Keshmat Winter Open - Classic -2026
30 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 06 Feb 2026 to 08 Feb 2026 in Dekweneh, Lebanon. Top 10 Elo average was 1689, and top seed was Mohamad Hussein Younes (🇱🇧 LBN, 1852).
Peter Haddad (🇱🇧 LBN, 1569) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Celio Wissam Salameh (4.0) and Majd Diab (4.0). Haddad broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Mohammad Habanjar (1489) beat Alexander EL Khoury (1776), a +287-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsPeter Haddad led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Peter Haddad held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.
Peter Haddad drew with Celio Wissam Salameh (Black).
Peter Haddad won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Peter Haddad | * | ½ | 1 | 1 |
| 2Celio Wissam Salameh | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Majd Diab | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Karim Abu Hjeili | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haddad, Peter | 1569 | LBN | +22B | +4N | +3B | =2N | +5B | 4.5 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 15.00 | 2416 | +67.6 |
| 2 | Salameh, Celio Wissam | 0 | LBN | +16B | +7N | =12N | =1B | +13N | 4.0 | 13.0 | 15.5 | 12.00 | 1630 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Diab, Majd | 1689 | LBN | +21N | +10B | −1N | +12B | +8N | 4.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 10.50 | 1830 | +17.0 |
| 4 | Abu Hjeili, Karim | 1670 | LBN | +14N | −1B | +26N | +19B | +6N | 4.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 9.00 | 1806 | +32.8 |
| 5 | Habanjar, Mohammad | 1489 | LBN | +9B | +8N | +13B | =6B | −1N | 3.5 | 14.0 | 16.5 | 10.25 | 1789 | +77.6 |
| 6 | Bsat, Kinana | 1730 | LBN | +26B | +18N | +19B | =5N | −4B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 6.75 | 1713 | -2.4 |
| 7 | EL Khoury, Elias | 1577 | LBN | =17N | −2B | +29N | +14B | +12N | 3.5 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 6.50 | 2324 | +51.2 |
| 8 | Totonji, Kamal | 1653 | LBN | +29N | −5B | +21N | +9N | −3B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 5.50 | 1647 | +0.2 |
| 9 | EL Khoury, Alexander | 1776 | LBN | −5N | +15B | +10N | −8B | +16B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 14.5 | 8.00 | 1665 | -26.8 |
| 10 | Kassar, Paul | 1585 | LBN | +30B | −3N | −9B | +28N | +20B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 932 | -12.2 |
| 11 | Masri, Ali Rida | 1494 | LBN | −24N | =29B | +17N | =15B | +23N | 3.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 5.00 | 1533 | +2.8 |
| 12 | Kaafarani, Abbas | 1668 | LBN | +27B | +20N | =2B | −3N | −7B | 2.5 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 5.00 | 1446 | -34.8 |
| 13 | Almawla, Amin Souad | 1471 | LBN | =15N | +17B | −5N | +18N | −2B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 5.25 | 1583 | +18.0 |
| 14 | Masri, Mohamad | 1458 | LBN | −4B | +22N | =18B | −7N | +26B | 2.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 3.50 | 1491 | +5.2 |
| 15 | Farra, Marc Anwar | 1674 | LBN | =13B | −9N | +20B | =11N | =22B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 5.50 | 1455 | -34.4 |
| 16 | Kaafarani, Majd | 1564 | LBN | −2N | +27B | =24N | +23B | −9N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.25 | 1692 | +18.0 |
| 17 | Kaafarani, Jad | 0 | LBN | =7B | −13N | −11B | +30N | =18B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.75 | 1339 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Almawla, Amin Sara | 1587 | LBN | +28N | −6B | =14N | −13B | =17N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 3.25 | 1280 | -45.6 |
| 19 | Kobeissey , Jessica | 1594 | LBN | +23B | +24B | −6N | −4N | F | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.00 | 1626 | +4.0 |
| 20 | Younes,Youssef | 0 | LBN | +25N | −12B | −15N | +21B | −10N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 1521 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Bader El Din , Leen | 1476 | LBN | −3B | +30N | −8B | −20N | +29B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.50 | 1471 | -1.6 |
| 22 | Kaafarani, Mohamad Jawad | 0 | LBN | −1N | −14B | F | +26B | =15N | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.25 | 1458 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Akiki, Charbel | 0 | LBN | −19N | =25B | +27N | −16N | −11B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 1.75 | 1384 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Younes, Mohamad Hussein | 1852 | LBN | +11B | −19N | =16B | F | F | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.25 | 1551 | -21.2 |
| 25 | Zeitjian,Sarkis | 1563 | LBN | −20B | =23N | F | +29B | F | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.25 | 2247 | +13.6 |
| 26 | Kayem, Assi | 1479 | LBN | −6N | +28B | −4B | −22N | −14N | 1.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 1.00 | 819 | -38.8 |
| 27 | Hamadani, Hassan | 1448 | LBN | −12N | −16N | −23B | F | +28B | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 816 | -22.4 |
| 28 | Al-Moussawi, Abbas | 0 | LBN | −18B | −26N | +30B | −10B | −27N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 725 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Younes, Abdelrahman El Khatib | 1447 | LBN | −8B | =11N | −7B | −25N | −21N | 0.5 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 1.50 | 1187 | -51.6 |
| 30 | FIDE 5333407 | 0 | — | −10N | −21B | −28N | −17B | F | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 731 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Habanjar, MohammadLBN+77.63.5 pts · #5
- 2Haddad, PeterLBN+67.64.5 pts · #9
- 3EL Khoury, EliasLBN+51.23.5 pts · #7
- 1Younes, Abdelrahman El KhatibLBN-51.60.5 pts · #24
- 2Almawla, Amin SaraLBN-45.62.0 pts · #25
- 3Kayem, AssiLBN-38.81.0 pts · #29
- R1+287 Elo gap
- R2+258 Elo gap
- R2+164 Elo gap