National Youth Chess Championship Open U10 2026
Open SwissStandard
43 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 31 Jan 2026 to 07 Feb 2026 in Cairo, Egypt. Top 10 Elo average was 1590, and top seed was Hamza Ahmed Ezaat (🇪🇬 EGY, 1674).
Hamza Ahmed Ezaat (🇪🇬 EGY, 1674) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Chris Shady Medhat (7.0) and Abdallah Hossam Mostafa (7.0). Ahmed Ezaat shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Iskander Waseem (1446) beat Yunis Ibrahim Nael (1634), a +188-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
Federations · 1 represented
🇪🇬Egypt×30
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 3 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R6 · LEADER CHANGE01 Feb
Yehia Islam Elsayed takes the sole lead (5.5/6).
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 7.0/9. Ahmed Ezaat takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (50.0).
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Hamza Ahmed Ezaat drew with Abdallah Hossam Mostafa (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hamza Ahmed Ezaat | * | ½ | ½ | 1 |
| 2Abdallah Hossam Mostafa | ½ | * | — | 0 |
| 3Chris Shady Medhat | ½ | — | * | 1 |
| 4Yehia Islam Elsayed | 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 | Ahmed Ezaat, Hamza | 1674 | EGY | +41B | +8N | +7B | =11N | =3B | =2N | +12B | +5N | =6B | 7.0 | 50.0 | 52.0 | 39.00 | 1729 | +22.8 |
| 2 | Shady Medhat, Chris | 1599 | EGY | +20N | +33B | −6N | +17B | +9N | =1B | +4N | =21B | +5B | 7.0 | 47.0 | 50.0 | 37.75 | 1619 | +5.6 |
| 3 | Hossam Mostafa, Abdallah | 1642 | EGY | +32N | +30B | +24N | +6B | =1N | =4B | −5B | +12N | +11N | 7.0 | 45.0 | 48.5 | 35.25 | 1720 | +29.6 |
| 4 | Salah, Yassin | 1634 | EGY | +42B | +10N | =5B | +21N | +11B | =3N | −2B | +7N | =9B | 6.5 | 48.5 | 50.5 | 33.75 | 1667 | +10.4 |
| 5 | Islam Elsayed, Yehia | 1516 | EGY | +37N | +28B | =4N | +12B | +24N | +6B | +3N | −1B | −2N | 6.5 | 47.5 | 50.5 | 33.25 | 1695 | +69.2 |
| 6 | Waseem, Iskander | 1446 | EGY | +40B | +34N | +2B | −3N | +14B | −5N | +25N | +8B | =1N | 6.5 | 46.0 | 48.0 | 31.00 | 1638 | +60.4 |
| 7 | Mohamed Elshawy, Omar | 1529 | EGY | +9N | +31B | −1N | +20B | =8N | =11B | +13N | −4B | +21N | 6.0 | 46.0 | 49.5 | 30.25 | 1518 | -4.0 |
| 8 | Kamel, Mohanad | 1420 | EGY | +26B | −1B | +15N | +23N | =7B | =14N | +24B | −6N | +17N | 6.0 | 43.5 | 47.5 | 28.25 | 1557 | +42.4 |
| 9 | Moustafa Nassef, Malek | 0 | EGY | −7B | +?N | +34B | +13N | −2B | +19N | =11N | +18B | =4N | 6.0 | 43.5 | 43.5 | 24.50 | 1518 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Sameh Mohamed, Abdallah | 0 | EGY | +39N | −4B | +31N | +?B | −12N | −25B | +29N | +26B | +16N | 6.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 19.00 | 826 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Ahmed Yahia, Magdy | 1507 | EGY | +18B | +25N | +14B | =1B | −4N | =7N | =9B | +15N | −3B | 5.5 | 48.0 | 52.0 | 29.00 | 1605 | +31.2 |
| 12 | Elsayed Ali, Khaled | 1617 | EGY | +43B | +17N | =21B | −5N | +10B | +15N | −1N | −3B | +22N | 5.5 | 45.5 | 47.5 | 24.75 | 1413 | -54.8 |
| 13 | Mahmoud Alqadi, Ammar | 1416 | EGY | −31N | +16N | +18B | −9B | +35N | +26N | −7B | =23N | +30B | 5.5 | 37.5 | 40.5 | 22.75 | 729 | -14.0 |
| 14 | Ibrahim Nael, Yunis | 1634 | EGY | +38N | +36B | −11N | +27B | −6N | =8B | −18N | +39B | +23N | 5.5 | 37.5 | 40.0 | 20.00 | 1187 | -67.2 |
| 15 | Ibrahim Nael, Yasin | 1517 | EGY | =16B | +19N | −8B | +25N | +33B | −12B | +22N | −11B | =18N | 5.0 | 40.5 | 43.5 | 21.50 | 1298 | -45.2 |
| 16 | Mohamed Saeed, Marwan | 0 | EGY | =15N | −13B | +22N | =30B | +17N | −24B | +27B | +19N | −10B | 5.0 | 39.0 | 42.5 | 22.75 | 1384 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Ayman, Aly | 0 | EGY | +?N | −12B | +28N | −2N | −16B | +35B | +40N | +24N | −8B | 5.0 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 13.00 | 1349 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Tharwat Gamil, Mikhael | 0 | EGY | −11N | +?B | −13N | =22B | +?N | +30B | +14B | −9N | =15B | 5.0 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 13.75 | 1432 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Mark Magdy, Andy | 1421 | EGY | −33N | −15B | +38N | +31B | +40N | −9B | +20N | −16B | +26N | 5.0 | 34.5 | 36.5 | 17.50 | 717 | -14.8 |
| 20 | FIDE 555003001 | 0 | — | −2B | +35N | +?B | −7N | −25B | +34N | −19B | +40N | +28B | 5.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 12.00 | 716 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Tamer Elsayed Amin, Omar | 1461 | EGY | F | +22B | =12N | −4B | =30N | +29N | +23B | =2N | −7B | 4.5 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 21.00 | 1402 | -10.8 |
| 22 | Ahmed Abdelkawy, Yamen | 0 | EGY | +27B | −21N | −16B | =18N | +39B | +33N | −15B | +38N | −12B | 4.5 | 35.0 | 37.5 | 15.00 | 731 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Mohamed Almasrawy, Salah | 0 | EGY | +?N | −24B | +41N | −8B | +32N | +36B | −21N | =13B | −14B | 4.5 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 11.25 | 1126 | 0.0 |
| 24 | George Fatten Fawzy, Carlos | 1533 | EGY | +29B | +23N | −3B | +26N | −5B | +16N | −8N | −17B | F | 4.0 | 42.0 | 46.0 | 17.50 | 726 | -60.8 |
| 25 | Ahmed Abdel Haleim, Yassein | 0 | EGY | +?N | −11B | +32N | −15B | +20N | +10N | −6B | F | F | 4.0 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 14.50 | 693 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Bassem Khairy, Pola | 0 | EGY | −8N | +38B | +36N | −24B | +41N | −13B | +32N | −10N | −19B | 4.0 | 36.0 | 38.0 | 11.50 | 647 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Mohamed Rateb, Adam | 0 | EGY | −22N | +37B | F | −14N | −29B | +31B | −16N | +35B | +36N | 4.0 | 31.5 | 34.0 | 12.50 | 834 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 555013821 | 0 | — | +?B | −5N | −17B | −29N | +37B | =41N | +?N | =36B | −20N | 4.0 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 5.50 | 716 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 555017223 | 0 | — | −24N | +?B | −?N | +28B | +27N | −21B | −10B | −34N | +40B | 4.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 10.00 | 695 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Mohamed Ahmed, Abd Elrahman | 0 | EGY | +35B | −3N | =33B | =16N | =21B | −18N | +?B | F | −13N | 3.5 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 9.25 | 1233 | 0.0 |
| 31 | El Lakkany, Rashed | 0 | EGY | +13B | −7N | −10B | −19N | +42B | −27N | −34B | +43B | =32N | 3.5 | 35.0 | 37.0 | 11.25 | 1330 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Tamer, Anas | 0 | EGY | −3B | +40N | −25B | +34N | −23B | =?N | −26B | =33N | =31B | 3.5 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 8.25 | 843 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Girgis Aelia, Philopater | 0 | EGY | +19B | −2N | =30N | +?B | −15N | −22B | −36N | =32B | F | 3.0 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 8.50 | 1387 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 555009808 | 0 | — | F | −6B | −9N | −32B | +43N | −20B | +31N | +29B | F | 3.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 9.50 | 654 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 555017118 | 0 | — | −30N | −20B | F | +42N | −13B | −17N | +37B | −27N | +41B | 3.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 7.00 | 616 | 0.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 555017177 | 0 | — | +?B | −14N | −26B | =39N | F | −23N | +33B | =28N | −27B | 3.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 6.25 | 834 | 0.0 |
| 37 | FIDE 555017134 | 0 | — | −5B | −27N | −42B | +38B | −28N | +?B | −35N | +?N | F | 3.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 3.00 | 716 | 0.0 |
| 38 | FIDE 54297133 | 0 | — | −14B | −26N | −19B | −37N | +?N | +?B | F | −22B | +?N | 3.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 0.00 | 727 | 0.0 |
| 39 | FIDE 555017193 | 0 | — | −10B | +42N | F | =36B | −22N | F | +41B | −14N | F | 2.5 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 5.50 | 834 | 0.0 |
| 40 | FIDE 555017169 | 0 | — | −6N | −32B | +?N | F | −19B | +?N | −17B | −20B | −29N | 2.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 0.00 | 637 | 0.0 |
| 41 | FIDE 555017207 | 0 | — | −1N | F | −23B | +?N | −26B | =28B | −39N | =?B | −35N | 2.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 2.00 | 874 | 0.0 |
| 42 | FIDE 54294495 | 0 | — | −4N | −39B | +37N | −35B | −31N | +43B | F | F | F | 2.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 5.00 | 834 | 0.0 |
| 43 | FIDE 54295149 | 0 | — | −12N | F | F | +?B | −34B | −42N | +?B | −31N | F | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.00 | 817 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Islam Elsayed, YehiaEGY+69.26.5 pts · #3
- 2Waseem, IskanderEGY+60.46.5 pts · #5
- 3Kamel, MohanadEGY+42.46.0 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Ibrahim Nael, YunisEGY-67.25.5 pts · #19
- 2George Fatten Fawzy, CarlosEGY-60.84.0 pts · #33
- 3Elsayed Ali, KhaledEGY-54.85.5 pts · #12
Biggest upsets
- R5+188 Elo gap
- R3+153 Elo gap
- R3+127 Elo gap