Babylon International Grand Championship 2026.

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60 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 14 May 2026 to 18 May 2026 in Baghdad, Iraq. 7 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2014, and top seed was Dhahir Habeeb Moazaz (🇮🇶 IRQ, FM, 2173).

Dhahir Habeeb Moazaz (🇮🇶 IRQ, FM, 2173) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Zaid Alaa Chaseb (7.0) and Ahmed Abdulsattar A Abdulwahhab (6.5). Moazaz took the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Saadoun Hammadi Ibrahim (1586) beat Ahmed gawad Hammood (1873), a +287-point gap.

Location

🇮🇶Baghdad, Iraq

Dates

14 May 2026 → 18 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 70 minutes for the game with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇶FMDhahir Habeeb Moazaz2173

Avg top 10

2,014

Participants

Titled players · 7

FM×2

CM×3

WIM×1

WCM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇶Iraq×58

Top 3

🥇
FMDhahir Habeeb Moazaz
🇮🇶IRQ·2173
7.0pts·2143perf-2.4
🥈
CMZaid Alaa Chaseb
🇮🇶IRQ·1987
7.0pts·2161perf+39.8
🥉
FMAhmed Abdulsattar A Abdulwahhab
🇮🇶IRQ·2098
6.5pts·2204perf+22.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Chaseb7Moazaz7Qassim6.5Ali6.5Abdulwahhab6.5AL-MUSAWI6.5

