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Open Classic Chess Tournament 2025 (4th)

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24 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 07 Jan 2026 to 10 Jan 2026 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 6 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1009, and top seed was Elsayed Elnemr (🇪🇬 EGY, 1897).

Ahmed Farghaly (🇪🇬 EGY, 1876) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Elsayed Elnemr (6.0) and Ibrahim Abdullah Alzahrani (5.0). Farghaly shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Suffyan Ahmed Yousif (1720) beat Ahmed Farghaly (1876), a +156-point gap.

Location
🇸🇦Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Dates
07 Jan 2026 → 10 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇪🇬Elsayed Elnemr1897
Avg top 10
1,009
Participants
24
Federations · 6 represented
🇪🇬Egypt×9
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia×6
🇸🇩Sudan×2
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇵🇭Philippines×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
13
8
4
2
1
4
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Farghaly6Elnemr6Alzahrani5Yousif5Camartin5Khaled Mousa4.5
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Ahmed Farghaly held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Farghaly takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (30.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ahmed Farghaly beat Elsayed Elnemr (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Ahmed Farghaly*
1
1
0
2Elsayed Elnemr
0
*—
1
3Ibrahim Abdullah Alzahrani
0
—*—
4Suffyan Ahmed Yousif
1
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Farghaly, Ahmed1876EGY+13N+7B+3N+6B+2N−4B+5N6.030.033.028.001997+11.6
2Elnemr, Elsayed1897EGY+23B+22N+14B+5N−1B+8N+4B6.024.024.018.001959+10.0
3Ibrahim Abdullah Alzahrani0KSA+8B+24N−1B+12N+14B−5N+9N5.025.025.014.001747+14.4
4Suffyan Ahmed Yousif1720SUD+17B+16N−6B+11N+10B+1N−2N5.024.526.516.001891+18.0
5Camartin, Renato0PHI+21N+10B+19N−2B+20N+3B−1B5.024.026.014.001702-31.2
6Khaled Mousa, Ahmed0EGY+?N+9B+4N−1N−8B+17B=7N4.525.525.513.2517430.0
7Gamal Basiony, Mohamed0EGY+?B−1N−8B+?N+18B+16N=6B4.518.518.56.2516630.0
8Abousamra, Tamer0EGY−3N+13B+7N+19B+6N−2B−10N4.026.028.014.009980.0
9Almahmudi, Salha Maree1570KSA+20B−6N+16B−10N+11B+15N−3B4.020.522.510.00899-12.8
10Magdy Shashet, Mohamed0EGY+15B−5NF+9B−4NF+8B3.023.024.011.0016030.0
11Hussien Eltayib0SUD−14N+23N+15B−4B−9N+?B−12N3.018.018.03.0013410.0
12Parnitha D1408IND−16B−17NF−3B+13N+18N+11B3.017.017.08.00899-6.0
13Ariel, V. SILLARICO0FID−1B−8N+?B−?N−12B+21N+18B3.017.017.04.0014530.0
14Badr youssef, Khalid0EGY+11B+?N−2N+17B−3NFF3.016.016.05.009980.0
15Waleed Mohamed Abdelhameed, Ahmed0EGY−10N+?B−11N+?B+19N−9B−?N3.012.012.02.007650.0
16Hashem, Yosuf Mossaab0KSA+12N−4B−9N+?B−17N−7BF2.020.520.53.0014390.0
17Barasheed, Albaraa0KSA−4N+12BF−14N+16B−6N−?B2.017.517.55.0015640.0
18Alshamrani , Thikra Saeed0KSA−19N+21B+?N−20B−7N−12B−13N2.016.516.52.006080.0
19Wael Mohamed Rifki, Adam0EGY+18B+?N−5B−8N−15B−?NF2.016.016.02.0016700.0
20FIDE 53305130—−9N+?BF+18N−5BFF2.014.014.02.009320.0
21FIDE 215500000—−5B−18N−?B−?N+?N−13B+?N2.010.010.00.008700.0
22FIDE 215361630—+?B−2BFFFFF1.09.09.00.0010970.0
23FIDE 215510220—−2N−11BFFFFF0.012.012.00.0010970.0
24ALHUTHAYFI,ESSA ALI A1618KSAF−3BFFFFF0.07.07.00.00899-15.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets