6th Oman Women's Chess Championship - 2026
30 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 16 Apr 2026 to 19 Apr 2026 in Muscat, Oman. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1412, and top seed was Wafia Al Ghafri (🇴🇲 OMA, 1707).
Anat Al Aisaee (🇴🇲 OMA, 1698) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Kothar Al Mamary (5.5) and Yomna Al Nadabi (5.5). Al Aisaee won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Maryam Yusuf Al Balushi (1439) beat Kothar Al Mamary (1604), a +165-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsAnat Al Aisaee led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Anat Al Aisaee never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Anat Al Aisaee beat Yomna Al Nadabi (Black).
Anat Al Aisaee 6 wins (R1–R6)Yomna Al Nadabi 4 wins (R1–R4)Kothar Al Mamary 3 wins (R4–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Anat Al Aisaee | * | 1 | ½ | 1 |
| 2Yomna Al Nadabi | 0 | * | — | 1 |
| 3Kothar Al Mamary | ½ | — | * | 0 |
| 4Maryam Yusuf Al Balushi | 0 | 0 | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Aisaee, Anat | 1698 | OMA | +20B | +16N | +5B | +6N | +4B | +3N | =2B | 6.5 | 29.0 | 32.0 | 29.25 | 1906 | +19.2 |
| 2 | Al Mamary, Kothar | 1604 | OMA | +22N | +24B | −4N | +10B | +8N | +9B | =1N | 5.5 | 27.0 | 30.0 | 21.75 | 1560 | -3.6 |
| 3 | Al Nadabi, Yomna | 1591 | OMA | +27B | +8N | +15B | +9N | =14B | −1B | +4N | 5.5 | 27.0 | 29.0 | 20.75 | 1692 | +10.8 |
| 4 | Al Balushi, Maryam Yusuf | 1439 | OMA | +12N | +25B | +2B | +5N | −1N | +6B | −3B | 5.0 | 31.5 | 34.5 | 22.50 | 1663 | +59.6 |
| 5 | Al Balushi, MariyaWCM | 1489 | OMA | +28N | +13B | −1N | −4B | +10N | +18B | +11N | 5.0 | 26.5 | 28.5 | 17.00 | 769 | -16.0 |
| 6 | Al Mughaizwi, Muna | 1575 | OMA | +29N | +10B | +23N | −1B | +17B | −4N | +14B | 5.0 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 14.50 | 1490 | -13.2 |
| 7 | Al Ghafri, AlanoudWCM | 1472 | OMA | −17B | +19N | +20B | −8N | +12B | +21N | +9N | 5.0 | 21.5 | 24.5 | 17.00 | 2342 | +12.0 |
| 8 | Al Ghafri, Fathima | 0 | OMA | +21N | −3B | +?N | +7B | −2B | =15N | +22B | 4.5 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 12.75 | 1431 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Al Maqbali, Doaa | 1542 | OMA | +30B | +17N | +11B | −3B | +23N | −2N | −7B | 4.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 11.00 | 756 | -57.6 |
| 10 | Al Ghafri, Noor | 0 | OMA | +14B | −6N | +21B | −2N | −5B | +?N | +19B | 4.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 9.50 | 1401 | 0.0 |
| 11 | FIDE 22035150 | 0 | — | +18N | +?B | −9N | +?B | +16B | −14N | −5B | 4.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 6.00 | 779 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 22035818 | 0 | — | −4B | +?N | F | +?B | −7N | +?N | +20B | 4.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 3.00 | 656 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 22030190 | 0 | — | +?B | −5N | −16B | +?N | −?N | +24B | +18N | 4.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 6.00 | 689 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Al Ghafri, Wafia | 1707 | OMA | −10N | +26B | F | +18B | =3N | +11B | −6N | 3.5 | 25.5 | 28.0 | 12.25 | 1390 | -16.8 |
| 15 | FIDE 22010777 | 0 | — | +?N | +?B | −3N | −23B | +25N | =8B | −?N | 3.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 5.25 | 791 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 22010327 | 0 | — | +?N | −1B | +13N | +25B | −11N | F | −17B | 3.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 7.00 | 898 | 0.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 22033440 | 0 | — | +7N | −9B | F | +?B | −6N | F | +16N | 3.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 8.00 | 1405 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 22014314 | 0 | — | −11B | +?N | +?B | −14N | +19B | −5N | −13B | 3.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 3.00 | 798 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 22035834 | 0 | — | =26N | −7B | =29N | +22B | −18N | +?B | −10N | 3.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 4.75 | 672 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 22024808 | 0 | — | −1N | +?B | −7N | +?B | −?N | +26B | −12N | 3.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 2.50 | 785 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 22033335 | 0 | — | −8B | F | −10N | +29B | +24N | −7B | +?N | 3.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 4.00 | 672 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 22035869 | 0 | — | −2B | −?N | +?B | −19N | +?N | +25B | −8N | 3.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 3.00 | 804 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 22035729 | 0 | — | +?N | +?B | −6B | +15N | −9B | F | F | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 3.50 | 759 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 22035320 | 0 | — | +?B | −2N | F | +?N | −21B | −13N | +?B | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0.00 | 804 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 22030158 | 0 | — | +?B | −4N | +?B | −16N | −15B | −22N | +?B | 3.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 0.00 | 639 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 22035842 | 0 | — | =19B | −14N | +?B | −?N | +?B | −20N | −?B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.50 | 907 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 22024824 | 0 | — | −3N | +?B | −?N | −?B | +?N | F | F | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 791 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 22035630 | 0 | — | −5B | −?N | −?N | −?B | +?B | −?N | +?N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 689 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 22035877 | 0 | — | −6B | =?N | =19B | −21N | −?B | F | F | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.50 | 775 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 22035702 | 0 | — | −9N | +?B | −?N | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 742 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Al Balushi, Maryam YusufOMA+59.65.0 pts · #2
- 2Al Aisaee, AnatOMA+19.26.5 pts · #1
- 3Al Ghafri, AlanoudWCMOMA+12.05.0 pts · #8
- 1Al Maqbali, DoaaOMA-57.64.0 pts · #15
- 2Al Ghafri, WafiaOMA-16.83.5 pts · #10
- 3Al Balushi, MariyaWCMOMA-16.05.0 pts · #29
- R3+165 Elo gap
- R6+136 Elo gap
- R7+132 Elo gap