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Diyala International Chess Championship

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26 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 07 Nov 2025 to 10 Nov 2025 in diyala, Iraq. Top 10 Elo average was 1737, and top seed was Abdul Jabbar Badry (🇮🇶 IRQ, 1881).

Ali Ismael Yousif (🇮🇶 IRQ, 1718) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Ali Hussein Younis (6.5) and Abdul Jabbar Badry (5.0). Yousif shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Ali Hussein Younis (1684) beat Abdul Jabbar Badry (1881), a +197-point gap.

Location
🇮🇶diyala, Iraq
Dates
07 Nov 2025 → 10 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇶Abdul Jabbar Badry1881
Avg top 10
1,737
Participants
26
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇶Iraq×21
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
13
6
2
3
2
2
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Yousif6.5Younis6.5Badry5Saif4.5Ameen4.5Ahmed4.5
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/7. Yousif takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ali Ismael Yousif drew with Ali Hussein Younis (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Ali Ismael Yousif 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Ali Hussein Younis 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Ali Ismael Yousif*
½
1
1
2Ali Hussein Younis
½
*
1
1
3Abdul Jabbar Badry
0
0
*—
4Salman Al Tememy Saif
0
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Yousif, Ali Ismael1718IRQ+19N+9B+3B=2N+4B+8N+7B6.528.031.027.752130+102.8
2Younis, Ali Hussein1684IRQ+24N+16B+12N=1B+7N+3B+4N6.526.527.524.252163+62.6
3Badry, Abdul Jabbar1881IRQ+17N+13B−1N+22B+16N−2N+9B5.026.529.016.001800-11.4
4Saif, Salman Al Tememy1765IRQ+26N+8B=22N+12B−1N+5B−2B4.527.528.514.251754-1.0
5Ahmed, Firas Yasen1708IRQ+23B−22N+14B=8N+6B−4N+13B4.522.524.515.501600-24.8
6Ameen, Adnan Nasser0IRQ−16N+24B=13N+18B−5N+22B+17N4.519.520.511.2515910.0
7Khaled, Muhand Khaled1703IRQ−18N+15B+20N+9B−2B+12N−1N4.027.030.014.001709+1.2
8Ammar, Majid Jalil1695IRQ+25B−4N+11B=5B+22N−1B=10N4.026.027.011.751624-19.6
9Aaiad, Salman Kareem1644IRQ+11B−1N+25B−7N+15B+16B−3N4.026.027.011.501562-8.4
10Tariq, Saeed1697IRQ+15N−12B+18N−16B=14N+17B=8B4.020.523.513.251461-17.0
11Mohammed, Basher Mahamud0IRQ−9N+19B−8N+26B−17N+18B+16N4.020.021.010.0015610.0
12Khalid, Waleed Khalid1788IRQ+14B+10N−2B−4N+21B−7B=15N3.526.029.012.251519-56.4
13Sameer, Abdullah Khudadad1697IRQ+21B−3N=6B−17N+23B+14B−5N3.523.525.510.75995-14.8
14Ahmed Khalid, Ibrahim0IRQ−12N+18B−5N+25B=10B−13N+20B3.521.522.59.0014010.0
15Mohaimen, Ali Hameed0IRQ−10B−7N+19N+20B−9N+24N=12B3.521.522.58.7513860.0
16Yasser Ammar, Hammadi1718IRQ+6B−2N+17B+10N−3B−9N−11B3.028.031.011.501534-19.2
17Abdullah, Wahhab Marjan0IRQ−3B+21N−16N+13B+11B−10N−6B3.024.027.010.5015550.0
18FIDE 48480390—+7B−14N−10B−6N+24B−11N+25N3.021.022.06.0017000.0
19FIDE 48480200—−1B−11N−15B−23N+26N+25B+22N3.019.520.54.5016550.0
20Radwan, Amjd Fawzy0IRQ−22B+23N−7B−15N+25N+21B−14N3.018.519.56.008470.0
21Maram, Yassir Hussein0IRQ−13N−17B+26N+24B−12N−20N+23B3.016.017.04.009430.0
22Sabah, Hadi1590IRQ+20N+5B=4B−3N−8B−6N−19B2.525.528.59.751675+7.6
23FIDE 48443350—−5N−20B−24N+19B−13N+26B−21N2.018.019.04.009030.0
24Mohammed, Ammar Khadhair0IRQ−2B−6N+23B−21N−18N−15B−26N1.022.523.52.008840.0
25FIDE 48480550—−8N+26B−9N−14N−20B−19N−18B1.020.521.51.008700.0
26FIDE 48480040—−4B−25N−21B−11N−19B−23N+24B1.017.518.51.009650.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets