National Youth Chess Championship Open U12 2026

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47 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 31 Jan 2026 to 07 Feb 2026 in Cairo, Egypt. Top 10 Elo average was 1634, and top seed was Youssef Dwidar (🇪🇬 EGY, 1737).

Youssef Dwidar (🇪🇬 EGY, 1737) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Danial George Samir (7.0) and Mohab Ahmed Mohamed (7.0). Dwidar shared the lead from round 8 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Kareem Ahmed Abdel Haleem (1487) beat Mohab Ahmed Mohamed (1712), a +225-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

🇪🇬Youssef Dwidar1737

Avg top 10

1,634

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇪🇬Egypt×39

Top 3

🥇
Youssef Dwidar
🇪🇬EGY·1737
7.5pts·1817perf+27.2
🥈
Danial George Samir
🇪🇬EGY·1615
7.0pts·1896perf+72.0
🥉
Mohab Ahmed Mohamed
🇪🇬EGY·1712
7.0pts·1658perf-13.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Youssef Dwidar led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Dwidar7.5George Samir7Ahmed Mohamed7Omar Mahmoud6.5Joseph6.5Ahmed Moataz6— ex-leaders:Shnoudaled R4, #12

R6 · LEADER CHANGE01 Feb

Youssef Dwidar takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Youssef Dwidar lost to Danial George Samir (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Youssef Dwidar 4 wins (R3–R6)Danial George Samir 5 wins (R3–R7)Mohab Ahmed Mohamed 4 wins (R6–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Youssef Dwidar	*	0	—	1
2Danial George Samir	1	*	1	0
3Mohab Ahmed Mohamed	—	0	*	1
4Abdallah Omar Mahmoud	0	1	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Dwidar, Youssef	1737	EGY	+30N	=25B	+21N	+7B	+24B	+4N	−2B	+14N	+6N	7.5	44.5	48.5	39.25	1817	+27.2
2	George Samir, Danial	1615	EGY	+9N	−22B	+38N	+28B	+3N	+5B	+1N	−4B	+10N	7.0	47.5	50.5	39.00	1896	+72.0
3	Ahmed Mohamed, Mohab	1712	EGY	+43B	−33N	+9B	+14N	−2B	+26N	+24B	+15N	+4N	7.0	41.5	43.5	33.00	1658	-13.2
4	Omar Mahmoud, Abdallah	1684	EGY	+42N	+28B	+27N	=6B	+8N	−1B	+25N	+2N	−3B	6.5	46.0	49.0	31.50	1691	+5.2
5	Joseph, Jason	1530	EGY	+39B	=16N	−14B	+18N	+34B	−2N	+11B	+25N	+17B	6.5	40.5	43.5	29.00	1628	+15.2
6	Adel Mohamed, Eyad	1541	EGY	+34N	+36B	+22N	=4N	+15B	=24N	−14B	+17N	−1B	6.0	42.0	45.5	27.50	1677	+36.8
7	Ahmed Moataz, Mohamed	1737	EGY	=26B	+18N	+33B	−1N	−11B	+16N	+27B	+24N	=14B	6.0	41.0	44.5	26.75	1787	+10.4
8	Dawod, Ibrahim	1543	EGY	+38B	+20N	−24B	+26N	−4B	+9N	−17B	+16N	+15B	6.0	41.0	44.0	28.00	1469	-20.4
9	Haitham Abdel Wahab, Kareim	0	EGY	−2B	+19N	−3N	+45B	+36N	−8B	+41N	+18B	=12N	5.5	42.0	43.5	20.75	1266	0.0
10	Mohamed Ahmed, Yehya	1616	EGY	+11B	+17N	=15B	−24N	−14B	+34N	+33B	+20N	−2B	5.5	40.5	44.0	25.00	1578	-10.0
11	Moheb Mousa, Jasten	0	EGY	−10N	+31B	+?N	=27B	+7N	−13B	−5N	+35N	+25B	5.5	39.5	39.5	20.00	1535	0.0
12	Kazem, Asser	1483	EGY	=18B	=26N	+23B	+44N	=33B	=15N	−20B	+29N	=9B	5.5	37.5	39.5	22.75	1355	-20.4
13	Anas Ahmed, Malek	1449	EGY	−16B	−23N	+47B	+19N	+39B	+11N	−15B	=27N	+34B	5.5	36.0	36.0	19.00	1344	-10.4
14	Sameh Ayad, Youssef	0	EGY	F	=21B	+5N	−3B	+10N	+27B	+6N	−1B	=7N	5.0	47.5	47.5	27.50	1652	0.0
15	Ahmed Ragab, Mohamed	1534	EGY	+41N	+32B	=10N	+25B	−6N	=12B	+13N	−3B	−8N	5.0	44.0	47.0	22.50	1490	-18.4
16	Islam Radwan, Omar	0	EGY	+13N	=5B	−25N	=21B	+22N	−7B	+28N	−8B	+30N	5.0	42.5	46.5	24.25	1406	0.0
17	Mohamed Anwar, Kasim	1458	EGY	+40N	−10B	−34N	+37B	+23N	+28B	+8N	−6B	−5N	5.0	40.0	43.0	21.50	1365	-18.4
18	Osama Abdel Hafiz, Obaida	0	EGY	=12N	−7B	+46N	−5B	+29B	+35N	=26B	−9N	+27B	5.0	39.5	40.5	17.50	1545	0.0
19	Youssef, Shenouda	0	EGY	−25N	−9B	+30N	−13B	+42N	+23B	+22N	−21B	+36N	5.0	38.0	41.0	20.50	658	0.0
20	Elsebahy, Yahia	1419	EGY	+31N	−8B	+40N	+36B	−27N	+38B	+12N	−10B	F	5.0	36.5	39.5	19.00	1352	-13.2
21	Ahmed Mabrouk, Aly	1488	EGY	+47B	=14N	−1B	=16N	−38B	+40N	+39B	+19N	F	5.0	36.5	36.5	16.00	936	-7.6
22	Mohamed Mostafa, Ammar	0	EGY	+?B	+2N	−6B	−33N	−16B	+44N	−19B	+39N	+29B	5.0	35.5	35.5	16.00	1422	0.0
23	Raymon, Michael	0	EGY	−27N	+13B	−12N	+?B	−17B	−19N	+32B	+43N	+38B	5.0	34.0	34.0	14.50	1289	0.0
24	Shnouda, Andrea	1612	EGY	+37N	+46B	+8N	+10B	−1N	=6B	−3N	−7B	F	4.5	46.0	47.0	19.00	1591	-8.4
25	Mark, Martin	1437	EGY	+19B	=1N	+16B	−15N	+35B	+33N	−4B	−5B	−11N	4.5	44.5	48.0	20.75	1511	+19.6
26	Bassem Medhat, Andrew	0	EGY	=7N	=12B	+32N	−8B	+40N	−3B	=18N	+28B	F	4.5	42.0	45.0	19.25	1426	0.0
27	Ahmed Ragae El Gebaly, Mohamed	1539	EGY	+23B	+44N	−4B	=11N	+20B	−14N	−7N	=13B	−18N	4.0	43.5	45.5	17.50	1485	-13.2
28	Mohamed Hamdi, Adam	0	EGY	+29B	−4N	+39B	−2N	+44B	−17N	−16B	−26N	+43B	4.0	37.0	39.0	11.00	785	0.0
29	Elya Shawky, Yousef	0	EGY	−28N	−34B	+41N	+42B	−18N	+30B	+38N	−12B	−22N	4.0	33.0	36.0	13.00	683	0.0
30	FIDE 555016855	0	—	−1B	−39N	−19B	+47N	+45B	−29N	+40B	+31N	−16B	4.0	33.0	33.0	8.50	936	0.0
31	FIDE 555017070	0	—	−20B	−11N	+43B	−38N	+?B	+37N	−35B	−30B	+40N	4.0	29.5	29.5	8.50	629	0.0
32	FIDE 555016820	0	—	+?B	−15N	−26B	−43N	−41N	+?B	−23N	+42N	+?B	4.0	22.5	22.5	3.00	734	0.0
33	Ahmed Abdel Haleem, Kareem	1487	EGY	+45N	+3B	−7N	+22B	=12N	−25B	−10N	F	F	3.5	40.5	42.0	16.25	1448	-12.8
34	Emad, Mark	0	EGY	−6B	+29N	+17B	=35N	−5N	−10B	+?B	F	−13N	3.5	39.5	39.5	10.75	1312	0.0
35	Sheiashaa, Omar	1438	EGY	−36N	+41B	+37N	=34B	−25N	−18B	+31N	−11B	F	3.5	33.0	36.0	12.25	637	-20.0
36	Sameh Tawadros, Patrick	0	EGY	+35B	−6N	+?B	−20N	−9B	−39N	=37B	+?N	−19B	3.5	31.5	31.5	5.25	1341	0.0
37	Mohamed Khalifa, Mohamed	0	EGY	−24B	+?N	−35B	−17N	F	−31B	=36N	+45B	+41N	3.5	26.0	26.0	6.25	703	0.0
38	Peter Boulos, Kevin	0	EGY	−8N	F	−2B	+31B	+21N	−20N	−29B	+41B	−23N	3.0	39.0	39.0	12.00	1323	0.0
39	Adel Awida, Mohamed	0	EGY	−5N	+30B	−28N	+46B	−13N	+36B	−21N	−22B	F	3.0	35.5	36.5	8.50	689	0.0
40	Ahmed Ali, Omar	0	EGY	−17B	+43N	−20B	+?N	−26B	−21B	−30N	+?N	−31B	3.0	29.5	29.5	2.00	655	0.0
41	Mark Ashraf, Mitchell	0	EGY	−15B	−35N	−29B	+?N	+32B	+?N	−9B	−38N	−37B	3.0	28.5	28.5	4.00	686	0.0
42	FIDE 555017002	0	—	−4B	+47N	−44B	−29N	−19B	−?N	+?N	−32B	+45N	3.0	23.0	23.0	1.50	884	0.0
43	FIDE 555017045	0	—	−3N	−40B	−31N	+32B	−?N	F	+44B	−23B	−28N	2.0	30.0	30.0	6.00	912	0.0
44	Aly Farouk, Omar	0	EGY	+?N	−27B	+42N	−12B	−28N	−22B	−43N	F	F	2.0	26.5	26.5	3.00	711	0.0
45	FIDE 54236932	0	—	−33B	−?N	+?B	−9N	−30N	F	=?B	−37N	−42B	1.5	19.5	19.5	0.00	687	0.0
46	FIDE 555017029	0	—	+?B	−24N	−18B	−39N	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	18.0	18.0	0.00	812	0.0
47	FIDE 555017061	0	—	−21N	−42B	−13N	−30B	−?B	F	F	F	F	0.0	21.0	21.0	0.00	669	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1George Samir, DanialEGY
+72.0
7.0 pts · #4
2Adel Mohamed, EyadEGY
+36.8
6.0 pts · #8
3Dwidar, YoussefEGY
+27.2
7.5 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Kazem, AsserEGY
-20.4
5.5 pts · #24
2Dawod, IbrahimEGY
-20.4
6.0 pts · #16
3Sheiashaa, OmarEGY
-20.0
3.5 pts · #36

Biggest upsets

R2+225 Elo gap
Ahmed Abdel Haleem, Kareem1487 beat Ahmed Mohamed, Mohab1712
R7+122 Elo gap
George Samir, Danial1615 beat Dwidar, Youssef1737