Damascus Championship Final
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44 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 20 Apr 2026 to 26 Apr 2026 in Damascus, Syria. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1951, and top seed was Ezat Elbaba (🇸🇾 SYR, 2106).
Talal Alzaim (🇸🇾 SYR, IM, 2077) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Mortada. Omrani (7.0) and Mohamed Baranbo (7.0). Alzaim won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Mayyar. Mahfoud (1683) beat Eid Naji (1945), a +262-point gap.
Location
🇸🇾Damascus, Syria
Dates
20 Apr 2026 → 26 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Titled players · 1
IM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇸🇾Syria×22
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R7; 3 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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R8 · LEADER CHANGE25 Apr
Haidar. Jumaa Zabadneh takes the sole lead (6.5/8).
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 7.0/9. Alzaim takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (45.0).
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Mohamed Baranbo drew with IM Talal Alzaim (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mohamed Baranbo | * | ½ | — | 0 |
| 2IMTalal Alzaim | ½ | * | ½ | 0 |
| 3Mortada. Omrani | — | ½ | * | 1 |
| 4Haidar. Jumaa Zabadneh | 1 | 1 | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alzaim, TalalIM | 2077 | SYR | +32N | +5B | +39N | =3B | +30N | −4B | =2N | +6N | +10B | 7.0 | 45.0 | 47.0 | 33.50 | 1941 | -16.6 |
| 2 | Omrani,Mortada. | 1905 | SYR | +21N | +6B | +17B | −30N | =7B | +19N | =1B | +14N | +4B | 7.0 | 44.0 | 47.5 | 37.50 | 1919 | +4.8 |
| 3 | Baranbo, Mohamed | 1920 | SYR | +28B | +18N | +38B | =1N | +19B | =17N | +14B | −4N | +20N | 7.0 | 40.5 | 42.5 | 30.25 | 1963 | +6.0 |
| 4 | Jumaa Zabadneh,Haidar. | 1840 | SYR | +22B | +10N | =19B | =7N | +27B | +1N | =17B | +3B | −2N | 6.5 | 46.0 | 50.0 | 35.50 | 1944 | +28.0 |
| 5 | FIDE 7615540 | 0 | — | +14B | −1N | −10B | =31N | =26B | +28N | +22B | +16N | +15B | 6.0 | 40.0 | 43.5 | 27.25 | 1277 | 0.0 |
| 6 | FIDE 7616481 | 0 | — | +44B | −2N | +22B | −27N | +34B | +15N | +23N | −1B | +14B | 6.0 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 22.00 | 1773 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Mahfoud,Mayyar. | 1683 | SYR | +35N | =37B | +41N | =4B | =2N | −23B | =8N | +21B | +17N | 6.0 | 38.0 | 39.0 | 23.75 | 1933 | +75.6 |
| 8 | Yosef, Dardas | 0 | SYR | +?B | −9N | +28B | +15N | −17B | =11N | =7B | =13B | +18N | 5.5 | 40.5 | 40.5 | 22.00 | 1643 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Yaser, Taweel | 1950 | SYR | =26N | +8B | −37N | =21B | +13N | +30B | =10N | F | +12B | 5.5 | 38.5 | 41.0 | 27.00 | 1984 | +1.8 |
| 10 | Hajar,Mohamad Emad. | 0 | SYR | +?N | −4B | +5N | +39B | +38B | −14N | =9B | +18N | −1N | 5.5 | 38.5 | 38.5 | 17.25 | 1912 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Hasan, Maamoon | 1938 | SYR | −13N | +26B | =21N | +33B | =12N | =8B | +31N | −20B | +25B | 5.5 | 37.5 | 41.0 | 23.25 | 1169 | -9.2 |
| 12 | Omrani,Haydra. | 0 | SYR | +?B | −38N | =18B | +24N | =11B | +22N | +21N | =17B | −9N | 5.5 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 20.75 | 1671 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 7620748 | 0 | — | +11B | −39N | +34B | −14N | −9B | +?N | +27B | =8N | +24B | 5.5 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 19.75 | 1777 | 0.0 |
| 14 | FIDE 7616627 | 0 | — | −5N | +40B | +32N | +13B | +37N | +10B | −3N | −2B | −6N | 5.0 | 43.0 | 44.5 | 18.50 | 1852 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 7622821 | 0 | — | −41N | +35B | +36N | −8B | +16N | −6B | +34N | +29B | −5N | 5.0 | 35.5 | 36.5 | 18.00 | 1145 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 7617763 | 0 | — | −30B | −?N | +42B | +?N | −15B | +32N | +38B | −5B | +26N | 5.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 10.50 | 1829 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Alhamed,youssef. | 1773 | SYR | F | +36B | −2N | +29B | +8N | =3B | =4N | =12N | −7B | 4.5 | 44.5 | 44.5 | 22.00 | 1644 | -26.0 |
| 18 | Alsaqqa Amini,Firas | 0 | SYR | +20N | −3B | =12N | +?B | −23N | +25B | +30N | −10B | −8B | 4.5 | 40.5 | 40.5 | 15.25 | 1887 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Ahmad,Taim | 0 | SYR | +31N | +41B | =4N | +37B | −3N | −2B | −20N | −24N | +33B | 4.5 | 39.0 | 40.0 | 13.75 | 1891 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Alshaar, Nabil | 1969 | SYR | −18B | −22N | F | +28N | =25B | +27N | +19B | +11N | −3B | 4.5 | 38.5 | 42.5 | 20.25 | 1929 | -2.2 |
| 21 | Dybt,Hadi. | 0 | SYR | −2B | +25N | =11B | =9N | +?B | +38N | −12B | −7N | =?B | 4.5 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 12.00 | 1782 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 7616783 | 0 | — | −4N | +20B | −6N | +41B | +39N | −12B | −5N | =32N | +?B | 4.5 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 9.25 | 1933 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Daher, Waseem | 1711 | SYR | +27B | +34N | =30B | −38N | +18B | +7N | −6B | F | F | 4.5 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 19.25 | 1780 | +11.2 |
| 24 | FIDE 7622899 | 0 | — | +25B | −30N | =33N | −12B | +29N | −31B | +?N | +19B | −13N | 4.5 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 14.75 | 1867 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 7616732 | 0 | — | −24N | −21B | +40N | +43B | =20N | −18N | +33B | +31B | −11N | 4.5 | 32.0 | 32.5 | 11.25 | 1761 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 7622996 | 0 | — | =9B | −11N | F | +40B | =5N | +39B | −29N | +27N | −16B | 4.0 | 36.5 | 38.0 | 13.25 | 1902 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 7622910 | 0 | — | −23N | +?B | +43N | +6B | −4N | −20B | −13N | −26B | +40B | 4.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 8.00 | 1655 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 7622945 | 0 | — | −3N | +31B | −8N | −20B | +?N | −5B | F | +?N | +29B | 4.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 7.50 | 1795 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Kallas,Beshr. | 0 | SYR | −39B | +42N | +?B | −17N | −24B | +?N | +26B | −15N | −28N | 4.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 5.00 | 996 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Jamous,Yazan. | 1862 | SYR | +16N | +24B | =23N | +2B | −1B | −9N | −18B | F | F | 3.5 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 18.75 | 1824 | -10.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 7623038 | 0 | — | −19B | −28N | F | =5B | +33N | +24N | −11B | −25N | +32B | 3.5 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 14.50 | 1138 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 7622856 | 0 | — | −1B | +44N | −14B | −34N | +41N | −16B | +42N | =22B | −31N | 3.5 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 4.25 | 2011 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 7620780 | 0 | — | F | +?N | =24B | −11N | −31B | +41B | −25N | +35B | −19N | 3.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 6.25 | 1942 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 7620608 | 0 | — | +40N | −23B | −13N | +32B | −6N | +43B | −15B | −?N | F | 3.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 5.50 | 911 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 7622872 | 0 | — | −7B | −15N | −?B | +42N | =43N | =36B | −?B | −33N | +44B | 3.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 2.75 | 883 | 0.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 7622880 | 0 | — | +42B | −17N | −15B | −?N | =40B | =35N | −?B | +44N | −?N | 3.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 3.25 | 1022 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Elbaba, Ezat | 2106 | SYR | +43B | =7N | +9B | −19N | −14B | F | F | F | F | 2.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 9.00 | 2021 | -2.6 |
| 38 | Almoghrabi Aljazeri,Anas. | 1795 | SYR | F | +12B | −3N | +23B | −10N | −21B | −16N | F | F | 2.0 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 10.00 | 1816 | +2.0 |
| 39 | abd alfatah, naji | 1819 | SYR | +29N | +13B | −1B | −10N | −22B | −26N | F | F | F | 2.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 9.50 | 1277 | -7.2 |
| 40 | FIDE 7623020 | 0 | — | −34B | −14N | −25B | −26N | =36N | −?B | +44B | F | −27N | 1.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 1.50 | 1071 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Naji, Eid | 1945 | SYR | +15B | −19N | −7B | −22N | −32B | −33N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 5.00 | 883 | -16.4 |
| 42 | FIDE 7622830 | 0 | — | −36N | −29B | −16N | −35B | F | +44N | −32B | −?B | F | 1.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 0.00 | 1071 | 0.0 |
| 43 | FIDE 7622864 | 0 | — | −37N | F | −27B | −25N | =35B | −34N | F | F | F | 0.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 1.50 | 1306 | 0.0 |
| 44 | FIDE 7622988 | 0 | — | −6N | −32B | −?N | F | −?B | −42B | −40N | −36B | −35N | 0.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 0.00 | 1071 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Mahfoud,Mayyar.SYR+75.66.0 pts · #2
- 2Jumaa Zabadneh,Haidar.SYR+28.06.5 pts · #5
- 3Daher, WaseemSYR+11.24.5 pts · #11
Top rating losers
- 1Alhamed,youssef.SYR-26.04.5 pts · #21
- 2Alzaim, TalalIMSYR-16.67.0 pts · #7
- 3Naji, EidSYR-16.41.0 pts · #37
Biggest upsets
- R3+262 Elo gap
- R6+237 Elo gap