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National Youth Chess Championship Open U08 2026

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18 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 31 Jan 2026 to 07 Feb 2026 in Cairo, Egypt. Top 10 Elo average was 289, and top seed was Abdelaziz Ahmed Abdelaziz (🇪🇬 EGY, 1510).

Zeineldin Mahmoud Sameir (🇪🇬 EGY, 0) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Ziad Amr Hashad (7.0) and Mohab Ahmed Assem (6.5). Mahmoud Sameir shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

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
Avg top 10
289
Participants
18
Federations · 1 represented
🇪🇬Egypt×9
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Zeineldin Mahmoud Sameir led from R5; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
18
9
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

Zeineldin Mahmoud Sameir never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Zeineldin Mahmoud Sameir drew with Ziad Amr Hashad (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Zeineldin Mahmoud Sameir 5+3 wins (R1–R5, R7–R9)Ziad Amr Hashad 4 wins (R2–R5)Mohab Ahmed Assem 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mahmoud Sameir, Zeineldin0EGY+?B+?N+?B+?N+4B=2N+6B+3N+5B8.531.531.528.0015260.0
2Amr Hashad, Ziad0EGYF+10B+6N+?N+3B=1B=5N+?N+4B7.038.038.030.7515260.0
3Ahmed Assem, Mohab1455EGY+18B+8N+16B+4N2N=5B+9N1B+7N6.546.546.528.002232+18.8
4Mahmoud Shabana, Malek1432EGY+14N+17B+7N3B1N+11B+13N+10B2N6.047.048.526.50655-18.8
5Hossam Arafa, Amr0EGY+?N13B+?N+7B+10N=3N=2B+?B1N6.037.537.517.7514550.0
6FIDE 542738110+?B+?N2B+8N+?B+?N1N7B+11N6.032.032.010.5015300.0
7Ahmed Mohamed, Zain0EGY+?B+?N4B5N+?B+?N+8B+6N3B6.030.030.011.506440.0
8FIDE 5550168710+?N3B+17N6B+16N=13B7N+?N+14B5.531.031.010.256550.0
9Walid Hussein, Hamza0EGY+?B?N+?B+?N?B+14N3B=13N+15B5.519.019.010.256830.0
10Anas Ahmed, Mazen0EGY+?B2N+?B+16N5B+?N+?B4N?B5.021.021.02.006710.0
11FIDE 5550093100+?B?N?B+?N+?B4N+?B+?N6B5.012.012.00.006710.0
12FIDE 542937580?B+?N?B15N+?B+?N+?B+?NF5.08.08.00.007100.0
13Ahmed Ali, Yahya0EGY+?B+5N?B+?N=14B=8N4B=9BF4.532.532.513.756710.0
14FIDE 55501694404B=?N+?B+?N=13N9B+?B=15N8N4.525.025.04.006320.0
15FIDE 5550169280?B?NF+12B+?N+?N?B=14B9N3.515.015.07.257100.0
16FIDE 542890680+?N+?B3N10B8BF?NFF2.017.017.00.006550.0
17FIDE 5550138990+?B4N8B?N=?B?N?BFF1.511.511.50.006320.0
18FIDE 55501688003N?B?N?B?NF?BFF0.08.08.00.006550.0

Key insights

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