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1st Elsalam Classic Aswan

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20 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 01 Mar 2026 to 06 Mar 2026 in Aswan, Egypt. Top 10 Elo average was 887, and top seed was Mohamed Alsahaby (🇪🇬 EGY, 2022).

Mohamed Alsahaby (🇪🇬 EGY, 2022) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Arsany Tharwat Fouad (5.0) and Refaat Makram (4.0). Alsahaby shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Raphael Adel Jamil (1529) beat Selim Mahrous (1716), a +187-point gap.

Location
🇪🇬Aswan, Egypt
Dates
01 Mar 2026 → 06 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇪🇬Mohamed Alsahaby2022
Avg top 10
887
Participants
20
Federations · 1 represented
🇪🇬Egypt×14
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
9
5
2
1
1
2
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Tharwat Fouad5Alsahaby5Makram4Adel Jamil4Mahrous4Mohmed Said3.5
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Alsahaby takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Arsany Tharwat Fouad lost to Mohamed Alsahaby (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Arsany Tharwat Fouad 3 wins (R4–R6)Mohamed Alsahaby 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Arsany Tharwat Fouad*
0
1
—
2Mohamed Alsahaby
1
*—
½
3Refaat Makram
0
—*
1
4Raphael Adel Jamil—
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Alsahaby, Mohamed2022EGY+20N+9B+2N+5B=6N=4B5.019.519.515.751803-12.6
2Tharwat Fouad, Arsany0EGY+15B+17N−1B+7B+3N+6B5.018.019.514.5018170.0
3Makram, Refaat1899EGY+11B+8N−5B+4N−2B+10N4.019.522.513.501841-7.6
4Adel Jamil, Raphael1529EGY+12N+14B=7N−3B+5N=1N4.019.522.013.751796+63.2
5Mahrous, Selim1716EGY+19N+10B+3N−1N−4B+9B4.019.020.011.0017460.0
6Mohmed Said, El Hussein1708EGY−8B+18N+11B+14N=1B−2N3.519.020.59.501780+18.8
7Baha Zakeria, Karas0EGY=17B+13N=4B−2N+16B=8N3.517.519.09.501548+2.8
8Moheb Mousa, Jasten0EGY+6N−3B=10N=9B+17N=7B3.517.018.59.751659+17.2
9FIDE 5550207040—+18B−1N=16B=8N+14B−5N3.017.018.56.7516270.0
10Magdy Dawoud, Karas0EGY+16B−5N=8B+15N=11B−3B3.016.518.57.251514-8.4
11Mina Fahmy, Kyrillos0EGY−3N+12B−6N+20B=10N=14B3.016.016.05.751467-33.6
12FIDE 5550207390—−4B−11N+13B=18N+15B=17N3.013.515.06.507770.0
13FIDE 542893510—−14N−7B−12N+19B+18B+16N3.012.513.54.507270.0
14Sameh Tawadros, Karos0EGY+13B−4N+15B−6B−9N=11N2.516.518.56.501336-27.2
15FIDE 5550207120—−2N+19B−14N−10B−12N+18N2.015.016.02.507370.0
16Tharwat Gamil, Mikhael0EGY−10N+20B=9N=17B−7N−13B2.014.014.02.257340.0
17Sameh Tawadros, Patrick0EGY=7N−2BF=16N−8B=12B1.517.017.04.2513520.0
18FIDE 542896020—−9N−6B+19N=12B−13N−15B1.514.515.52.508740.0
19Mohamed Saeed, Marwan0EGY−5B−15N−18B−13NF+20N1.010.510.50.009430.0
20FIDE 5550207200—−1B−16NF−11NF−19B0.012.513.50.0010210.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets