National Youth Chess Championship Open U14 2026

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56 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 1833, and top seed was Eyad Elhusseiny (🇪🇬 EGY, FM, 2142).

Eyad Elhusseiny (🇪🇬 EGY, FM, 2142) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Mahmoud Elsorady (7.0) and Seif Eldin Khaled (7.0). Elhusseiny shared the lead from round 7 and won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Omar Khaled (1623) beat Fares Ahmed Moustafa (2098), a +475-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

🇪🇬FMEyad Elhusseiny2142

Avg top 10

1,833

Participants

Titled players · 1

FM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇪🇬Egypt×52

Top 3

🥇
FMEyad Elhusseiny
🇪🇬EGY·2142
8.0pts·2107perf-8.0
🥈
Mahmoud Elsorady
🇪🇬EGY·1859
7.0pts·2000perf+60.0
🥉
Seif Eldin Khaled
🇪🇬EGY·1860
7.0pts·1899perf+20.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Eyad Elhusseiny led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Elhusseiny8Elsorady7Khaled7Ahmed Salah6.5Abdelaziz Ahmed6.5Tamer6.5

R6 · LEADER CHANGE01 Feb

Mahmoud Elsorady takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Eyad Elhusseiny lost to Mahmoud Elsorady (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Eyad Elhusseiny 5+3 wins (R1–R5, R7–R9)Mahmoud Elsorady 3 wins (R1–R3)Seif Eldin Khaled 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMEyad Elhusseiny	*	0	1	—
2Mahmoud Elsorady	1	*	0	½
3Seif Eldin Khaled	0	1	*	—
4Ali Ahmed Salah	—	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Elhusseiny, EyadFM	2142	EGY	+35B	+22N	+25B	+7N	+3B	−2N	+4B	+11N	+8B	8.0	47.5	51.0	44.00	2107	-8.0
2	Elsorady, Mahmoud	1859	EGY	+9B	+10N	+6B	=26N	+7B	+1B	=5N	−3B	+14N	7.0	51.5	56.0	43.50	2000	+60.0
3	Khaled, Seif Eldin	1860	EGY	+41N	+8B	+11N	+17B	−1N	=10B	+14B	+2N	=4B	7.0	49.5	52.5	38.25	1899	+20.4
4	Abdelaziz Ahmed, Ahmed	1702	EGY	+37B	−20N	+18B	+12N	+6B	+9N	−1N	+5B	=3N	6.5	49.5	53.0	36.50	1820	+41.6
5	Ahmed Salah, Ali	1904	EGY	+21B	=18N	+13B	+20N	=26B	+8N	=2B	−4N	+11B	6.5	45.5	50.0	35.25	1843	-12.8
6	Tamer, Eyad	1622	EGY	+23N	+27B	−2N	+50B	−4N	+16B	=26B	+17N	+13B	6.5	43.5	45.5	29.75	1802	+42.8
7	Oun, Moaz	1677	EGY	+39N	+44B	+19N	−1B	−2N	=12B	+24N	+18B	=10N	6.0	45.0	48.0	27.25	1700	+5.6
8	Hany Labib, Rojeeh	1522	EGY	+16B	−3N	+42B	+32N	+43N	−5B	+25N	+9B	−1N	6.0	44.5	47.5	26.00	1722	+41.2
9	Shady Henry, David	0	EGY	−2N	+56B	+27N	+15B	+25N	−4B	+19N	−8N	+21B	6.0	44.0	44.5	25.00	1643	0.0
10	Tarek Elhusseiny, Nour Eldin	1509	EGY	+56N	−2B	+39N	+33B	+17N	=3N	=11B	=13N	=7B	6.0	43.5	44.0	25.00	1742	+67.2
11	Khaled, Omar	1623	EGY	+45B	+40N	−3B	+48N	+36B	+26N	=10N	−1B	−5N	5.5	42.0	44.5	20.00	1730	+21.6
12	Peter Mounir, Karas	1508	EGY	+49B	+13N	−17B	−4B	+42N	=7N	+23B	−25N	+28B	5.5	40.0	42.5	23.50	1538	+6.4
13	Ahmed Emad Eldin, Hamza	1782	EGY	+34N	−12B	−5N	+53B	+50N	+33B	+15N	=10B	−6N	5.5	40.0	42.0	20.50	1465	-80.4
14	Hassan, Yassin	1644	EGY	+42B	+52N	−26B	=43B	+23N	+19B	−3N	+20N	−2B	5.5	39.5	41.5	21.50	1700	+10.8
15	Mohamed Abdallah, Hamza	1528	EGY	+32B	−26N	+37B	−9N	+35B	+36N	−13B	+33N	=17B	5.5	36.0	39.5	21.00	1512	-4.0
16	Mohamed Abbas, Mohsen	0	EGY	−8N	+41B	−?N	+34B	+?B	−6N	+35B	+48N	=25B	5.5	30.0	30.0	15.25	1445	0.0
17	Elmasry Shady, Hamza	1648	EGY	+36N	+50B	+12N	−3N	−10B	+32B	=18N	−6B	=15N	5.0	43.0	45.0	20.25	1467	-58.8
18	Ahmed Omar, Hamza	1527	EGY	+24N	=5B	−4N	=23B	+37N	+43B	=17B	−7N	=20B	5.0	42.5	45.5	22.25	1625	+25.6
19	Elshamy, Yehia	1621	EGY	+28B	+30N	−7B	=21N	+20B	−14N	−9B	+40N	=23N	5.0	41.5	45.0	22.50	1556	-13.2
20	Islam Maged, Yehia	1503	EGY	+55N	+4B	=43N	−5B	−19N	+31B	+22N	−14B	=18N	5.0	41.0	42.0	21.00	1608	+33.6
21	Moustafa Magdy, Anas	0	EGY	−5N	+24B	+31N	=19B	=22N	−25B	+47N	+32B	−9N	5.0	40.5	43.5	21.50	1483	0.0
22	Ahmed Ahmed, Karim	1554	EGY	+47N	−1B	+34N	−36B	=21B	+28N	−20B	+27N	=24N	5.0	39.5	42.5	21.00	928	-26.0
23	Sameh Tawadros, Karos	0	EGY	−6B	+?N	+35B	=18N	−14B	+41B	−12N	+53N	=19B	5.0	36.0	36.0	13.50	1431	0.0
24	Haitham Adel, Mohamed	0	EGY	−18B	−21N	+?B	=29N	+40B	+44N	−7B	+36N	=22B	5.0	35.5	35.5	14.75	1465	0.0
25	Haitham, Omar	1629	EGY	+33N	+31B	−1N	F	−9B	+21N	−8B	+12B	=16N	4.5	44.5	44.5	21.75	1561	-15.2
26	Ahmed Moustafa, Fares	2098	EGY	+38N	+15B	+14N	=2B	=5N	−11B	=6N	F	F	4.5	40.0	40.0	24.50	1816	-69.2
27	Bassem, Youssef	0	EGY	+?B	−6N	−9B	−35N	+34N	+50B	=38N	−22B	+37N	4.5	34.0	34.0	11.25	1406	0.0
28	Ahmed Hamdy, Malek	0	EGY	−19N	−29N	+54B	=41B	+30N	−22B	+50N	+38B	−12N	4.5	33.0	35.0	13.50	1328	0.0
29	Kafal, Abd Alrahman	0	EGY	−30N	+28B	−36N	=24B	−41N	+?B	+46N	−31B	+32N	4.5	32.0	32.0	14.00	600	0.0
30	Mohamed Atef, Youssef	0	EGY	+29B	−19B	=38N	−51N	−28B	−39N	+45N	+41B	+35B	4.5	30.5	32.5	15.75	722	0.0
31	Khaled, Shareef	0	EGY	+51B	−25N	−21B	+52N	+48B	−20N	=36B	+29N	F	4.5	30.0	32.0	12.75	1489	0.0
32	Mina Ishaq, Martin	0	EGY	−15N	+38B	+44N	−8B	+51B	−17N	+?B	−21N	−29B	4.0	34.5	34.5	8.50	1497	0.0
33	Baha Zakeria, Karas	0	EGY	−25B	+51N	+52B	−10N	+?B	−13N	F	−15B	+34N	4.0	32.5	32.5	8.00	1423	0.0
34	Ayman Abdelsamad, Elhassan	0	EGY	−13B	+49N	−22B	−16N	−27B	+55N	+44B	+?N	−33B	4.0	31.0	31.0	6.50	1549	0.0
35	Hossam Metwaly, Ahmed	0	EGY	−1N	+47B	−23N	+27B	−15N	+42B	−16N	=37B	−30N	3.5	39.5	42.5	12.25	889	0.0
36	Alaa Eldin Eid, Hamza	0	EGY	−17B	+?N	+29B	+22N	−11N	−15B	=31N	−24B	F	3.5	37.5	37.5	11.75	1395	0.0
37	Ibrahim Omar, Elsaid	0	EGY	−4N	+55B	−15N	+46B	−18B	−?N	+51B	=35N	−27B	3.5	31.0	31.0	7.75	1279	0.0
38	Abd Elhamid, Ali	0	EGY	−26B	−32N	=30B	=45N	+55B	+51N	=27B	−28N	F	3.5	30.5	31.5	9.00	1640	0.0
39	Haitham, Eyad	0	EGY	−7B	+54N	−10B	−40N	=?N	+30B	−48N	=46B	=49N	3.5	30.0	30.0	9.25	1305	0.0
40	Mohamed Bahaa Eldin, Timur	0	EGY	+?N	−11B	−50N	+39B	−24N	=48B	+41N	−19B	F	3.5	30.0	30.0	7.75	1431	0.0
41	John, David	0	EGY	−3B	−16N	+49B	=28N	+29B	−23N	−40B	−30N	=45N	3.0	37.5	40.0	10.75	830	0.0
42	Sameh Edward, Johnny	0	EGY	−14N	+46B	−8N	+44B	−12B	−35N	F	+47B	F	3.0	34.0	34.5	9.00	1338	0.0
43	Rafik, John	1656	EGY	+53B	+48N	=20B	=14N	−8B	−18N	F	F	F	3.0	30.0	30.0	9.75	1448	-55.6
44	Omar Hussein, Yahya	1448	EGY	+54B	−7N	−32B	−42N	+53N	−24B	−34N	+50B	−47N	3.0	29.0	31.0	6.00	879	-8.4
45	Youssef Essam, Karas	0	EGY	−11N	−?B	−46N	=38B	F	+54N	−30B	+55N	=41B	3.0	23.0	23.0	6.25	682	0.0
46	Mohamed Fatouh, Zyad	0	EGY	−52B	−42N	+45B	−37N	=54B	+56N	−29B	=39N	−?B	3.0	22.0	22.0	6.25	615	0.0
47	Abdel Rahman Nabil, Malik	0	EGY	−22B	−35N	F	−?N	+52B	+?N	−21B	−42N	+44B	3.0	21.5	21.5	5.00	1460	0.0
48	Khalid Matter, Saif	1403	EGY	F	−43B	+53N	−11B	−31N	=40N	+39B	−16B	F	2.5	31.0	31.0	7.25	840	-16.4
49	FIDE 555016685	0	—	−12N	−34B	−41N	F	F	F	+54B	+?N	=39B	2.5	19.0	19.0	3.75	1466	0.0
50	Mahmoud Fayed, Abd-Allah	0	EGY	+?B	−17N	+40B	−6N	−13B	−27N	−28B	−44N	F	2.0	33.5	33.5	3.50	825	0.0
51	Mahmoud Emam, Raheem	1424	EGY	−31N	−33B	+56N	+30B	−32N	−38B	−37N	F	F	2.0	28.0	28.5	5.00	2200	+18.8
52	Ehab Mohamed, Adam	0	EGY	+46N	−14B	−33N	−31B	−47N	−53B	F	F	+?B	2.0	24.0	24.0	3.00	1534	0.0
53	Hosny Maher, Eyad	0	EGY	−43N	F	−48B	−13N	−44B	+52N	+?B	−23B	F	2.0	23.0	23.0	2.00	1302	0.0
54	FIDE 54264626	0	—	−44N	−39B	−28N	=56B	=46N	−45B	−49N	+?B	F	2.0	20.0	20.0	1.75	648	0.0
55	FIDE 555016723	0	—	−20B	−37N	−?B	F	−38N	−34B	+?N	−45B	F	1.0	23.5	23.5	0.00	659	0.0
56	FIDE 555016650	0	—	−10B	−9N	−51B	=54N	F	−46B	F	F	F	0.5	25.0	25.0	1.00	666	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Tarek Elhusseiny, Nour EldinEGY
+67.2
6.0 pts · #9
2Elsorady, MahmoudEGY
+60.0
7.0 pts · #2
3Tamer, EyadEGY
+42.8
6.5 pts · #16

Top rating losers

1Ahmed Emad Eldin, HamzaEGY
-80.4
5.5 pts · #26
2Ahmed Moustafa, FaresEGY
-69.2
4.5 pts · #7
3Elmasry Shady, HamzaEGY
-58.8
5.0 pts · #17

Biggest upsets

R6+475 Elo gap
Khaled, Omar1623 beat Ahmed Moustafa, Fares2098
R6+283 Elo gap
Elsorady, Mahmoud1859 beat FMElhusseiny, Eyad2142
R2+274 Elo gap
Peter Mounir, Karas1508 beat Ahmed Emad Eldin, Hamza1782