Basra International Championship 2026
30 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 06 Feb 2026 to 10 Feb 2026 in Basra, Iraq. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1813, and top seed was Sally Abbas Abdulzahra AL-ALI (🇮🇶 IRQ, WFM, 1923).
Ammar Imad Khaleel Alothman (🇮🇶 IRQ, 1877) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Kathan Mahmood Hayder (7.0) and Abdulkarim Khudhair Khudhair (6.5). Alothman took the lead from round 8.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Kazem Karim Mohammed (1639) beat Lueai Abdulwahid Bariq (1849), a +210-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsAmmar Imad Khaleel Alothman led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Kathan Mahmood Hayder takes the sole lead (6.0/7).
Ammar Imad Khaleel Alothman drew with Kathan Mahmood Hayder (White).
Ammar Imad Khaleel Alothman 4 wins (R6–R9)Kathan Mahmood Hayder 3 wins (R6–R9)Abdulkarim Khudhair Khudhair 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ammar Imad Khaleel Alothman | * | ½ | 1 | 0 |
| 2Kathan Mahmood Hayder | ½ | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3Abdulkarim Khudhair Khudhair | 0 | ½ | * | 1 |
| 4Hamzia Abbas Mohammed | 1 | 0 | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ammar Imad Khaleel Alothman | 1877 | IRQ | +28N | =2B | +7N | +21B | −4N | +11B | +3B | +5N | +10N | 7.5 | 44.5 | 46.5 | 37.00 | 1979 | +16.2 |
| 2 | Hayder, Kathan Mahmood | 1676 | IRQ | +27B | =1N | +5B | +25N | =3B | +14N | +4B | F | +6N | 7.0 | 43.5 | 45.5 | 33.50 | 2045 | +55.0 |
| 3 | Khudhair, Abdulkarim Khudhair | 1766 | IRQ | +10N | +23B | +8N | +4B | =2N | +21B | −1N | −6B | +9N | 6.5 | 44.5 | 47.5 | 31.00 | 2016 | +88.0 |
| 4 | Mohammed , Hamzia Abbas | 1829 | IRQ | +26B | +15N | +9B | −3N | +1B | +8B | −2N | +14N | −5B | 6.0 | 46.0 | 48.5 | 29.00 | 1856 | +6.4 |
| 5 | Aws, Riadh Falah | 1704 | IRQ | +18N | −8B | −2N | +22B | +10N | +23B | +12N | −1B | +4N | 6.0 | 43.0 | 46.0 | 26.50 | 1712 | +0.8 |
| 6 | Mohamed, Emad Youssef | 0 | IRQ | −17N | +20B | +28N | −11B | +18N | +9N | =8B | +3N | −2B | 5.5 | 40.5 | 42.5 | 24.00 | 1719 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Al -Rubaye, Hasan Abed Shahwaz | 1870 | IRQ | +30B | −21N | −1B | +29N | −12B | +25N | +16B | =15N | +14B | 5.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 14.25 | 1727 | -18.0 |
| 8 | Alalwan, Sajjad Abbas Khudhair | 1898 | IRQ | +12B | +5N | −3B | +15N | +9B | −4N | =6N | F | =11B | 5.0 | 46.0 | 50.5 | 25.75 | 1824 | -10.6 |
| 9 | AL-ALI, Sally Abbas AbdulzahraWFM | 1923 | IRQ | +13N | +11B | −4N | +23B | −8N | −6B | +19N | +12B | −3B | 5.0 | 42.0 | 45.0 | 22.00 | 1702 | -29.0 |
| 10 | Hussein, Ayad Kazim | 0 | IRQ | −3B | +16N | −15B | +27N | −5B | +13B | +23N | +17N | −1B | 5.0 | 40.5 | 42.5 | 18.00 | 1589 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Ali Abbas, Abdulzahra | 1737 | IRQ | +29B | −9N | +12B | +6N | =14B | −1N | F | +21B | =8N | 5.0 | 40.0 | 41.0 | 19.75 | 1721 | -2.8 |
| 12 | Adam, Mohammed Khaled | 0 | IRQ | −8N | +18B | −11N | +19B | +7N | +17B | −5B | −9N | +15B | 5.0 | 39.0 | 43.0 | 22.00 | 1726 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Abbas, Mohammed Abdul Amir | 0 | IRQ | −9B | +14N | −27B | −16N | +26B | −10N | +25B | +29N | +18B | 5.0 | 29.5 | 30.5 | 14.50 | 1812 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Batool Oleiwi Abed | 1606 | IRQ | +24N | −13B | +22N | +17B | =11N | −2B | +21N | −4B | −7N | 4.5 | 39.5 | 42.5 | 16.50 | 1681 | +21.2 |
| 15 | Mujtaba, Mazin Adel | 1642 | IRQ | +19N | −4B | +10N | −8B | −21N | +22B | +20N | =7B | −12N | 4.5 | 38.0 | 41.5 | 19.25 | 1493 | -24.8 |
| 16 | FIDE 4849540 | 0 | — | −23N | −10B | +20N | +13B | −22N | +18B | −7N | −19B | +28N | 4.0 | 34.0 | 36.0 | 15.00 | 955 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Mustafa, Firas Fathi | 1656 | IRQ | +6B | −25N | +26B | −14N | +27B | −12N | F | −10B | +19N | 4.0 | 34.0 | 36.0 | 14.00 | 927 | -32.8 |
| 18 | FIDE 4848497 | 0 | — | −5B | −12N | +24B | +26N | −6B | −16N | +28N | +23B | −13N | 4.0 | 34.0 | 36.0 | 10.50 | 1672 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 4849531 | 0 | — | −15B | −26N | +30B | −12N | +29B | +24N | −9B | +16N | −17B | 4.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 8.00 | 940 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 4849493 | 0 | — | −25B | −6N | −16B | +30N | +24B | +27N | −15B | −22N | +29B | 4.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 6.00 | 946 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Mousa Mazin Adil | 1661 | IRQ | +22N | +7B | =25B | −1N | +15B | −3N | −14B | −11N | F | 3.5 | 40.0 | 42.5 | 14.75 | 1662 | -3.2 |
| 22 | FIDE 4842790 | 0 | — | −21B | +30N | −14B | −5N | +16B | −15N | =26B | +20B | −24N | 3.5 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 9.25 | 853 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Mohammed, Kazem Karim | 1639 | IRQ | +16B | −3N | +29B | −9N | +25B | −5N | −10B | −18N | F | 3.0 | 36.5 | 37.5 | 7.50 | 1617 | -5.2 |
| 24 | FIDE 4849558 | 0 | — | −14B | −29N | −18N | +28B | −20N | −19B | F | +27N | +22B | 3.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 7.50 | 805 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Bariq, Lueai Abdulwahid | 1849 | IRQ | +20N | +17B | =21N | −2B | −23N | −7B | −13N | −28B | −26N | 2.5 | 34.5 | 36.5 | 9.75 | 1551 | -39.2 |
| 26 | Dina, Rafid Ahmed | 0 | IRQ | −4N | +19B | −17N | −18B | −13N | −28B | =22N | F | +25B | 2.5 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 8.25 | 1653 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 4849523 | 0 | — | −2N | +28B | +13N | −10B | −17N | −20B | F | −24B | F | 2.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 7.00 | 866 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 4849477 | 0 | — | −1B | −27N | −6B | −24N | F | +26N | −18B | +25N | −16B | 2.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 5.00 | 1863 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 4849515 | 0 | — | −11N | +24B | −23N | −7B | −19N | F | F | −13B | −20N | 1.0 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 3.00 | 949 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 4849485 | 0 | — | −7N | −22B | −19N | −20B | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 0.00 | 1070 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Khudhair, Abdulkarim KhudhairIRQ+88.06.5 pts · #1
- 2Hayder, Kathan MahmoodIRQ+55.07.0 pts · #3
- 3Batool Oleiwi AbedIRQ+21.24.5 pts · #10
- 1Bariq, Lueai AbdulwahidIRQ-39.22.5 pts · #16
- 2Mustafa, Firas FathiIRQ-32.84.0 pts · #27
- 3AL-ALI, Sally Abbas AbdulzahraWFMIRQ-29.05.0 pts · #13
- R5+210 Elo gap
- R2+209 Elo gap
- R4+173 Elo gap