Ain Al Shams Academy classic
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 26 Oct 2025 to 30 Oct 2025 in Alzawia, Libya. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1960, and top seed was Abobker Mohamed Elarabi (🇱🇾 LBA, FM, 2228).
mohamed khalifah Almuntasir (🇱🇾 LBA, 1905) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Abobker Mohamed Elarabi (7.0) and Rami Taher (6.0). Almuntasir shared the lead from round 8 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 9: mohamed khalifah Almuntasir (1905) beat Abobker Mohamed Elarabi (FM, 2228), a +323-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsmohamed khalifah Almuntasir led from R9 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.
mohamed khalifah Almuntasir takes the sole lead (8.0/9).
mohamed khalifah Almuntasir beat FM Abobker Mohamed Elarabi (White).
mohamed khalifah Almuntasir 8 wins (R2–R9)FM Abobker Mohamed Elarabi 4 wins (R1–R4)Rami Taher 3 wins (R4–R6)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇱🇾Almuntasir, mohamed khalifah | 1905 | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 29.50 | 35.0 | +76.8 | 2325 |
| 2 | 🇱🇾FMElarabi, Abobker Mohamed | 2228 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 23.25 | 36.0 | -13.0 | 2142 |
| 3 | 🇱🇾Taher, Rami | 2032 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 19.25 | 37.0 | +7.0 | 2068 |
| 4 | 🇱🇾Alnami, Salaheddin | 1969 | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 21.00 | 37.5 | +12.0 | 2024 |
| 5 | 🇱🇾Khalefa, Khaled | 1908 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 | 13.75 | 39.5 | +6.4 | 1946 |
| 7 | 🇱🇾Mansour, Abdallah | 1979 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | — | 0 | 1 | 3.5 | 13.00 | 39.5 | -19.4 | 1882 |
| 8 | 🇱🇾Mouftah, Mousi Arhoumah Miftah | 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 7.75 | 39.5 | -73.2 | 1836 |
| 6 | 🇱🇾Buder, Hisham Musbah | 1949 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | * | 1 | — | 3.0 | 11.00 | 40.0 | -8.0 | 1934 |
| 10 | 🇱🇾Yousef Khalifa J. Keshlaf | 1843 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 2.0 | 4.50 | 41.0 | -58.4 | 1675 |
| 9 | 🇪🇬Khaled Saeed, Ahmed | 1784 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | * | 1.0 | 3.50 | 42.0 | 0.0 | 1662 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Almuntasir, mohamed khalifahLBA+76.88.0 pts · #1
- 2Alnami, SalaheddinLBA+12.05.5 pts · #4
- 3Taher, RamiLBA+7.06.0 pts · #3
- 1Mouftah, Mousi Arhoumah MiftahLBA-73.23.5 pts · #8
- 2Yousef Khalifa J. KeshlafLBA-58.42.0 pts · #10
- 3Mansour, AbdallahLBA-19.43.5 pts · #7
- R9+323 Elo gap
- R1+136 Elo gap
- R3+127 Elo gap