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4th National Youth Chess Championship 2026, U-16 Boys

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26 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 05 Feb 2026 to 08 Feb 2026 in Karachi, Pakistan. Top 10 Elo average was 1147, and top seed was Ahsan Feroz (🇵🇰 PAK, 1879).

Faiz Murtaza Noon (🇵🇰 PAK, 1523) won with 7.0/8, ahead of Muhriz Shakeel (6.0) and Muhammad Moosa (6.0). Noon shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Muhammad Moosa (1646) beat Ahsan Feroz (1879), a +233-point gap.

Location
🇵🇰Karachi, Pakistan
Dates
05 Feb 2026 → 08 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Top seed
🇵🇰Ahsan Feroz1879
Avg top 10
1,147
Participants
26
Federations · 1 represented
🇵🇰Pakistan×13
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Faiz Murtaza Noon led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
12
7
2
1
2
1
1
1
2468R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8Noon takes lead
Noon7Shakeel6Moosa6Akber5.5Mamoon5.5Feroz5
R6 · LEADER CHANGE07 Feb

Faiz Murtaza Noon takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Faiz Murtaza Noon beat Muhriz Shakeel (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Faiz Murtaza Noon 4 wins (R4–R7)Muhriz Shakeel 4 wins (R1–R4)Muhammad Moosa 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Faiz Murtaza Noon*
1
½
—
2Muhriz Shakeel
0
*
1
½
3Muhammad Moosa
½
0
*
½
4Abdullah Akber—
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Faiz Murtaza Noon1523PAK+21B+23N=7B+9N+11B+2B+6N=3N7.034.537.031.501898+93.2
2Muhriz Shakeel1661PAK+15B+8N+3B+6N=7B−1N+10B=4N6.038.542.530.251772+22.8
3Muhammad Moosa1646PAK+14N+22B−2N+20B+18B+7N=4N=1B6.034.037.024.751687+5.6
4Abdullah Akber0PAK+?B+18N−6B=17N+19B+11N=3B=2B5.531.031.018.2516030.0
5Muzammil Mamoon0PAK=11B+?N+?B−7N+9B−6N+17B+12B5.527.527.515.2515730.0
6Muhammad Mujtaba Aamir1660PAK+13N+16B+4N−2B+8N+5B−1B−7N5.038.542.524.50887-56.4
7Ahsan Feroz1879PAKF+19B=1N+5B=2N−3B+8N+6B5.037.537.525.001623-49.6
8Ahmed Mubeen0PAK+20N−2B+14N+22B−6B+15N−7B+11N5.032.035.019.0014680.0
9Umer Ahmed0PAK+?B+10B=12N−1B−5N=?N+19B+18N5.028.028.013.2513980.0
10Haziq Adnan0PAK+?B−9N−11B+21N+?B+17N−2N+16B5.026.026.010.507520.0
11Syed Zayaan Ali1443PAK=5N+24B+10N+12B−1N−4B+14N−8B4.537.039.018.751591+15.2
12Muhammad Alyan1658PAK+25B+26N=9B−11N−17B+18N+13B−5N4.528.029.013.00643-30.8
13FIDE 78632090—−6B−17N=?B+24B+26N+20B−12N+?N4.519.019.06.008600.0
14FIDE 78610950—−3B+?N−8B+?N=?B+?N−11B+17N4.519.019.03.507450.0
15FIDE 78631950—−2N+?B−20N+23B+22N−8B−18B+19N4.025.525.58.508610.0
16FIDE 78632250—+?B−6N−18B−?N+21B+?N+?B−10N4.016.016.03.008610.0
17Shahzaib Hassan Khan0PAK−19N+13B+24N=4B+12N−10B−5N−14B3.532.534.513.7516780.0
18FIDE 78490010—F−4B+16N+19B−3N−12B+15N−9B3.032.032.011.008520.0
19FIDE 78405860—+17B−7N+23B−18N−4N+22B−9N−15B3.029.031.59.0010780.0
20FIDE 78281790—−8B+25N+15B−3N=?B−13N−?B=24N3.023.523.57.008460.0
21FIDE 78617960—−1N−?N+?B−10B−16N+26B−23N+25N3.021.521.53.007230.0
22FIDE 78633570—+?B−3N+26B−8N−15B−19N+?B−?N3.019.019.01.008460.0
23FIDE 78631280—F−1B−19N−15N+25B=?N+21B−?N2.519.019.05.007230.0
24FIDE 78619150—=?B−11N−17B−13NF+25N−?B=20B2.017.517.53.506430.0
25FIDE 78632410—−12N−20B−?N+?B−23N−24B+?N−21B2.015.015.00.008580.0
26FIDE 78631870—F−12B−22N−?N−13B−21NF+?B1.015.015.00.008580.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets