2025 Jordan Seniors Chess Championship
Open SwissStandard
18 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 09 Nov 2025 to 15 Nov 2025 in Amman, Jordan. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1899, and top seed was Sameer Mansour (🇯🇴 JOR, IM, 2197).
Mousa Naiem (🇯🇴 JOR, 1883) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Malik Musmar (4.5) and Mohammad Abdulla (4.5). Naiem shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Kamal Natheer (1483) beat Alawamleh Tahreer (1686), a +203-point gap.
Location
🇯🇴Amman, Jordan
Dates
09 Nov 2025 → 15 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Titled players · 2
IM×1
FM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇯🇴Jordan×18
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsMousa Naiem led from R6; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R4 · LEADER CHANGE12 Nov
IM Sameer Mansour takes the sole lead (3.5/4).
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Mousa Naiem beat Mohammad Abdulla (Black).
R5–R7 · WIN STREAK
Mousa Naiem won 3 in a row (R5–R7).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mousa Naiem | * | 1 | ½ | ½ |
| 2Mohammad Abdulla | 0 | * | 1 | 0 |
| 3Malik Musmar | ½ | 0 | * | ½ |
| 4IMSameer Mansour | ½ | 1 | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naiem, Mousa | 1883 | JOR | +5N | =4B | +10N | =2B | +9B | +3N | +6B | 6.0 | 23.5 | 26.5 | 22.25 | 2195 | +49.8 |
| 2 | Musmar, Malik | 1902 | JOR | +13B | =6N | +7B | =1N | =4N | +9B | −3B | 4.5 | 24.5 | 27.5 | 16.25 | 1964 | +12.0 |
| 3 | Abdulla, Mohammad | 1944 | JOR | +11N | =10B | +9N | −4B | +7N | −1B | +2N | 4.5 | 24.0 | 27.0 | 15.50 | 1966 | +5.2 |
| 4 | Mansour, SameerIM | 2197 | JOR | +12B | =1N | +6B | +3N | =2B | F | F | 4.0 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 16.25 | 2113 | -6.8 |
| 5 | Murad, Bino | 1661 | JOR | −1B | +17N | −11N | −12B | +13N | +16B | +9N | 4.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 10.00 | 1735 | +15.0 |
| 6 | Abed Almunam, Hmoud | 1838 | JOR | +16N | =2B | −4N | +11B | =8N | =10B | −1N | 3.5 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 10.50 | 1841 | +1.4 |
| 7 | Khalil Al Kraiti | 1664 | JOR | =8N | +15B | −2N | +13B | −3B | =11N | =16N | 3.5 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 9.75 | 1755 | +16.2 |
| 8 | Mamoon, Hamdan | 1883 | JOR | =7B | =12N | +13B | −9N | =6B | +15N | F | 3.5 | 20.0 | 22.5 | 10.50 | 1806 | -11.2 |
| 9 | Malik, Swedan | 1817 | JOR | +17B | +14N | −3B | +8B | −1N | −2N | −5B | 3.0 | 25.5 | 27.5 | 8.50 | 1748 | -11.0 |
| 10 | Ahed, Al-saqqa | 1844 | JOR | +18B | =3N | −1B | =14N | =11B | =6N | F | 3.0 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 8.00 | 1796 | -6.0 |
| 11 | kloub, Main | 1742 | JOR | −3B | +18N | +5B | −6N | =10N | =7B | F | 3.0 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 8.25 | 1739 | -0.2 |
| 12 | Ohnian, S.F. | 1795 | JOR | −4N | =8B | =15N | +5N | −14B | +17N | F | 3.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 9.00 | 1790 | -1.2 |
| 13 | Mazin, Al-Kayyali | 1693 | JOR | −2N | +16B | −8N | −7N | −5B | +18B | +17N | 3.0 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 5.00 | 1587 | -19.4 |
| 14 | Awawdeh, FayezFM | 1887 | JOR | =15N | −9B | +18N | =10B | +12N | F | F | 3.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 6.75 | 1797 | -9.4 |
| 15 | Tahreer, Alawamleh | 1686 | JOR | =14B | −7N | =12B | +17N | =16B | −8B | −18N | 2.5 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 6.00 | 1552 | -49.6 |
| 16 | Khaled, Qandeel | 1436 | JOR | −6B | −13N | −17B | +18B | =15N | −5N | =7B | 2.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 4.00 | 1478 | +3.6 |
| 17 | Mohammad Doqqah | 1428 | JOR | −9N | −5B | +16N | −15B | +18N | −12B | −13B | 2.0 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 3.00 | 1495 | +12.8 |
| 18 | Natheer, Kamal | 1483 | JOR | −10N | −11B | −14B | −16N | −17B | −13N | +15B | 1.0 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 2.50 | 1364 | -19.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Naiem, MousaJOR+49.86.0 pts · #1
- 2Khalil Al KraitiJOR+16.23.5 pts · #8
- 3Murad, BinoJOR+15.04.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Tahreer, AlawamlehJOR-49.62.5 pts · #15
- 2Natheer, KamalJOR-19.61.0 pts · #18
- 3Mazin, Al-KayyaliJOR-19.43.0 pts · #10
Biggest upsets
- R7+203 Elo gap
- R7+156 Elo gap