05.001560+3.0
11Hasanain, Yahya Mousa0IRQF+12B−1N=8B−7N+9N−6N2.523.023.07.2516800.0
12Haiytham, Ahmed Shakir1730IRQ+13B−11N+10B−2N−4N−8B−9B2.022.023.04.001546-38.0
13FIDE 48479200—−12N+15B−4N−6B−9B−10NF1.017.017.00.009190.0
14Mustafa, Ali Husein1600IRQ=2BFFFFFF0.55.05.02.501959+16.0
15FIDE 48479460—−?B−13N−5B−9N−10N−6BF0.015.515.50.009000.0
16Ayhem, Haleem1571IRQ−3NFFFFFF0.04.54.50.001093-5.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets