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Babylon International Tournament( Classic 2026)

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22 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 01 Apr 2026 to 04 Apr 2026 in Babylon, Iraq. Top 10 Elo average was 1179, and top seed was Ridha Abdul Sada Khudhair Al-juhaishi (🇮🇶 IRQ, 1880).

Mohammed Moaemel Alaa (🇮🇶 IRQ, 0) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Abbas Jameel Ameer (5.0). Moaemel Alaa shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Abbas Jameel Ameer (1596) beat Madhrood Hussein Ali (1834), a +238-point gap.

Location
🇮🇶Babylon, Iraq
Dates
01 Apr 2026 → 04 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇶Ridha Abdul Sada Khudhair Al-juhaishi1880
Avg top 10
1,179
Participants
22
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇶Iraq×9
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Mohammed Moaemel Alaa led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
9
4
5
3
1
3
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Moaemel Alaa5.5Ameer54.54.544
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Mohammed Moaemel Alaa held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

Mohammed Moaemel Alaa went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Mohammed Moaemel Alaa*—
1
—
2Abbas Jameel Ameer—*——
3FIDE 4848837
0
—*—
4FIDE 4841689———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Moaemel Alaa, Mohammed0IRQ+5N+10B=11N+3B+6N−?N+9B5.523.023.021.2518240.0
2Ameer, Abbas Jameel1596IRQ+22N=18B+9N−11B=10N+14B+7N5.019.019.013.001844+36.8
3FIDE 48488370—+13N+6B=?B−1N−9B+18N+10N4.521.021.012.0017800.0
4FIDE 48416890—=15N−9B+7N+12B+18N+10B−?B4.519.019.014.0017480.0
5FIDE 48416620—−1B+8N−19B+17N−14B+16N+13B4.020.522.012.0014960.0
6Mustafa, Ali Husein1616IRQ+21B−3N+17B+19N−1B−8B+14N4.020.521.57.502276+12.4
7FIDE 48501060—+20B−?N−4B+13N+16B+12N−2B4.020.020.010.5015200.0
8FIDE 48500680—−10N−5B+22N+20B+19B+6NF4.017.517.56.5017170.0
9Hussein Ali , Madhrood1834IRQ=12B+4N−2B+15B+3NF−1N3.526.529.513.751388-22.6
10Hussain alwan shandokh1818IRQ+8B−1N+13B+14N=2B−4N−3B3.526.529.512.501596-11.2
11Ridha Abdul Sada Khudhair Al-juhaishi1880IRQ+17B+16N=1B+2NFFF3.523.023.012.752338+4.8
12Ayhem, Haleem1566IRQ=9N+15B−18N−4N+17B−7B+21N3.518.519.57.751848+28.4
13FIDE 48500410—−3B+21N−10N−7B+15N+19B−5N3.020.521.55.5010180.0
14FIDE 48500760—−?B+20N+16B−10B+5N−2N−6B3.020.520.58.009010.0
15FIDE 48500500—=4B−12N+20B−9N−13B=21N+18B3.017.018.05.259000.0
16FIDE 48487800—+19N−11B−14N+21B−7N−5B+20N3.017.018.03.5010800.0
17Hakeem, Adhim Hussein1476IRQ−11N+22B−6N−5B−12N=20B=19N2.017.517.51.25886-30.8
18Mohanad fadel esmaeil0IRQF=2N+12B−?N−4B−3B−15N1.520.520.56.0016450.0
19FIDE 48419480—−16BF+5N−6B−8N−13N=17B1.520.020.05.0013530.0
20FIDE 48500330—−7N−14B−15N−8N=21B=17N−16B1.019.020.01.5014760.0
21FIDE 48500840—−6N−13BF−16N=20N=15B−12B1.017.517.52.007910.0
22FIDE 48440410—−2B−17N−8BFFFF0.011.011.00.007360.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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