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National Youth Chess Championship GIRLS U12 2026

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22 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 1389, and top seed was Heaven Fady (🇪🇬 EGY, WCM, 1787).

Ghidaa Ahmed Mohamed (🇪🇬 EGY, 1677) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Heaven Fady (7.5) and Parthenia Melad Fikry (7.0). Ahmed Mohamed won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Parthenia Melad Fikry (1486) beat Nourseen Amr Abid (1700), a +214-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
🇪🇬WCMHeaven Fady1787
Avg top 10
1,389
Participants
22
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇪🇬Egypt×16
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
11
6
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Ahmed Mohamed takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (46.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WCM Heaven Fady lost to Ghidaa Ahmed Mohamed (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

WCM Heaven Fady 3 wins (R1–R3)Ghidaa Ahmed Mohamed 4 wins (R1–R4)Parthenia Melad Fikry 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ahmed Mohamed, Ghidaa1677EGY+9B+17N+6B+2B=3N=4N=5B+13N+7B7.546.049.039.001804+28.8
2Fady, HeavenWCM1787EGY+21B+14N+11B−1N+4B+15N=3N+8B+13B7.540.040.029.001788+5.2
3Melad Fikry, Parthenia1486EGY+?B+16N+4B+11N=1B+6N=2B+7N−5B7.045.045.031.0016450.0
4Amr Abid, Nourseen1700EGY+22N+5B−3N+19B−2N=1B+11N+6B+14N6.543.543.525.251745+6.8
5Ehab Kamel, Marina1437EGY+13B−4N+12B+10N−6B+16N=1N+9B+3N6.543.046.030.751357-11.6
6Ahmed, Nawras1485EGY+12N+19B−1N+7B+5N−3B−13B−4N+15B5.043.045.521.001489-0.8
7Ramy Hussein, Haya0EGY−11B+15N+16B−6N+17B+10N+8B−3B−1N5.039.042.018.5013260.0
8Moustafa, Arej1403EGY+15B−11NF+18B+13N+9B−7N−2N+12B5.036.539.518.50852-17.2
9Mohamed Khamis, Fatima0EGY−1N−10B+21B+14N+20B−8N+16B−5N+11B5.036.036.012.5014160.0
10Mohab Abd Elwahab, Rana0EGY−14B+9NF−5B=19N−7B+15B+12N+16N4.535.037.516.256260.0
11Ahmed Hassan, Farida1496EGY+7N+8B−2N−3B−15N+20N−4B+18B−9N4.042.044.015.001516-2.0
12FIDE 542974510—−6B+21N−5N−15B+?N+17B+18N−10B−8N4.030.030.06.006420.0
13Ahmed Ragae El Gebaly, Mareim0EGY−5NF=14B+17N−8B+19B+6N−1B−2N3.540.540.512.2513400.0
14Hawas, Nour1414EGY+10N−2B=13N−9B−16BF+19N+17N−4B3.535.535.511.75961-9.2
15Semon Mouneir, Reta0EGY−8N−7BF+12N+11B−2B−10N+20B−6N3.037.037.010.0013550.0
16Haitham Adel, Yara0EGYF−3B−7N+?B+14N−5B−9N+22N−10B3.031.531.53.5014260.0
17FIDE 5550168040—+20N−1B+18N−13B−7N−12N+21B−14BF3.028.528.55.007430.0
18FIDE 542361340—−19NF−17B−8N+21N+?B−12B−11N+20N3.020.520.52.006600.0
19Samir Fahmy, Clara0EGY+18B−6N+20B−4N=10B−13N−14BFF2.528.028.07.257450.0
20FIDE 542361770—−17B+?N−19N+22B−9N−11BF−15N−18B2.020.520.50.007170.0
21FIDE 5550167900—−2N−12B−9NF−18BF−17N−?BF0.022.522.50.009870.0
22FIDE 542877900—−4BFF−20NFF−?N−16BF0.015.015.00.009340.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
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