Baghdad Golden Standard Chess Tournament 2026

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46 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 06 Feb 2026 to 10 Feb 2026 in Bagdad, Iraq. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1904, and top seed was Ali Firas Qassim (🇮🇶 IRQ, 2041).

BAQER HAMEED KHALAF AL-MUSAWI (🇮🇶 IRQ, CM, 2030) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Salem Hatam Taleb (7.0) and Ali Firas Qassim (6.5). AL-MUSAWI took the lead from round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Noori Qambir Sabah (1536) beat Bashar Salim Ali (1798), a +262-point gap.

Location

🇮🇶Bagdad, Iraq

Dates

06 Feb 2026 → 10 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 70 minutes for the game with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇶Ali Firas Qassim2041

Avg top 10

1,904

Participants

Titled players · 2

CM×2

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇶Iraq×41

Top 3

🥇
CMBAQER HAMEED KHALAF AL-MUSAWI
🇮🇶IRQ·2030
7.5pts·2113perf+37.2
🥈
Salem Hatam Taleb
🇮🇶IRQ·1948
7.0pts·2034perf+20.8
🥉
Ali Firas Qassim
🇮🇶IRQ·2041
6.5pts·1998perf-4.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

CM BAQER HAMEED KHALAF AL-MUSAWI led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

AL-MUSAWI7.5Taleb7Qassim6.5Ali6.5Ammar6.5Esam6— ex-leaders:Ameenled R4, #8

R7 · LEADER CHANGE09 Feb

Salem Hatam Taleb takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM BAQER HAMEED KHALAF AL-MUSAWI beat Salem Hatam Taleb (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM BAQER HAMEED KHALAF AL-MUSAWI 3 wins (R7–R9)Salem Hatam Taleb 4 wins (R4–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1CMBAQER HAMEED KHALAF AL-MUSAWI	*	1	½	1
2Salem Hatam Taleb	0	*	—	—
3Ali Firas Qassim	½	—	*	—
4Wassam Hatam Ali	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	BAQER HAMEED KHALAF AL-MUSAWICM	2030	IRQ	+26N	+4B	=6N	=10B	+25N	=3B	+9N	+2B	+7B	7.5	47.0	51.0	42.00	2113	+37.2
2	Taleb, Salem Hatam	1948	IRQ	+33B	+30N	−9B	+37N	+14B	+10N	+13B	−1N	+6B	7.0	42.0	45.0	32.00	2034	+20.8
3	Ali Firas Qassim	2041	IRQ	+5B	=10N	+14B	+19N	=13B	=1N	+17B	−7N	+9B	6.5	45.5	50.0	35.00	1998	-4.6
4	Ali, Wassam Hatam	1712	IRQ	+42B	−1N	=5B	+20N	+19B	+18B	−6N	+17B	+10N	6.5	43.5	45.5	28.75	1876	+60.0
5	Ammar, Abdulrazaq Sakran	1599	IRQ	−3N	+44B	=4N	−11N	+20B	+34B	+27N	+18B	+15N	6.5	40.0	41.5	26.25	1763	+39.2
6	Esam, Naama Lafta	1863	IRQ	+22B	+18N	=1B	=9N	+29B	−17N	+4B	+13N	−2N	6.0	45.0	49.0	31.00	1928	+17.0
7	Saeed Abbas Kadhim	1928	IRQ	+8N	+39B	+25N	−13N	−9B	+29N	+14B	+3B	−1N	6.0	43.5	46.5	28.50	1946	+7.4
8	Sabah, Noori Qambir	1536	IRQ	−7B	−12N	+36B	+42N	−21B	+32N	+23B	+30N	+14B	6.0	37.0	39.0	23.00	1840	+37.8
9	Yousif, Mustafa Abdulrazzaq	1845	IRQ	+35N	+15B	+2N	=6B	+7N	=13N	−1B	=10B	−3N	5.5	48.5	52.0	29.75	1935	+24.2
10	Ghaith, Ahmed Natiq	1788	IRQ	+46B	=3B	+27N	=1N	+11B	−2B	+25N	=9N	−4B	5.5	46.5	47.0	23.75	1883	+16.8
11	Samer, Barakat Salim	1804	IRQ	=27N	−43B	+35N	+5B	−10N	−26B	+36N	+28B	+19N	5.5	35.5	37.5	24.00	1693	-12.6
12	Ihab, Ayad Khanfas	0	IRQ	−37N	+8B	−15N	+38B	+40N	−25B	+39N	=19B	+17N	5.5	33.0	35.5	21.25	1686	0.0
13	Ameen, Mohamed Edan	1976	IRQ	+34N	+37B	+17N	+7B	=3N	=9B	−2N	−6B	F	5.0	43.0	46.0	23.00	1925	-16.4
14	Ali, Bashar Salim	1798	IRQ	+38N	+28B	−3N	+15B	−2N	+39B	−7N	+21B	−8N	5.0	42.0	45.0	19.50	1720	-29.6
15	Al Hasan Dhamir Jabar Al Yhya	1640	IRQ	+45B	−9N	+12B	−14N	+33B	−30N	+22B	+29N	−5B	5.0	38.5	39.5	18.50	1638	-1.4
16	Sohaib, Omar Natiq	0	IRQ	−31B	−20N	+24B	−33N	+42B	−22N	+37B	+41N	+29B	5.0	30.5	32.5	16.00	1549	0.0
17	Kashush, H. Abdul KareemCM	1807	IRQ	+20B	+21N	−13B	=18N	+23B	+6B	−3N	−4N	−12B	4.5	43.0	47.5	21.75	1797	-2.4
18	Mustafa, Manhal Mustafakamel	1658	IRQ	+32N	−6B	+28N	=17B	+37B	−4N	+30B	−5N	F	4.5	39.5	42.5	17.25	1687	+7.2
19	Ali, Jasim Mohammed	1674	IRQ	=41B	+23N	+43B	−3B	−4N	+21N	=26B	=12N	−11B	4.5	39.5	41.5	17.00	1685	-1.2
20	Abdul, Kareem Firas Abdulqader	0	IRQ	−17N	+16B	=39N	−4B	−5N	+40B	+42N	=27B	=21N	4.5	36.5	38.5	15.25	1444	0.0
21	Muqtada, Nije Jassm	1647	IRQ	+40N	−17B	+34N	−25B	+8N	−19B	+28N	−14N	=20B	4.5	36.0	38.5	18.25	1483	-39.6
22	Hasan, Abdulkareem Hasan	1535	IRQ	−6N	−40B	+32N	=34B	=28N	+16B	−15N	+38B	=35N	4.5	34.0	36.5	17.50	1387	-22.8
23	Abdullah, Nazar Qasim	1681	IRQ	=43N	−19B	+41N	+26B	−17N	F	−8N	+36B	+33N	4.5	32.0	34.0	14.50	1553	-35.2
24	FIDE 4849310	0	—	−25N	−34B	−16N	=44B	−41N	+46B	+45N	+40B	+27N	4.5	24.0	24.5	8.75	1001	0.0
25	Al-Turaihi, Dhari Satea Saeed	1801	IRQ	+24B	+31N	−7B	+21N	−1B	+12N	−10B	F	F	4.0	41.5	41.5	18.50	1731	-10.0
26	Hussein, Nori Mohammed	1568	IRQ	−1B	+42N	=30B	−23N	+36B	+11N	=19N	F	F	4.0	38.5	40.5	15.25	1710	+32.0
27	Abdulrahman, Qahtan Sagban	0	IRQ	=11B	+41N	−10B	−30N	+31B	+33N	−5B	=20N	−24B	4.0	38.0	40.5	15.00	1633	0.0
28	Hussein, Salim Thajil	0	IRQ	+29B	−14N	−18B	=31N	=22B	+37N	−21B	−11N	+38B	4.0	35.0	38.0	14.25	1597	0.0
29	Khalid, Munshid Naser	1710	IRQ	−28N	+46B	+38N	+40B	−6N	−7B	+35N	−15B	−16N	4.0	35.0	35.5	9.50	1534	-36.4
30	Yousif, Osamah Yas	1787	IRQ	+44N	−2B	=26N	+27B	=39N	+15B	−18N	−8B	F	4.0	35.0	35.0	14.00	1542	-77.2
31	Ahmed, Ayad Ali	1624	IRQ	+16N	−25B	−40N	=28B	−27N	+41B	+34N	=35B	F	4.0	31.0	33.5	14.75	1447	-18.8
32	Mustafa, Mohammed Nayef	0	IRQ	−18B	−33N	−22B	+46N	+45B	−8B	−38N	+42B	+37N	4.0	27.5	28.0	6.50	1353	0.0
33	Hasan, Khalid Saleh	1542	IRQ	−2N	+32B	−37N	+16B	−15N	−27B	=40N	+34B	−23B	3.5	36.0	38.5	13.75	939	-41.6
34	Suhail, Sallam Hassan	0	IRQ	−13B	+24N	−21B	=22N	+38B	−5N	−31B	−33N	+45B	3.5	35.5	36.5	10.75	1253	0.0
35	Mohammed, Falah Hasan	1478	IRQ	−9B	=36N	−11B	+45N	+43B	F	−29B	=31N	=22B	3.5	33.5	34.5	9.00	1463	-6.4
36	Nahar, Hayder Taha	0	IRQ	−39N	=35B	−8N	+41B	−26N	+43N	−11B	−23N	+42B	3.5	31.0	33.0	8.25	1219	0.0
37	Ali, Hussein Nasser	1695	IRQ	+12B	−13N	+33B	−2B	−18N	−28B	−16N	+45N	−32B	3.0	38.5	39.5	10.00	1588	-24.4
38	FIDE 4849329	0	—	−14B	+45N	−29B	−12N	−34N	+44B	+32B	−22N	−28N	3.0	32.0	33.0	6.50	881	0.0
39	Ali Najib kadhim	1653	IRQ	+36B	−7N	=20B	+43N	=30B	−14N	−12B	F	F	3.0	30.5	30.5	9.75	1565	-12.0
40	Omar, Ahmed Mezban	0	IRQ	−21B	+22N	+31B	−29N	−12B	−20N	=33B	−24N	F	2.5	35.0	35.0	10.25	1611	0.0
41	Mohammed, Qasim Erhain	0	IRQ	=19N	−27B	−23B	−36N	+24B	−31N	+46N	−16B	F	2.5	30.5	30.5	7.25	1386	0.0
42	FIDE 4849345	0	—	−4N	−26B	+46N	−8B	−16N	+45B	−20B	−32N	−36N	2.0	34.5	35.0	1.50	805	0.0
43	Mohammed, Ahmed Muwafaq	0	IRQ	=23B	+11N	−19N	−39B	−35N	−36B	=44N	F	F	2.0	26.0	26.0	8.50	1509	0.0
44	Ameer, Mushtaq Abdulmuttaleb	0	IRQ	−30B	−5N	−45B	=24N	=46B	−38N	=43B	F	F	1.5	21.5	21.5	3.50	893	0.0
45	FIDE 4849051	0	—	−15N	−38B	+44N	−35B	−32N	−42N	−24B	−37B	−34N	1.0	28.5	30.0	1.50	804	0.0
46	FIDE 4849337	0	—	−10N	−29N	−42B	−32B	=44N	−24N	−41B	F	F	0.5	24.0	24.0	0.75	949	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ali, Wassam HatamIRQ
+60.0
6.5 pts · #7
2Ammar, Abdulrazaq SakranIRQ
+39.2
6.5 pts · #19
3Sabah, Noori QambirIRQ
+37.8
6.0 pts · #14

Top rating losers

1Yousif, Osamah YasIRQ
-77.2
4.0 pts · #25
2Hasan, Khalid SalehIRQ
-41.6
3.5 pts · #45
3Muqtada, Nije JassmIRQ
-39.6
4.5 pts · #30

Biggest upsets

R9+262 Elo gap
Sabah, Noori Qambir1536 beat Ali, Bashar Salim1798
R8+251 Elo gap
Sabah, Noori Qambir1536 beat Yousif, Osamah Yas1787
R6+236 Elo gap
Hussein, Nori Mohammed1568 beat Samer, Barakat Salim1804