1st Engineer Mustafa Abbas Al Rubaie international championship - Clasic
19 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 29 Oct 2025 to 01 Nov 2025 in Basra, Iraq. Top 10 Elo average was 1715, and top seed was Lueai Abdulwahid Bariq (🇮🇶 IRQ, 1928).
Abdulkarim Khudhair Khudhair (🇮🇶 IRQ, 1695) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Lueai Abdulwahid Bariq (5.5) and Rayadh Hussein Mohammed (5.0). Khudhair won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Kathan Mahmood Hayder (1675) beat Hamzia Abbas Mohammed (1853), a +178-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsAbdulkarim Khudhair Khudhair led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Abdulkarim Khudhair Khudhair never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Abdulkarim Khudhair Khudhair drew with Lueai Abdulwahid Bariq (Black).
Abdulkarim Khudhair Khudhair 4 wins (R1–R4)Rayadh Hussein Mohammed 3 wins (R3–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishersGrille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khudhair, Abdulkarim Khudhair | 1695 | IRQ | +17N | +12B | +4N | +7B | =2N | +3B | +8N | 6.5 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 20.25 | 2085 | +71.2 |
| 2 | Bariq, Lueai Abdulwahid | 1928 | IRQ | =11B | =5N | +14B | +4N | =1B | +10N | +6B | 5.5 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 19.50 | 2046 | +22.4 |
| 3 | Mohammed, Rayadh Hussein | 0 | IRQ | +13N | −7B | +18N | +8B | +9B | −1N | +4B | 5.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 12.00 | 1726 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Hayder, Kathan Mahmood | 1675 | IRQ | +14N | +10N | −1B | −2B | +11N | +12B | −3N | 4.0 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 10.00 | 1695 | +1.2 |
| 5 | Muhammad, Hassan Abdel Karim | 0 | IRQ | +6N | =2B | F | −9N | =12N | +16B | +7B | 4.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 11.00 | 1730 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Sami , Saher Saleem Al-Chalabi | 1603 | IRQ | −5B | +17N | −11B | +14N | +13B | +9N | −2N | 4.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 7.00 | 1866 | +40.8 |
| 7 | Mousa Mazin Adil | 1678 | IRQ | +18B | +3N | +9B | −1N | F | −8B | −5N | 3.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 8.00 | 1574 | -16.8 |
| 8 | Khedir Majed Khedhir | 1744 | IRQ | +16B | −9N | F | −3N | +15B | +7N | −1B | 3.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 4.00 | 1552 | -15.6 |
| 9 | Ahmed, Bassem Muhammad | 1658 | IRQ | +15N | +8B | −7N | +5B | −3N | −6B | −14N | 3.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 8.00 | 1550 | -17.2 |
| 10 | Mohammed , Hamzia Abbas | 1853 | IRQ | +19N | −4B | +12N | F | F | −2B | +11N | 3.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 5.00 | 987 | -24.0 |
| 11 | Adil, Hashim Ali | 0 | IRQ | =2N | −13B | +6N | F | −4B | +15N | −10B | 2.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 7.75 | 1593 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Taha, Qasim Mohammed | 0 | IRQ | F | −1N | −10B | +16N | =5B | −4N | +13B | 2.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 4.00 | 1533 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Mujtaba, Mazin Adel | 1666 | IRQ | −3B | +11N | +15B | F | −6N | −14B | −12N | 2.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 3.50 | 803 | -23.6 |
| 14 | Mohammed, Kazem Karim | 1645 | IRQ | −4B | F | −2N | −6B | F | +13N | +9B | 2.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 5.00 | 1628 | -6.4 |
| 15 | FIDE 4847970 | 0 | — | −9B | F | −13N | F | −8N | −11B | +16N | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 889 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Ahmed, Hamed Abdel Samad | 0 | IRQ | −8N | F | F | −12B | F | −5N | −15B | 0.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 0.00 | 944 | 0.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 4847962 | 0 | — | −1B | −6B | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 849 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Mohamed, Emad Youssef | 0 | IRQ | −7N | F | −3B | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 878 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 4847954 | 0 | — | −10B | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1066 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Khudhair, Abdulkarim KhudhairIRQ+71.26.5 pts · #3
- 2Sami , Saher Saleem Al-ChalabiIRQ+40.84.0 pts · #6
- 3Bariq, Lueai AbdulwahidIRQ+22.45.5 pts · #2
- 1Mohammed , Hamzia AbbasIRQ-24.03.0 pts · #19
- 2Mujtaba, Mazin AdelIRQ-23.62.0 pts · #15
- 3Ahmed, Bassem MuhammadIRQ-17.23.0 pts · #10
- R2+178 Elo gap