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4th Iraq Championship (zone4) 2025

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23 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 22 Oct 2025 to 25 Oct 2025 in Maysan, Iraq. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1881, and top seed was Mohammed Ali MahdiAl-Kinani (🇮🇶 IRQ, CM, 1981).

Kadhim Tahir Murtadha (🇮🇶 IRQ, 1886) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Sajjad Abbas Khudhair Alalwan (5.0) and Ammar Imad Khaleel Alothman (5.0). Murtadha shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Hassan Hamed Mustafa (1519) beat Jumaah Sharhan Mustafa (1750), a +231-point gap.

Location
🇮🇶Maysan, 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
🇮🇶CMMohammed Ali MahdiAl-Kinani1981
Avg top 10
1,881
Participants
23
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇶Iraq×22
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Kadhim Tahir Murtadha led from R7; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
11
5
1
2
1
2
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Alalwan takes leadMurtadha takes lead
Murtadha6Alalwan5Alothman5Bariq5Nasir5MahdiAl-Kinani4.5
R5 · LEADER CHANGE24 Oct

Sajjad Abbas Khudhair Alalwan takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Kadhim Tahir Murtadha beat Sajjad Abbas Khudhair Alalwan (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Kadhim Tahir Murtadha 3 wins (R5–R7)Sajjad Abbas Khudhair Alalwan 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Kadhim Tahir Murtadha*
1
½
—
2Sajjad Abbas Khudhair Alalwan
0
*
1
½
3Ammar Imad Khaleel Alothman
½
0
*
½
4Lueai Abdulwahid Bariq—
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Murtadha, Kadhim Tahir1886IRQ+13N+7B=3N=10B+6N+11N+2B6.026.529.525.002151+42.0
2Alalwan, Sajjad Abbas Khudhair1860IRQ+20N=6B+5N+3B+8N=4B−1N5.029.530.519.752015+24.6
3Ammar Imad Khaleel Alothman1866IRQ+15N+9B=1B−2N+16B+6N=4N5.027.530.019.501927+23.2
4Bariq, Lueai Abdulwahid1899IRQ+21N+12B+10N−6B+9N=2N=3B5.026.027.017.501992+29.2
5Hasnein Fadhil Nasir1892IRQ+16B−18N−2B+20N+19B+8B+9N5.018.519.512.501907+1.6
6Mohammed Ali MahdiAl-KinaniCM1981IRQ+17B=2N+18B+4N−1B−3B+12N4.527.029.015.501912-10.2
7Abdul, Ameer Gated1782IRQ+23B−1N+14B−8N+17B=12B+11N4.522.522.510.751838+7.4
8Mohammed, Jasim Dhadan1818IRQ−9N+13B+23N+7B−2B−5N+14B4.024.524.510.501796-2.2
9Dawood, Salman0IRQ+8B−3N+17B+18N−4B+16N−5B4.024.026.011.0018180.0
10Saeed, Jaafar Shlaka1886IRQ+22B+19N−4B=1N−11B=13N+15B4.021.522.59.501738-21.0
11Mohammed , Hamzia Abbas1866IRQ−18B+22N=16B+19N+10N−1B−7B3.520.021.07.251766-12.6
12Tariq Tumma Selman1856IRQ+14B−4N−19B+23N+18B=7N−6B3.520.020.07.251615-17.4
13Ali, Muayad Abduljabbar1649IRQ−1B−8N+22B=14N+20B=10BF3.020.021.05.501712+10.4
14Baqer, Allawi Hasan0IRQ−12N+21B−7N=13B=15N+23B−8N3.019.019.04.0016040.0
15Mustafa, Hassan Hamed1519IRQ−3B=17N+21B−16N=14B+19N−10N3.018.019.04.751638+11.8
16Qutaiba Sadeq Yair Almajbool1667IRQ−5N+20B=11N+15B−3N−9BF2.521.521.55.751699+2.0
17Ali, Dawood Hasan1765IRQ−6N=15B−9N+22B−7NF+21B2.518.018.03.501728-4.6
18Ali, Shabout Mohsen0IRQ+11N+5B−6N−9B−12NFF2.023.524.58.5018990.0
19Mohammed, Kazem Karim0IRQF−10B+12N−11B−5N−15BF1.020.020.03.5015640.0
20Ameer, Abbas Jameel0IRQ−2B−16NF−5B−13N+22NF1.017.517.51.0014950.0
21Mustafa, Jumaah Sharhan1750IRQ−4B−14N−15NF+23BF−17N1.015.515.50.00928-62.8
22Rashid, Karim Mirza1607IRQ−10N−11B−13N−17NF−20B+23N1.014.014.00.00992-42.8
23FIDE 48478220—−7NF−8B−12B−21N−14N−22B0.017.017.00.009630.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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