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Syrian semi final 2025

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19 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 19 Jan 2026 to 23 Jan 2026 in damascus, Syria. Top 10 Elo average was 1814, and top seed was Taweel Yaser (🇸🇾 SYR, 2038).

Fahed Sokani (🇸🇾 SYR, 1761) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Rayan. Deeb (5.5) and Peter. Sharbat (5.0). Sokani won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Adnan Alhayek Mhd Mowafq (1660) beat Mahmoud. Arandass (1905), a +245-point gap.

Location
🇸🇾damascus, Syria
Dates
19 Jan 2026 → 23 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇸🇾Taweel Yaser2038
Avg top 10
1,814
Participants
19
Federations · 1 represented
🇸🇾Syria×18
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Fahed Sokani led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
3
2
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Sokani6Deeb5.5Sharbat5Omrani4Alhayek Mhd Mowafq4Yaser4— ex-leaders:Sokaniled R4–R7, #11
R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

Fahed Sokani held the sole lead from R4 through R7 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Fahed Sokani beat Rayan. Deeb (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Fahed Sokani 4 wins (R1–R4)Rayan. Deeb 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Fahed Sokani*
1
½
1
2Rayan. Deeb
0
*
½
—
3Peter. Sharbat
½
½
*—
4Mortada. Omrani
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Sokani, Fahed1761SYR+11N+13B+8N+2B=9N+5B=3N6.025.528.023.751928+13.2
2Deeb,Rayan.1923SYR+4B+12N+5B−1N=3B+10N+6B5.526.529.020.501887-3.0
3Sharbat,Peter.1674SYR=6N=9B+18N+7B=2N+4B=1B5.027.027.017.501911+57.0
4Alali Ahmad,Jado.0SYR−2N+16B+6N+11B−5B−3N+?B4.024.024.09.5018470.0
5Jamous,Yazan.0SYRF+?B−2N+8B+4N−1N+7B4.023.523.512.0017750.0
6Yaser, Taweel2038SYR=3B=14N−4B+15N+16B+12N−2N4.021.523.510.251839-16.8
7Alhayek Mhd Mowafq, Adnan1660SYR=17B+19N+10B−3N=12B+9B−5N4.019.019.08.501886+57.6
8Omrani,Mortada.0SYR+?B+17N−1B−5N+15BF+10N4.016.016.06.0018170.0
9Hamada,Mohammad.1812SYR=10B=3N+13B+14N=1B−7N−11B3.524.527.012.251574-38.4
10Taloustan,Saad0SYR=9N+15B−7N+?B+13N−2B−8B3.521.521.56.2517670.0
11Muqdad,Iyad.0SYR−1B+?N+12B−4N=14BF+9N3.518.518.57.2517760.0
12Akili,Fawwaz.1693SYR+16N−2B−11N+18B=7N−6BF2.519.019.04.001601-14.8
13Alhraki,Muhammad.0SYR+19B−1N−9NF−10B+?B=15N2.515.015.01.0017680.0
14Omrani,Haydra.0SYR=15N=6B+?N−9B=11NFF2.513.013.04.7518230.0
15Mahfoud,Mayyar.1687SYR=14B−10NF−6B−8N+18N=13B2.017.017.02.501238-4.4
16Musleh,Rafaa.0SYR−12B−4NF+?B−6N−?N+18B2.010.510.50.0015970.0
17Shadi ,Abbas1985SYR=7N−8BFFFFF0.510.010.02.001660-7.4
18FIDE 76130400—−?NF−3B−12N−?N−15B−16N0.011.511.50.008960.0
19Arandass,Mahmoud.1905SYR−13N−7BFFFFF0.08.58.50.00860-32.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets