Smouha International Ramadan Championship
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55 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 07 Mar 2026 to 13 Mar 2026 in Alex, Egypt. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2076, and top seed was Ahmed Mokhtar (🇪🇬 EGY, 2259).
Saiid A. Naby (🇪🇬 EGY, 2105) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Ahmed Mokhtar (5.0) and Badr Mohamed Anwar (5.0). Naby took the lead from round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Rawda Ahmed Gaber (1447) beat Mohamed Adel Bakheet (1759), a +312-point gap.
Location
🇪🇬Alex, Egypt
Dates
07 Mar 2026 → 13 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Titled players · 2
WIM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇪🇬Egypt×55
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsSaiid A. Naby led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R4 · LEADER CHANGE10 Mar
Saiid A. Naby takes the sole lead (3.5/4).
R4–R7 · WIN STREAK
Badr Mohamed Anwar won 4 in a row (R4–R7).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Saiid A. Naby | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2Ahmed Mokhtar | — | * | — | — |
| 3Badr Mohamed Anwar | — | — | * | — |
| 4Ehab Abdel Aziz | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naby, Saiid A. | 2105 | EGY | +14N | +19B | =9N | +4B | +11N | =6B | +12B | 6.0 | 25.0 | 28.5 | 24.25 | 2225 | +17.6 |
| 2 | Mokhtar, Ahmed | 2259 | EGY | F | +23B | +32N | =11B | =20N | +10B | +13N | 5.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 16.75 | 2225 | -2.6 |
| 3 | Mohamed Anwar, Badr | 1621 | EGY | +33N | −32B | −10N | +34B | +37B | +30N | +17B | 5.0 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 12.50 | 2016 | +58.8 |
| 4 | Abdel Aziz, Ehab | 2041 | EGY | +39B | +38N | +17B | −1N | +14B | −13N | =5B | 4.5 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 14.25 | 1962 | -10.8 |
| 5 | Shoieb, Mahmoud | 1985 | EGY | F | +52B | =7N | +24B | =9N | +19B | =4N | 4.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 13.50 | 2035 | +9.2 |
| 6 | Sayed, Hany | 2088 | EGY | +24B | F | +12N | +31B | +15N | =1N | F | 4.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 16.50 | 2317 | +20.0 |
| 7 | Sharl, Shady | 1885 | EGY | +42N | F | =5B | +26N | −13B | +28N | +25B | 4.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 12.75 | 1975 | +16.2 |
| 8 | Sobhy, Raafat | 2121 | EGY | F | +46N | =26B | =9B | +33N | +27B | =11B | 4.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 11.50 | 2116 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Saad, Ahmed Mohamed | 1897 | EGY | +36B | +47N | =1B | =8N | =5B | −11N | =16B | 4.0 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 12.50 | 1910 | +3.6 |
| 10 | Atea, Khaled | 1943 | EGY | −16N | F | +3B | +17N | +25B | −2N | +15B | 4.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 16.00 | 1974 | +6.6 |
| 11 | Abdou, Mohamed Hamdy | 2073 | EGY | +51N | F | +40B | =2N | −1B | +9B | =8N | 4.0 | 23.5 | 24.0 | 11.25 | 2131 | +10.4 |
| 12 | Mohamed, Abd Allah | 0 | EGY | +?B | +13N | −6B | F | +32N | +20B | −1N | 4.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 9.50 | 2008 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Nassif Emad, Mark | 1895 | EGY | F | −12B | +36N | +43B | +7N | +4B | −2B | 4.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 12.00 | 2126 | +58.0 |
| 14 | Yousry Mohamed, Mohamed | 1770 | EGY | −1B | +50N | +53N | +33B | −4N | −15B | +23N | 4.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 5.50 | 1935 | +23.4 |
| 15 | Raslan, Moustafa | 2121 | EGY | +28B | −40N | +39B | +37N | −6B | +14N | −10N | 4.0 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 11.00 | 1909 | -32.4 |
| 16 | Elmasry Shady, Hamza | 1637 | EGY | +10B | −20N | −33N | +54B | =23N | +44B | =9N | 4.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 8.50 | 1846 | +58.4 |
| 17 | Hassan Elashry, Moataz | 1806 | EGY | +53B | +55N | −4N | −10B | +35N | +45B | −3N | 4.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 3.00 | 1785 | -4.4 |
| 18 | Mahmoud Hassan Azab, Eyad | 1430 | EGY | −19N | −25B | =51N | +50B | +21N | =23B | +35N | 4.0 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 7.75 | 1727 | +100.4 |
| 19 | Mohamed Aly, Karim | 1842 | EGY | +18B | −1N | +45B | =30N | +38B | −5N | F | 3.5 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 8.25 | 1843 | +4.0 |
| 20 | Mohamed Zaki, JanaWIM | 1962 | EGY | F | +16B | F | +27N | =2B | −12N | +24N | 3.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 12.50 | 2226 | +45.6 |
| 21 | Islam Maged, Yehia | 1547 | EGY | =26B | −31N | +46B | −22N | −18B | +49N | +42B | 3.5 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 4.50 | 1683 | +29.2 |
| 22 | Kamel, Shereif | 1901 | EGY | =29B | −43N | F | +21B | −24N | +36B | +45N | 3.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 8.00 | 1663 | -30.2 |
| 23 | Soliman, Ahmed Saiid | 1891 | EGY | +41B | −2N | +35B | −25N | =16B | =18N | −14B | 3.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 8.00 | 1650 | -41.2 |
| 24 | Abouzied, Aly Hassan | 1760 | EGY | −6N | F | +41B | −5N | +22B | +26N | −20B | 3.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 8.50 | 1881 | +37.2 |
| 25 | Islam Elsayed, Yehia | 1652 | EGY | F | +18N | F | +23B | −10N | +32B | −7N | 3.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 9.00 | 1890 | +60.0 |
| 26 | Elfaham, Mahmoud | 1900 | EGY | =21N | +49B | =8N | −7B | +43N | −24B | F | 3.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 5.50 | 1731 | -21.4 |
| 27 | Adel, SaraWFM | 1904 | EGY | +35N | +34B | F | −20B | F | −8N | +38B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 6.00 | 1870 | -2.8 |
| 28 | Abdel Aziz, Mohamed | 1774 | EGY | −15N | +42B | +54N | −32B | +36N | −7B | F | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 3.50 | 1714 | -8.2 |
| 29 | Hisham Mazen, Yassin | 1590 | EGY | =22N | −33B | +49N | −47B | =42N | −34B | +44N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 4.00 | 1680 | +14.0 |
| 30 | Abdel Fatah, Khaled | 1894 | EGY | +50B | F | −31N | =19B | +39N | −3B | F | 2.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 4.25 | 1717 | -20.6 |
| 31 | Darwish, Amro | 1937 | EGY | =52N | +21B | +30B | −6N | F | F | F | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 6.25 | 1884 | -2.6 |
| 32 | Shehab Elsayed , Mohamed | 1941 | EGY | F | +3N | −2B | +28N | −12B | −25N | F | 2.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 8.00 | 1826 | -11.2 |
| 33 | Ibrahim, Mohamed Ahmed | 1932 | EGY | −3B | +29N | +16B | −14N | −8B | F | F | 2.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 7.00 | 1675 | -31.0 |
| 34 | Elsayedahmed Hassan, Hazem | 0 | EGY | F | −27N | −37B | −3N | +41B | +29N | F | 2.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 5.00 | 1606 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Ahmed Samir, Fadi | 1602 | EGY | −27B | F | −23N | +41N | −17B | +48N | −18B | 2.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 3.00 | 1536 | -26.0 |
| 36 | Emad Ahmed, Yehia | 1539 | EGY | −9N | F | −13B | +48N | −28B | −22N | +49B | 2.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 1.50 | 1550 | -4.0 |
| 37 | Zaky, Mohamed | 1828 | EGY | +54B | F | +34N | −15B | −3N | F | F | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 2.00 | 1071 | -18.4 |
| 38 | Abourida, Amir | 1794 | EGY | +48N | −4B | F | +44B | −19N | F | −27N | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 2.00 | 1672 | -14.4 |
| 39 | Elsanhoury, Ali Mohamed | 1665 | EGY | −4N | +48B | −15N | +42B | −30B | F | F | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 2.50 | 1714 | +4.0 |
| 40 | Mohamed Mostafa, Omar | 1892 | EGY | +44N | +15B | −11N | F | F | F | F | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 5.00 | 2021 | +12.2 |
| 41 | Ahmed Gaber, Rawda | 1447 | EGY | −23N | +51B | −24N | −35B | −34N | F | +48B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.50 | 1619 | +36.0 |
| 42 | Tamer Elsayed Amin, Omar | 1446 | EGY | −7B | −28N | +50B | −39N | =29B | F | −21N | 1.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 2.00 | 1463 | +1.2 |
| 43 | Mahmoud Hussein, Omar | 1705 | EGY | F | +22B | F | −13N | −26B | F | F | 1.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 3.50 | 1773 | +10.0 |
| 44 | Ahmed Gaber, Raghad | 1463 | EGY | −40B | F | F | −38N | +49B | −16N | −29B | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.50 | 916 | -30.0 |
| 45 | Mostafa Alkhalifa, Ahmed | 1497 | EGY | F | F | −19N | +53B | F | −17N | −22B | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 1048 | -13.2 |
| 46 | Yasser, Abdel Rahman | 1832 | EGY | =49N | −8B | −21N | F | F | F | =50N | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.50 | 1456 | -27.2 |
| 47 | Mahmoud Aboeldardaa, Mohamed | 0 | EGY | F | −9B | F | +29N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 1743 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Raafat Mohamed, Abdel Rahman | 0 | EGY | −38B | −39N | F | −36B | +54N | −35B | −41N | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 809 | -68.4 |
| 49 | Ahmed Fathy, Omar | 0 | EGY | =46B | −26N | −29B | F | −44N | −21B | −36N | 0.5 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 0.50 | 1241 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Islam, Eyad | 1520 | EGY | −30N | −14B | −42N | −18N | F | F | =46B | 0.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.50 | 1308 | -46.4 |
| 51 | Bakheet, Mohamed Adel | 1759 | EGY | −11B | −41N | =18B | F | F | F | F | 0.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.00 | 1377 | -27.6 |
| 52 | Saad Mohamed, Yahia | 1629 | EGY | =31B | −5N | F | F | F | F | F | 0.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.25 | 1768 | +10.0 |
| 53 | Mohamed Mahdi, Omar | 0 | EGY | −17N | F | −14B | −45N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 0.00 | 891 | 0.0 |
| 54 | Ahmed Mustafa, Shady | 0 | EGY | −37N | F | −28B | −16N | −48B | F | F | 0.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 881 | 0.0 |
| 55 | Abd Ellatef, Hssan | 2005 | EGY | F | −17B | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 1005 | -15.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Mahmoud Hassan Azab, EyadEGY+100.44.0 pts · #10
- 2Islam Elsayed, YehiaEGY+60.03.0 pts · #18
- 3Mohamed Anwar, BadrEGY+58.85.0 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Raafat Mohamed, Abdel RahmanEGY-68.41.0 pts · #49
- 2Islam, EyadEGY-46.40.5 pts · #46
- 3Soliman, Ahmed SaiidEGY-41.23.0 pts · #22
Biggest upsets
- R2+312 Elo gap
- R1+311 Elo gap
- R1+306 Elo gap