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7ht chess academy of libya open 2026

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28 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 22 Apr 2026 to 30 Apr 2026 in Bengahzi, Libya. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1854, and top seed was Mahmod Alrifie (🇱🇾 LBA, 1967).

Ali A. Elmejbri (🇱🇾 LBA, FM, 1901) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Fouzi Ahmed Abdullah (6.0) and Ahmed ezzeddin T. Kweiri (5.5). Elmejbri shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Abdulwahab Ezalldin Buwujawuri (1619) beat Ali A. Elmejbri (FM, 1901), a +282-point gap.

Location
🇱🇾Bengahzi, Libya
Dates
22 Apr 2026 → 30 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for game with 30 seconds delay from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇱🇾Mahmod Alrifie1967
Avg top 10
1,854
Participants
28
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇱🇾Libya×19
🇪🇬Egypt×3
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Ali A. Elmejbri led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.

Co-leaders
8
2
1
3
2
3
2
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Elmejbri takes lead
Elmejbri6.5Abdullah6Kweiri5.5Sultan5Alzilitini5Battal5— ex-leaders:led R3, #11
R8 · LEADER CHANGE29 Apr

FM Ali A. Elmejbri takes the sole lead (6.0/8).

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Ali A. Elmejbri beat Fouzi Ahmed Abdullah (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Ali A. Elmejbri 5 wins (R3–R8)Ahmed ezzeddin T. Kweiri 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Elmejbri, Ali A.FM1901LBA+12B9N+21B+8N+16BF+3N+2B=5N6.535.538.027.501969+10.6
2Abdullah, Fouzi Ahmed1808LBAF+17N+9B=4N+25B=3B+13N1N+8B6.034.036.021.751976+63.6
3Kweiri, Ahmed ezzeddin T.1802LBAFF+10B+16N+4B=2N1B+24N+9B5.531.531.521.001964+44.0
4Alzilitini, Luwi abdulsalam1796LBA+24NF+8B=2B3N13B=6N+15B+17N5.032.532.518.001731-9.0
5Sultan ,Iyman Faraj1869LBA+18B16N=17B14N+21BF+9B+8N=1B5.029.532.018.252105+19.8
6Battal, Saad1765LBA+26B8N+14B=22N13N+20B=4B+19NF5.026.026.014.751603-16.6
7FIDE 92273000F18NFF=15B+?N+21B+22N+13N4.521.021.010.2518030.0
8Hassan, Ibrahim Khalifa1857LBAF+6B4N1B+18N+14N+11B5B2N4.038.038.015.501695-52.0
9Buwujawuri, Abdulwahab Ezalldin1619LBAF+1B2N+11B10N+19B5N+14B3N4.037.537.517.001728+14.8
10Arafa, Hosam Sayed1953EGY+27N+11B3N+20B+9BFFFF4.029.529.512.501860-6.0
11Alagouri, Hamdi Gaith1783LBA+14B10N+18B9N+28BF8N+13BF4.027.028.011.001610-18.0
12AL JAHAWI, TARIQ AHMED0LBA1NF+28B25N14B21N+?B+18N+19B4.021.521.57.0010560.0
13Khaleel, Mare Faraj1781LBA19NF=24B+17N+6B+4N2B11N7B3.533.035.014.001788+1.6
14Eweis Gaballa, Abdelnasser1801EGY11N+27B6N+5B+12N8BF9N=20B3.532.033.512.001539-66.0
15FIDE 92272960FF25BF=7N+26B+27N4N+21B3.521.521.57.7516960.0
16FIDE 92270400+25N+5B+19N3B1NFFFF3.030.530.510.0018850.0
17Albadri, Raouf Mohammed Saed0LBAF2B=5N13B+26N=27B+25NF4B3.028.528.56.7516950.0
18Almughrabi, Muath Walid0LBA5N+7B11NF8BF+20N12B+26N3.027.027.09.0010360.0
19Eweis Gaballa, Islam1634EGY+13B=20N16B+21N=24B9NF6B12N3.027.027.08.501716+18.0
20Mohammed, Khalid A?1641LBA=21N=19BF10N=22B6N18B+23N=14N3.026.026.08.251598-9.6
21Naem, Jabril Abdullah S1699LBA=20BF1N19B5N+12B7N+27B15N2.531.031.07.001085-20.8
22Bushaala, Maryam Mohamed1748LBAFF=26N=6B=20NF+28N7B23B2.523.523.55.751765+0.4
23FIDE 92263890FFF=?B27NF+26N20B+22N2.522.522.54.0017680.0
24FIDE 55502197204BF=13N+26B=19NFF3BF2.028.528.54.7515200.0
25Alrifie, Mahmod1967LBA16BF+15N+12B2NF17BFF2.022.522.57.501008-14.2
26FIDE 922719906NF=22B24N17B15N23B+?N18B1.521.521.51.2515640.0
27AL JAHAWI, SUHAYB AHMED0LBA10B14NF28N+23B=17N15B21N?B1.520.020.04.001026-24.8
28Mohammed, Ahmad Mohammed Abdulhad1711LBAFF12N+27B11NF22BFF1.026.528.01.50966-34.0

Key insights

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