National Youth Chess Championship Open U16 2026

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66 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 31 Jan 2026 to 07 Feb 2026 in Cairo, Egypt. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1858, and top seed was Adham Hossam Mohamed (🇪🇬 EGY, FM, 2065).

Youssef Abdel Hadi Mohamed (🇪🇬 EGY, 1907) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Adham Hossam Mohamed (7.5) and Belal Ahmed Salah Saad (7.0). Abdel Hadi Mohamed shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Matthew Bishoy Mikhail (1591) beat Abdallah Gamal Abo Sereei (1925), a +334-point gap.

Location

🇪🇬Cairo, Egypt

Dates

31 Jan 2026 → 07 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇪🇬FMAdham Hossam Mohamed2065

Avg top 10

1,858

Participants

Titled players · 1

FM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇪🇬Egypt×64

Top 3

🥇
Youssef Abdel Hadi Mohamed
🇪🇬EGY·1907
7.5pts·2066perf+72.8
🥈
FMAdham Hossam Mohamed
🇪🇬EGY·2065
7.5pts·2061perf+4.0
🥉
Belal Ahmed Salah Saad
🇪🇬EGY·1878
7.0pts·1955perf+37.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Abdel Hadi Mohamed7.5Hossam Mohamed7.5Ahmed Salah Saad7Mohamed Hany6.5Hani William6.5Youssef6

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Abdel Hadi Mohamed takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (49.5).

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Youssef Abdel Hadi Mohamed beat FM Adham Hossam Mohamed (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Youssef Abdel Hadi Mohamed 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R7–R9)FM Adham Hossam Mohamed 4 wins (R1–R4)Belal Ahmed Salah Saad 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Youssef Abdel Hadi Mohamed	*	1	0	—
2FMAdham Hossam Mohamed	0	*	½	—
3Belal Ahmed Salah Saad	1	½	*	½
4Khalid Mohamed Hany	—	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Abdel Hadi Mohamed, Youssef	1907	EGY	+41B	+12N	+5B	=17N	+9B	−3N	+8B	+2B	+6N	7.5	49.5	53.5	44.00	2066	+72.8
2	Hossam Mohamed, AdhamFM	2065	EGY	+19B	+33N	+45B	+9N	=3B	+6N	+17B	−1N	+7B	7.5	46.5	50.0	39.00	2061	+4.0
3	Ahmed Salah Saad, Belal	1878	EGY	+54N	+37B	+7N	+34B	=2N	+1B	=18N	=6B	=4N	7.0	46.5	49.0	36.50	1955	+37.2
4	Mohamed Hany, Khalid	1665	EGY	+46B	−20N	+55B	+11N	=14B	=12N	+28B	+18N	=3B	6.5	42.0	44.5	30.50	1860	+66.0
5	Hani William, Bishoy	1653	EGY	+48N	+51B	−1N	=16N	+39B	+35B	−7N	+26B	+13N	6.5	40.5	43.5	27.25	1743	+33.6
6	Geourge Youssef, Mario	1854	EGY	+63B	+14N	+36B	+18N	=17B	−2B	+13N	=3N	−1B	6.0	47.0	47.5	26.50	1862	+8.4
7	Maher Elkhodery, Mohamed	1766	EGY	+25B	+61N	−3B	+28N	=12B	=14N	+5B	+17N	−2N	6.0	46.0	47.0	27.00	1792	+12.4
8	Gamal Abo Sereei, Abdallah	1925	EGY	+24N	−10B	+27N	+13B	+37N	=18B	−1N	+12B	=11N	6.0	45.0	49.0	30.00	1759	-58.0
9	Youssef, Patrick	1841	EGY	+55N	+26B	+35N	−2B	−1N	+27B	=10N	=25B	+22N	6.0	43.5	46.0	25.75	1763	-22.0
10	Bishoy Mikhail, Matthew	1591	EGY	+49B	+8N	−18B	+19N	+45B	−17N	=9B	=15N	+35B	6.0	40.0	43.5	27.75	1837	+100.0
11	Ahmed Farouk, Anas	1549	EGY	−30N	+44B	+51N	−4B	+48N	=33B	+26N	+49B	=8B	6.0	36.5	39.5	23.50	1701	+37.6
12	Wael Mohamed, Abdulrahman	1603	EGY	+38N	−1B	+48N	+26B	=7N	=4B	=25B	−8N	+29B	5.5	43.5	47.0	25.00	1664	+18.8
13	Sharqawy, Saif El Din	1643	EGY	+31B	=21N	+52B	−8N	+16B	+47N	−6B	+14N	−5B	5.5	42.5	45.5	24.50	1669	+6.4
14	Mohamed Hassan, Youssef	1579	EGY	+62N	−6B	+38N	+36B	=4N	=7B	=22N	−13B	+47N	5.5	40.5	41.5	21.25	1614	+8.4
15	Ahmed Ali, Ali	1750	EGY	+53N	−34B	+24N	−37B	+21N	=26B	+33N	=10B	=25N	5.5	37.0	40.0	24.50	1622	-39.2
16	Mohamed Aly, Aly	1539	EGY	=52B	=28N	+64N	=5B	−13N	+20B	+45N	F	+46B	5.5	35.5	35.5	19.00	1637	+21.2
17	Mahmoud Hussain, Abdulla	1815	EGY	+47B	+39N	+20B	=1B	=6N	+10B	−2N	−7B	F	5.0	47.0	50.5	25.25	1785	-4.8
18	Ahmed Osama, Omar	1782	EGY	+66N	+27B	+10N	−6B	+34N	=8N	=3B	−4B	F	5.0	45.0	45.0	21.00	1745	-8.0
19	Fady, Manuel	1482	EGY	−2N	+58B	+40N	−10B	=36N	+21B	=35N	+37B	F	5.0	39.5	41.5	19.00	1685	+48.8
20	Tarek Mohamed, Mohamed	0	EGY	+23N	+4B	−17N	=33B	−35N	−16N	+54B	=27B	+40N	5.0	38.5	41.0	22.25	1633	0.0
21	Ahmed Alsabahi, Ziad	0	EGY	+50B	=13B	−34N	+29N	−15B	−19N	=36N	+44B	+33N	5.0	36.5	40.0	20.75	1593	0.0
22	Hisham Mazen, Yassin	1641	EGY	−34N	+53B	=47N	+30B	−25N	+36B	=14B	+39N	−9B	5.0	36.0	39.0	20.00	1545	-30.4
23	Mohamed Ali, Yassin	1550	EGY	−20B	+46N	+49B	=45N	−47N	=38B	+34N	+24B	F	5.0	33.5	37.0	19.75	1546	-0.8
24	Mohamed Hassan, Ali	1475	EGY	−8B	+42N	−15B	−57N	+64B	+61N	+41B	−23N	+43B	5.0	31.5	31.5	13.00	1560	+16.0
25	Hanna, Bibawi John	1458	EGY	−7N	F	=33B	+52N	+22B	=37B	=12N	=9N	=15B	4.5	39.0	39.0	20.50	1683	+82.4
26	Safwat Nissan, Jonathan	1499	EGY	+64B	−9N	+60B	−12N	+53B	=15N	−11B	−5N	+50N	4.5	37.5	37.5	10.75	1517	+1.2
27	Ihab Ahmed, Abdelrahman	1492	EGY	+59B	−18N	−8B	+49N	+57B	−9N	=42B	=20N	=32B	4.5	36.0	38.0	14.25	1458	-7.6
28	Mohammed Mustafa Ahmed, Mustafa	1554	EGY	=56N	=16B	+62N	−7B	+46N	+34B	−4N	=47B	F	4.5	36.0	37.0	14.25	1415	-27.6
29	Ahmed Atya, Omar	1454	EGY	−40N	=32N	+50B	−21B	=38N	+57B	=46N	+30B	−12N	4.5	34.5	36.5	16.00	1520	+11.2
30	Amr Mahmoud, Moustafa	0	EGY	+11B	−45N	=32B	−22N	+50B	−39N	+55B	−29N	+54N	4.5	33.5	36.0	16.75	1542	0.0
31	Amr Ahmed Zaki, Ahmed	0	EGY	−13N	=50N	−56B	+63N	+52B	=40B	+38N	=33B	F	4.5	31.0	31.5	13.25	1588	0.0
32	Mujahid Shaaban, Ahmed	1607	EGY	−36N	=29B	=30N	−48B	−49N	+62B	+57N	+34B	=27N	4.5	30.5	31.5	13.75	1473	-14.4
33	Mohamed Elsayed, Nour	1607	EGY	+42B	−2B	=25N	=20N	+55B	=11N	−15B	=31N	−21B	4.0	42.0	44.5	16.50	1571	-15.6
34	Mohamed Abdelhady, Hadi	0	EGY	+22B	+15N	+21B	−3N	−18B	−28N	−23B	−32N	+52B	4.0	41.5	44.5	18.50	1521	0.0
35	Zarief, Thomas	1640	EGY	+58B	+60N	−9B	=39N	+20B	−5N	=19B	F	−10N	4.0	40.0	41.5	13.00	1373	-67.6
36	Ahmed Shorba, Ibrahim	0	EGY	+32B	+40B	−6N	−14N	=19B	−22N	=21B	−43N	+51B	4.0	39.0	42.0	16.50	1528	0.0
37	Tamer Rabie, Moaz	1578	EGY	+57B	−3N	+61B	+15N	−8B	=25N	=39B	−19N	F	4.0	38.0	39.0	12.75	1537	-18.4
38	Mina Fahmy, Kyrillos	0	EGY	−12B	+41N	−14B	+43N	=29B	=23N	−31B	+53N	F	4.0	36.5	39.5	15.75	1538	0.0
39	Amir, Robeir	1499	EGY	+65N	−17B	+59N	=35B	−5N	+30B	=37N	−22B	−41N	4.0	35.0	35.0	10.50	1361	-38.4
40	Mohmed Said, El Hussein	1733	EGY	+29B	−36N	−19B	+61N	=54B	=31N	=47B	=42N	−20B	4.0	33.0	34.0	12.75	1468	-52.0
41	Ayman Haggag, Ahmed	1474	EGY	−1N	−38B	−46N	+58B	+62N	+48B	−24N	F	+39B	4.0	32.5	33.5	10.50	1491	-2.0
42	Magdy Dawoud, Karas	0	EGY	−33N	−24B	−54N	+44B	+59N	+53B	=27N	=40B	F	4.0	31.0	33.0	13.25	1477	0.0
43	Yasser Hanafi, Ammar	1507	EGY	−51N	−48B	+44N	−38B	+56N	−46B	+59N	+36B	−24N	4.0	29.5	31.5	12.50	1462	-5.6
44	Yasser Mohamed, Omar	1450	EGY	−45B	−11N	−43B	−42N	+63B	+64N	+52B	−21N	+57N	4.0	28.0	28.0	5.50	1366	-17.2
45	Mohamed Abu Bakr, Omar	1702	EGY	+44N	+30B	−2N	=23B	−10N	+54N	−16B	F	F	3.5	40.0	42.5	13.50	1554	-50.8
46	Osama Ismail, Abdelrahman	0	EGY	−4N	−23B	+41B	+60N	−28B	+43N	=29B	F	−16N	3.5	37.5	39.0	11.75	1433	0.0
47	Ahmed Mohamed, Mostafa	1462	EGY	−17N	F	=22B	+56N	+23B	−13B	=40N	=28N	−14B	3.5	37.0	37.0	14.25	1542	+24.0
48	Ahmed Sweilem, Adham	0	EGY	−5B	+43N	−12B	+32N	−11B	−41N	=60N	−50B	+58B	3.5	36.0	37.5	11.25	1397	0.0
49	Mohamed Abdallah, Marawen	0	EGY	−10N	+54B	−23N	−27B	+32B	=55N	+50B	−11N	−53B	3.5	35.0	37.5	11.75	1439	0.0
50	Emad Hossam Eldin, Seif	1484	EGY	−21N	=31B	−29N	+51B	−30N	+56B	−49N	+48N	−26B	3.5	33.0	35.5	11.25	676	-40.8
51	Ali Khaled, Yazan	0	EGY	+43B	−5N	−11B	−50N	−61B	+58N	+56B	F	−36N	3.0	32.5	33.5	8.50	1357	0.0
52	Sameh Ayad, Phelopater	0	EGY	=16N	+56B	−13N	−25B	−31N	=60B	−44N	+63B	−34N	3.0	32.0	32.5	6.50	1359	0.0
53	Ayman Mohamed, Eyaad	1455	EGY	−15B	−22N	F	+59B	−26N	−42N	+61B	−38B	+49N	3.0	29.5	29.5	6.50	830	-34.0
54	Ehab Magdy, George	1473	EGY	−3B	−49N	+42B	+64N	=40N	−45B	−20N	F	−30B	2.5	33.0	33.0	6.00	1497	+1.2
55	Mahmoud Fayed, Mohamed	1470	EGY	−9B	+57N	−4N	+62B	−33N	=49B	−30N	F	F	2.5	30.0	30.0	4.75	905	-26.4
56	FIDE 555002927	0	—	=28B	−52N	+31N	−47B	−43B	−50N	−51N	+62B	F	2.5	28.5	29.5	7.75	1180	0.0
57	FIDE 555017452	0	—	−37N	−55B	F	+24B	−27N	−29N	−32B	+61N	−44B	2.0	30.0	30.0	6.00	1195	0.0
58	Ehab Fathi, Hamza	0	EGY	−35N	−19N	=63B	−41N	=60B	−51B	+62N	−59B	−48N	2.0	24.0	24.5	2.00	1195	0.0
59	Karim Soliman, Youssef	0	EGY	−27N	F	−39B	−53N	−42B	+63N	−43B	+58N	F	2.0	23.5	23.5	2.50	1246	0.0
60	Haitham Elshabrawi, Ziad	0	EGY	F	−35B	−26N	−46B	=58N	=52N	=48B	F	F	1.5	25.0	25.0	4.25	769	0.0
61	Mohamed Aboughaly, Alei	0	EGY	F	−7B	−37N	−40B	+51N	−24B	−53N	−57B	F	1.0	27.5	27.5	3.00	802	0.0
62	Sameir Arsany, Marcelino	0	EGY	−14B	+63N	−28B	−55N	−41B	−32N	−58B	−56N	F	1.0	26.0	26.0	0.50	1252	0.0
63	Ahmed Amin, Youssef	1473	EGY	−6N	−62B	=58N	−31B	−44N	−59B	F	−52N	F	0.5	23.5	23.5	1.00	852	-24.8
64	Ahmed Saber, Youssef	0	EGY	−26N	F	−16B	−54B	−24N	−44B	F	F	F	0.0	23.0	23.0	0.00	687	0.0
65	Alsaayed Alshemy, Youssef	0	EGY	−39B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	699	0.0
66	Mousa Moahoud, Hussien	1460	EGY	−18B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	981	-5.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Bishoy Mikhail, MatthewEGY
+100.0
6.0 pts · #7
2Hanna, Bibawi JohnEGY
+82.4
4.5 pts · #19
3Abdel Hadi Mohamed, YoussefEGY
+72.8
7.5 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Zarief, ThomasEGY
-67.6
4.0 pts · #46
2Gamal Abo Sereei, AbdallahEGY
-58.0
6.0 pts · #4
3Mohmed Said, El HusseinEGY
-52.0
4.0 pts · #39

Biggest upsets

R2+334 Elo gap
Bishoy Mikhail, Matthew1591 beat Gamal Abo Sereei, Abdallah1925
R3+251 Elo gap
Fady, Manuel1482 beat Mohmed Said, El Hussein1733
R5+183 Elo gap
Hanna, Bibawi John1458 beat Hisham Mazen, Yassin1641