R5 · LEADER CHANGE16 May

FM Dhahir Habeeb Moazaz takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Moazaz takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (48.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Zaid Alaa Chaseb lost to FM Dhahir Habeeb Moazaz (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1CMZaid Alaa Chaseb	*	0	1	—
2FMDhahir Habeeb Moazaz	1	*	½	—
3Ali Firas Qassim	0	½	*	—
4Basem Mouhsin Ali	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Moazaz , Dhahir HabeebFM	2173	IRQ	+17N	+10B	=9N	+18B	+2N	=3B	=4N	+8B	=7N	7.0	48.5	53.0	40.50	2143	-2.4
2	Zaid Alaa ChasebCM	1987	IRQ	+42N	+31B	+32N	=3B	−1B	+26N	+7B	+4B	=9N	7.0	44.0	47.5	34.25	2161	+39.8
3	Abdulwahhab, Ahmed Abdulsattar AFM	2098	IRQ	+11B	+36N	F	=2N	+4B	=1N	+8B	+6B	=5B	6.5	49.0	53.0	38.75	2204	+22.0
4	Ali Firas Qassim	2064	IRQ	+49N	+15B	+16N	+21B	−3N	+5B	=1B	−2N	+12B	6.5	47.0	49.5	32.50	2116	+15.0
5	BAQER HAMEED KHALAF AL-MUSAWICM	2033	IRQ	+33B	−8N	+11B	+9B	+15N	−4N	+32B	+27B	=3N	6.5	43.5	47.5	31.75	2043	+13.2
6	Ali, Basem Mouhsin	1978	IRQ	+30B	=19N	+8B	=7N	=26B	+20N	+12B	−3N	+11B	6.5	42.5	46.5	32.75	2010	+10.0
7	MOMEN DHIA KHALIL	1974	IRQ	+48N	=18B	+13N	=6B	=22B	+19N	−2N	+16B	=1B	6.0	44.5	47.5	29.25	1981	+5.6
8	Ali, Wassam Hatam	1829	IRQ	+54B	+5B	−6N	+17B	+21N	+27B	−3N	−1N	+33B	6.0	44.0	45.5	25.50	2037	+83.2
9	Saeed Abbas Kadhim	1935	IRQ	+25N	+28B	=1B	−5N	=20B	=29N	+13B	+19N	=2B	6.0	43.5	47.5	29.75	1955	+7.6
10	Abdulla, Moeaid Kareem	1851	IRQ	+58N	−1N	+33B	−20N	+40B	−23B	+30N	+28B	=14N	5.5	37.5	39.0	20.25	1872	+8.8
11	Ali Hadi, Abdali	1676	IRQ	−3N	+54B	−5N	+51B	+59N	+31B	=16N	+15B	−6N	5.5	37.5	38.5	16.50	1879	+26.4
12	Murtadha, Kadhim Tahir	1907	IRQ	=39N	+43B	−18N	+49B	+46N	+22B	−6N	+23B	−4N	5.5	37.0	39.5	20.00	1830	-12.6
13	Ibrahim, Saadoun Hammadi	1586	IRQ	=27N	+39B	−7B	−35N	+43N	+46B	−9N	+24B	+22N	5.5	36.5	39.5	21.50	1847	+83.2
14	Al-Fayyadh, Yamama Asif AbdulaWCM	1814	IRQ	F	=56N	+55B	−46B	+50N	+35N	=26B	+37N	=10B	5.5	26.0	26.0	17.50	1964	+23.8
15	Ameen, Adnan Nasser	1828	IRQ	+47B	−4N	+40B	+38N	−5B	=34N	=20B	−11N	+37B	5.0	39.0	42.0	19.25	1751	-26.8
16	Ridha Abdul Sada Khudhair Al-juhaishi	1885	IRQ	+57B	+20N	−4B	=19N	+35B	=36N	=11B	−7N	=29B	5.0	39.0	40.5	19.00	1853	-6.6
17	Karar, Mohammed Hasan	1691	IRQ	−1B	+55N	+59B	−8N	+47B	−32B	−18N	+50B	+46N	5.0	31.5	32.5	11.00	1624	-23.6
18	Haitham, Karim Hussein	1799	IRQ	+34B	=7N	+12B	−1N	−19B	=30N	+17B	F	=20N	4.5	40.5	44.5	21.75	1855	+16.8
19	Nazar, Jamil Khalid	1820	IRQ	+60N	=6B	=27N	=16B	+18N	−7B	+34N	−9B	F	4.5	40.0	41.0	17.25	1860	+5.8
20	Ali, Dawood Hasan	1760	IRQ	+51N	−16B	+53N	+10B	=9N	−6B	=15N	F	=18B	4.5	38.5	40.5	17.75	1822	+8.8
21	Mohammed Ali MahdiAl-KinaniCM	1965	IRQ	+40B	+35N	F	−4N	−8B	+28B	=23N	+22B	F	4.5	38.0	42.0	18.75	1937	-2.2
22	Yousif, Mustafa Abdulrazzaq	1869	IRQ	+50N	+38B	F	+44B	=7N	−12N	+29B	−21N	−13B	4.5	37.5	40.0	17.00	1774	-14.8
23	Hossin Qasim, Ameer	0	IRQ	−31N	+48B	−28N	+42B	+37B	+10N	=21B	−12N	−30B	4.5	35.0	38.0	18.25	1766	0.0
24	Sadir, Ali Hamed	0	IRQ	−28N	−50B	−45N	+41N	+52B	+43B	=44N	−13N	+42B	4.5	30.0	32.5	15.25	1638	0.0
25	Ayhem, Haleem	1592	IRQ	−9B	−34N	+58B	−47N	+54B	−37N	+42B	=41N	+59B	4.5	27.5	28.5	9.50	1645	+5.6
26	Al-Nakash, Rami Abdulrazak Hussein	1879	IRQ	+52N	+44B	F	+28B	=6N	−2B	=14N	F	F	4.0	40.0	40.0	16.00	1909	+7.2
27	DLPAK ISMAEL IBRAHIMWIM	1930	IRQ	=13B	F	=19B	+31N	+29N	−8N	+36B	−5N	F	4.0	39.0	43.0	17.00	1871	-9.2
28	Ihab, Ayad Khanfas	1712	IRQ	+24B	−9N	+23B	−26N	+38B	−21N	+48B	−10N	−39B	4.0	37.0	40.0	16.00	1527	-53.6
29	Mustafa, Adil Yousif	1805	IRQ	−38N	F	+42N	+32B	−27B	=9B	−22N	+34B	=16N	4.0	35.5	39.0	17.00	1858	+17.6
30	Baqer, Allawi Hasan	1657	IRQ	−6N	=46B	+39N	+43B	−32N	=18B	−10B	F	+23N	4.0	35.5	38.5	15.75	1764	+29.2
31	Mohammed, Bassam Faraj Allah	1814	IRQ	+23B	−2N	+34B	−27B	F	−11N	−33N	+46B	+43N	4.0	35.5	38.0	15.00	1586	-28.4
32	Esam, Naama Lafta	1864	IRQ	+41B	+59N	−2B	−29N	+30B	+17N	−5N	F	F	4.0	35.5	35.5	14.00	1763	-13.8
33	Mustafa, Manhal Mustafakamel	1666	IRQ	−5N	+60B	−10N	+54B	−36B	+47N	+31B	F	−8N	4.0	34.5	35.5	9.50	1638	-7.6
34	Karam, Mohammed Samer	0	IRQ	−18N	+25B	−31N	+52N	+44N	=15B	−19B	−29N	=41B	4.0	34.0	36.5	15.00	1691	0.0
35	Samer, Barakat Salim	1790	IRQ	+46N	−21B	=50N	+13B	−16N	−14B	=38N	F	+55N	4.0	34.0	35.5	13.25	1637	-22.6
36	Mohammed, Ali Jawad Kadhim	1861	IRQ	+45N	−3B	=49N	+50B	+33N	=16B	−27N	F	−38B	4.0	33.5	36.0	13.75	1785	-9.8
37	Mahdi, Ali Jassem	1711	IRQ	+53N	+52B	−38N	+45B	−23N	+25B	−40N	−14B	−15N	4.0	33.5	35.5	12.50	1597	-30.4
38	Hussein, Emad Ahmed	0	IRQ	+29B	−22N	+37B	−15B	−28N	=42N	=35B	F	+36N	4.0	33.0	36.0	15.75	1780	0.0
39	Abdul, Kareem Firas Abdulqader	1559	IRQ	=12B	−13N	−30B	+56N	−42B	+49B	=46N	F	+28N	4.0	32.0	33.5	12.25	1643	+22.0
40	Aaiad, Salman Kareem	1606	IRQ	−21N	+51B	−15N	+53B	−10N	+59B	+37B	F	F	4.0	32.0	33.0	9.50	1646	+2.4
41	FIDE 4850777	0	—	−32N	−49B	−51N	−24B	+55B	+54N	+53N	=25B	=34N	4.0	25.5	27.0	9.25	1570	0.0
42	Safaa, Abbass Jasim	1665	IRQ	−2B	+58N	−29B	−23N	+39N	=38B	−25N	+45B	−24N	3.5	36.0	37.5	11.00	1543	-27.2
43	Ahmed gawad Hammood	1873	IRQ	=55B	−12N	+56B	−30N	−13B	−24N	+57B	+51N	−31B	3.5	29.0	30.5	6.25	1474	-117.2
44	Yousif, Osamah Yas	1710	IRQ	+56B	−26N	+47B	−22N	−34B	+51N	=24B	F	F	3.5	28.5	28.5	9.25	1074	-22.8
45	Ahmed, Ali Abdulhussein	0	IRQ	−36B	−47N	+24B	−37N	−48B	=52N	+60B	−42N	+51B	3.5	27.0	28.0	9.25	1305	0.0
46	Khaleel ismael khaleel AL-JANABI	0	IRQ	−35B	=30N	+48B	+14N	−12B	−13N	=39B	−31N	−17B	3.0	37.5	40.5	12.50	1589	0.0
47	Mustafa, Ibraheem Khalf	0	IRQ	−15N	+45B	−44N	+25B	−17N	−33B	+59N	F	F	3.0	30.5	30.5	9.00	1457	0.0
48	Ahmed, Estabrak Nadhem	1611	IRQ	−7B	−23N	−46N	+58B	+45N	+53B	−28N	F	F	3.0	28.5	28.5	7.00	1043	-18.4
49	Ali, Hussein Nasser	1671	IRQ	−4B	+41N	=36B	−12N	F	−39N	+52B	F	F	2.5	33.0	34.0	8.50	1630	-16.0
50	Nahar, Hayder Taha	1414	IRQ	−22B	+24N	=35B	−36N	−14B	=57N	=51B	−17N	F	2.5	32.5	34.0	8.50	1471	+6.8
51	Mustafa, Muwaffaq Jasim	0	IRQ	−20B	−40N	+41B	−11N	+57N	−44B	=50N	−43B	−45N	2.5	31.0	32.5	6.75	1424	0.0
52	Shahram Hayder Faiaq	1505	IRQ	−26B	−37N	+60N	−34B	−24N	=45B	−49N	+53B	F	2.5	26.0	27.0	4.75	954	-12.4
53	Samer, Mohammed Adel	0	IRQ	−37B	+57N	−20B	−40N	+56B	−48N	−41B	−52N	F	2.0	25.0	25.0	3.00	1349	0.0
54	Ahmed, Basil Dawood	0	IRQ	−8N	−11N	+57B	−33N	−25N	−41B	=58B	F	F	1.5	27.0	27.0	2.25	1421	0.0
55	Hasan, Khalid Saleh	1499	IRQ	=43N	−17B	−14N	−59B	−41N	=60B	=56N	F	−35B	1.5	26.0	27.0	3.00	1470	-5.6
56	Taher, Muthanna Hamad	0	IRQ	−44N	=14B	−43N	−39B	−53N	=58B	=55B	F	F	1.5	21.5	21.5	4.25	1451	0.0
57	Salah, Mohammed Bassam	1541	IRQ	−16N	−53B	−54N	+60N	−51B	=50B	−43N	F	F	1.5	21.0	22.0	2.25	1451	-16.4
58	FIDE 4831586	0	—	−10B	−42B	−25N	−48N	=60B	=56N	=54N	F	F	1.5	20.5	20.5	2.00	880	0.0
59	Yahya, Imad Aliakbar	0	IRQ	F	−32B	−17N	+55N	−11B	−40N	−47B	F	−25N	1.0	30.0	30.0	1.50	1382	0.0
60	Ameer, Ali Hamza	0	IRQ	−19B	−33N	−52B	−57B	=58N	=55N	−45N	F	F	1.0	19.0	19.0	1.50	1240	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ibrahim, Saadoun HammadiIRQ
+83.2
5.5 pts · #21
2Ali, Wassam HatamIRQ
+83.2
6.0 pts · #10
3Zaid Alaa ChasebCMIRQ
+39.8
7.0 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Ahmed gawad HammoodIRQ
-117.2
3.5 pts · #38
2Ihab, Ayad KhanfasIRQ
-53.6
4.0 pts · #43
3Mahdi, Ali JassemIRQ
-30.4
4.0 pts · #36

Biggest upsets

R5+287 Elo gap
Ibrahim, Saadoun Hammadi1586 beat Ahmed gawad Hammood1873
R9+283 Elo gap
Ibrahim, Saadoun Hammadi1586 beat Yousif, Mustafa Abdulrazzaq1869
R4+216 Elo gap
Baqer, Allawi Hasan1657 beat Ahmed gawad Hammood1873