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Open Classic Chess Championship 2025

Open SwissStandard

18 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 02 Dec 2025 to 05 Dec 2025 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 6 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 514, and top seed was mohammed al-madhfari (🇾🇪 YEM, 1892).

Ahmed Farghaly (🇪🇬 EGY, 1876) won with 7.0/7, ahead of Renato Camartin (6.0) and YOUSEF HATTAN A TURKI (5.0). Farghaly won solo starting round 5.

Location
🇸🇦Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Dates
02 Dec 2025 → 05 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Avg top 10
514
Participants
18
Federations · 6 represented
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia×6
🇪🇬Egypt×5
🇸🇩Sudan×2
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇾🇪Yemen×1
🇵🇭Philippines×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Ahmed Farghaly led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
11
6
2
2
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Ahmed Farghaly never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ahmed Farghaly beat Renato Camartin (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Ahmed Farghaly 7 wins (R1–R7)Renato Camartin 4 wins (R4–R7)Mohamed Magdy Shashet 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Farghaly, Ahmed1876EGY+13N+16B+2N+8B+3N+12B+5N7.023.524.524.502430+8.2
2Camartin, Renato0PHI+5B+?N1B+10N+6B+3B+8N6.027.527.520.5017320.0
3TURKI, YOUSEF HATTAN A1547KSA+9N+15B+11N+12B1B2N+6B5.026.027.514.501076-4.8
4Magdy Shashet, Mohamed0EGY+?N8B+9N6B+?N+11N+12B5.016.516.59.0016030.0
5Khaled Mousa, Ahmed0EGY2N+17B+16N+11B=8N+?B1B4.520.520.55.7516020.0
6Ibrahim Abdullah Alzahrani0KSA+?B?N+7B+4N2N+15B3N4.021.521.510.5014940.0
7Hussien Eltayib0SUD?N+?B6N?B+16B+13N+11B4.010.010.06.006920.0
8BAHAFZALLAH,AHMED1715KSA+14B+4NF1N=5B+10N2B3.528.028.012.751076-11.6
9Dersani, Mumin0TUR3B+?N4B=?N11B+?B+15N3.514.514.51.5015130.0
10FIDE 122175490=12N+?B+?N2B+?N8BF3.512.012.01.2516030.0
11Mohamed Abdelmageed, Mahmoud0EGY+?N+?B3B5N+9N4B7N3.022.022.03.5015190.0
12Megahed, Ahmed0EGY=10B+?NF3N+?B1N4N2.522.522.51.7516460.0
13Alshamrani , Thikra Saeed0KSA1B?N+?B+17N?N7BF2.011.011.00.0016590.0
14Ataalmnan Gaphar Ataalmnan Esmaiel0SUD8N+18BF?B+?NFF2.06.06.00.0014240.0
15ALMUTAIRI,NAHYAN ABDULLAH0KSAF3N=?B?N+17B6N9B1.512.512.50.007460.0
16Ali mustafa Ba Aqail0YEM+18N1N5B?B7NFF1.015.515.50.0010760.0
17ALMUTAIRI,MARWAN ABDULLAH MOHAMMED0KSA?B5NF13B15NF?N0.08.08.00.006420.0
18FIDE 21550018016B14N?N?B?BFF0.03.03.00.006420.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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