IRQ FINAL FOR MEN 2025
12 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 23 Dec 2025 to 30 Dec 2025 in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. 8 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2138, and top seed was Zozek Salah Mohammed (🇮🇶 IRQ, FM, 2203).
Zozek Salah Mohammed (🇮🇶 IRQ, FM, 2203) won with 8.5/11, ahead of Ali Ehsan Aryan (8.0) and Ali Layth Ahmed Alothman (7.5). Mohammed shared the lead from round 9 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 6: BAQER HAMEED KHALAF AL-MUSAWI (CM, 1995) beat Hussein Ali Hussein Al-Ali (IM, 2148), a +153-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 12 · 11 roundsFM Zozek Salah Mohammed led from R11 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R11.
FM Zozek Salah Mohammed takes the sole lead (8.5/11).
FM Zozek Salah Mohammed drew with CM Ali Ehsan Aryan (Black).
CM Ali Ehsan Aryan won 3 in a row (R9–R11).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇮🇶FMZozek Salah Mohammed | 2203 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8.5 | 42.75 | 57.5 | +32.0 | 2317 |
| 2 | 🇮🇶CMAryan, Ali Ehsan | 2144 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 38.50 | 58.0 | +40.8 | 2287 |
| 3 | 🇮🇶FMAlothman ,Ali Layth Ahmed | 2201 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 35.50 | 58.5 | +12.6 | 2239 |
| 4 | 🇮🇶FMSalih, Akar Ali Salih | 2191 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 6.5 | 31.00 | 59.5 | -4.4 | 2172 |
| 5 | 🇮🇶FMMoazaz , Dhahir Habeeb | 2171 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 29.25 | 59.5 | +1.6 | 2174 |
| 6 | 🇮🇶IMAl-Ali, Hussein Ali Hussein | 2148 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 29.00 | 60.0 | -0.5 | 2147 |
| 7 | 🇮🇶ALI ZAIN Al ABDIN HAMEED AL-MUSAWI | 2100 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.5 | 28.00 | 60.5 | +5.0 | 2116 |
| 8 | 🇮🇶CMBAQER HAMEED KHALAF AL-MUSAWI | 1995 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 4.5 | 22.75 | 61.5 | +34.8 | 2060 |
| 9 | 🇮🇶Ali Firas Qassim | 2017 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | 4.5 | 20.25 | 61.5 | +11.0 | 2058 |
| 10 | 🇮🇶FMRabeea, Sabah Nori | 2112 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 19.50 | 62.0 | -29.6 | 2013 |
| 11 | 🇮🇶Rawaz, Omar Hama | 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | 2.5 | 10.50 | 63.5 | -22.8 | 1914 |
| 12 | 🇮🇶Rebaz, Nasir Jamal | 2093 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 2.0 | 9.00 | 64.0 | -62.6 | 1854 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Aryan, Ali EhsanCMIRQ+40.88.0 pts · #2
- 2BAQER HAMEED KHALAF AL-MUSAWICMIRQ+34.84.5 pts · #8
- 3Zozek Salah MohammedFMIRQ+32.08.5 pts · #1
- 1Rebaz, Nasir JamalIRQ-62.62.0 pts · #12
- 2Rabeea, Sabah NoriFMIRQ-29.64.0 pts · #10
- 3Rawaz, Omar HamaIRQ-22.82.5 pts · #11
- R6+153 Elo gap
- R6+115 Elo gap
- R11+103 Elo gap