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4th Iraq Championship (zone5) 2025

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22 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 22 Oct 2025 to 25 Oct 2025 in Anbar, Iraq. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1840, and top seed was Hameed Mofeed (🇮🇶 IRQ, 1977).

Namir Mohammed Ismael Ismael (🇮🇶 IRQ, CM, 1940) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Mohammed Tareq Abbood Al-Latoof (5.0) and Hamed Hussein Husham (5.0). Ismael shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Qader Hasan Esmat (1590) beat Hameed Mofeed (1977), a +387-point gap.

Location
🇮🇶Anbar, 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
🇮🇶Hameed Mofeed1977
Avg top 10
1,840
Participants
22
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇶Iraq×22
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 5 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 5 at the finish.

Co-leaders
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2
4
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3
4
5
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Ismael5Al-Latoof5Husham5Husham5Ahmed5Faris4.5
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

5 players finish on 5.0/7. Ismael takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Namir Mohammed Ismael Ismael drew with Mohammed Tareq Abbood Al-Latoof (Black).

R1–R7 · UNBEATEN

CM Namir Mohammed Ismael Ismael went unbeaten across 7 games (R1–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
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1CMNamir Mohammed Ismael Ismael*
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2Mohammed Tareq Abbood Al-Latoof
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3Hamed Hussein Husham—
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4Namir Mohammad Husham
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Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ismael, Namir Mohammed IsmaelCM1940IRQ+9B+10N=6B+8N=2N=5B=4N5.027.531.521.751938+1.2
2Mohammed Tareq Abbood Al-Latoof1877IRQ+19N=3B+13N+6N=1B−4B+7N5.027.028.518.501945+13.2
3Husham, Hamed Hussein1778IRQ+22B=2N=7B+9N=4N+11B=5N5.027.027.017.501870+14.6
4Ahmed, Faisal Meteab1722IRQ+21N−6B+15N+7N=3B+2N=1B5.026.527.017.501932+66.8
5Husham, Namir Mohammad1675IRQ−6N+14B+18N+10N+8B=1N=3B5.025.527.518.001961+45.2
6Faris, Hassan Frais1859IRQ+5B+4N=1N−2B−11B+9N+12B4.528.031.520.001845-1.6
7Abdulmalik, Essmat Qader1794IRQ+16N=12B=3N−4B+14N+10B−2B4.025.527.513.251709-25.6
8Nafia, Saddam Kadhim1856IRQ+15N=13B+12N−1B−5N+14B=11N4.024.027.013.251706-22.4
9Omar, Ahmed Hassooni1696IRQ−1N+11B+16N−3B+18N−6B+15N4.023.525.511.001792+36.4
10Jasim, Mohammed Suhail1775IRQ+14N−1B+19N−5B+12B−7N+17B4.022.524.010.001664-15.2
11Fahad, Mohammed Duhbian1704IRQ=20B−9N+22B+13B+6N−3N=8B4.022.522.510.751817+17.4
12Esmat, Qader Hasan1590IRQ+18N=7N−8B+20B−10N+13B−6N3.522.023.59.001829+81.2
13Amro, Abdulhakeem Abdulkareem1735IRQ+17B=8N−2B−11N+16B−12N+19B3.520.522.07.501647-29.6
14Omar, Ahmed Hussein0IRQ−10B−5N+17B+22N−7B−8N+16B3.021.021.04.0014830.0
15Hassan, Hamid Abdullrahman1591IRQ−8B+22N−4B−18B+21N+17N−9B3.017.517.52.50970-43.6
16Sanad, Saad Mahmood1514IRQ−7B+17N−9B=19B−13N=21B−14N2.018.018.53.001405-16.8
17Yousif, Dafer Hamdi0IRQ−13N−16B−14N+21B+19N−15B−10N2.017.017.52.0014190.0
18Mazin, Adham Tawfeeq1805IRQ−12B+20N−5B+15N−9BFF2.017.017.04.501634-23.0
19Adel, Hassan Mahmood1681IRQ−2B+21N−10B=16N−17BF−13N1.517.017.01.501403-50.4
20Mofeed, Hameed1977IRQ=11N−18B+21B−12NFFF1.510.010.02.501427-78.8
21Abdulqudoos, Lsmail Salih0IRQ−4B−19B−20N−17N−15B=16NF0.515.015.01.0013310.0
22Hussam, Abdulkareem Nayyef0IRQ−3N−15B−11N−14BFFF0.015.015.00.008910.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets