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National Youth Chess Championship GIRLS U16 2026

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14 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 31 Jan 2026 to 07 Feb 2026 in Cairo, Egypt. Top 10 Elo average was 1077, and top seed was Raghad Alaa Eldin (🇪🇬 EGY, 1739).

Raghad Alaa Eldin (🇪🇬 EGY, 1739) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Asel Moustafa (7.0) and Retal Abdel-Rehim Ahmed (6.0). Alaa Eldin took the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Sama Hafez (1434) beat Salma Ahmed Abdel Hameid (1599), a +165-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
🇪🇬Raghad Alaa Eldin1739
Avg top 10
1,077
Participants
14
Federations · 1 represented
🇪🇬Egypt×12
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
5
3
1
3
1
1
1
2
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Ahmed Mabrouk takes leadAlaa Eldin takes lead
Alaa Eldin7Moustafa7Abdel-Rehim Ahmed6Sharif Mohamed5Ahmed Mabrouk5Mohab Abd Elwahab4.5— ex-leaders:Abdel-Rehim Ahmedled R3, #9
R5 · LEADER CHANGE31 Jan

Nour Ahmed Mabrouk takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Alaa Eldin takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (41.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Raghad Alaa Eldin beat Asel Moustafa (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Raghad Alaa Eldin*
1
½
½
2Asel Moustafa
0
*
1
1
3Retal Abdel-Rehim Ahmed
½
0
*
1
4Jana Sharif Mohamed
½
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Alaa Eldin, Raghad1739EGYF+7B+9N=3N+2B+6N+5B=4N+8B7.041.045.035.001908+32.4
2Moustafa, Asel1514EGY+13B+6NF+4B−1N+11B+7N+3B+5N7.037.037.030.001769+63.2
3Abdel-Rehim Ahmed, Retal1561EGY+14N+4B=7N=1B−5N+10B+6B−2N+12B6.039.539.521.751353-44.0
4Sharif Mohamed, Jana0EGY+5B−3N+11B−2N−12B+13N+10N=1B=6N5.039.041.019.7515370.0
5Ahmed Mabrouk, Nour1462EGY−4N+14B+13N+10B+3B+12N−1N−6B−2B5.038.038.014.501556+18.8
6Mohab Abd Elwahab, Reem0EGYF−2B+8N+9B+7N−1B−3N+5N=4B4.543.043.020.5015590.0
7Ahmed Hamed, Farah1456EGY+10B−1N=3B+14N−6B+9N−2B−8N+11B4.540.040.014.001420-15.2
8Hafez, Sama1434EGYF+11N−6B−12N=13B+14N+9B+7B−1N4.534.534.512.501650+43.6
9Ahmed Abdel Hameid, Salma1599EGY+11B+12N−1B−6N−10N−7B−8N+14B+13N4.032.032.07.501321-58.0
10Mohamed Kamal, Layan0EGY−7NF+12B−5N+9B−3N−4B+11B+14N4.030.030.09.5013300.0
11FIDE 542974000—−9N−8B−4N+13B+14B−2N+12B−10N−7N3.033.533.54.5012470.0
12Aly Farouk, Farida0EGYF−9B−10N+8B+4N−5B−11N=13B−3N2.533.533.510.5013450.0
13Ahmed Ragab, Hana0EGY−2NF−5B−11N=8N−4B+14B=12N−9B2.031.031.03.501180-40.8
14FIDE 5550168470—−3B−5NF−7B−11N−8B−13N−9N−10B0.033.033.00.006900.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets