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Jordan Championship Final Stage 2026

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26 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 14 May 2026 to 23 May 2026 in Amman, Jordan. 13 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2090, and top seed was Al Khatib Ahmad (🇯🇴 JOR, GM, 2174).

Malek Saif (🇯🇴 JOR, CM, 2160) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Al Khatib Ahmad (6.5) and Anas Khwaira (6.0). Saif took the lead from round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Omar Abuseif (1593) beat Malik Musmar (1912), a +319-point gap.

Location
🇯🇴Amman, Jordan
Dates
14 May 2026 → 23 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇯🇴GMAl Khatib Ahmad2174
Avg top 10
2,090
Participants
26
Titled players · 13
GM×1
IM×1
FM×2
CM×6
WIM×1
WFM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇯🇴Jordan×26
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

CM Malek Saif led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
11
4
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Khwaira takes leadAl-Qudah takes leadSaif takes lead
Saif7Ahmad6.5Khwaira6Ali6Al-Qudah6Mohannad5.5— ex-leaders:Hasanled R3, #9
R5 · LEADER CHANGE16 May

FM Anas Khwaira takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Malek Saif drew with GM Al Khatib Ahmad (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

CM Malek Saif 3 wins (R6–R8)GM Al Khatib Ahmad 3 wins (R6–R8)FM Anas Khwaira 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMMalek Saif*
½
0
½
2GMAl Khatib Ahmad
½
*
1
½
3FMAnas Khwaira
1
0
*
1
4Alqaisi Ali
½
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Saif, MalekCM2160JOR+21B=4N+12B+9B−3N+8B+10N+5B=2B7.044.047.034.752272+25.0
2Ahmad, Al KhatibGM2174JOR+25B−10N+19B=8B=4N+9N+5B+3B=1N6.543.544.530.502183+4.4
3Anas KhwairaFM2088JOR+19B=12N+4B+10N+1B−5N=6B−2N+9B6.045.549.031.502181+23.0
4Ali, Alqaisi1976JOR+18N=1B−3N+21B=2B+13N−8N+10B+6B6.043.546.528.752174+47.6
5Ruba Al-QudahWIM1987JOR+22B−6N+25B+12N+9B+3B−2N−1N+13B6.041.542.523.502173+44.4
6Mohannad, FarhanFM2115JOR+23N+5B−9N+14B=8N=10B=3N+11B−4N5.542.544.525.502068-9.4
7Mohammad yasin1859JOR−8N−26B−17N+24B+23N+18N=16B+19B+15N5.529.030.017.751923+33.6
8Rakan DasaCM2112JOR+7B+15N=10B=2N=6B−1N+4B−9N=11N5.045.550.027.002071-18.4
9Hasan, Alsamid1974JOR+20B+13N+6B−1N−5N−2B+14N+8B−3N5.045.048.523.002073+23.6
10Aboudi, MarwanCM2109JOR+24N+2B=8N−3B+15N=6N−1B−4N+17B5.044.546.021.752078-7.0
11Abdulla, Mohammad1942JOR=16B−25N=22B=20N+12B+14B+15N−6N=8B5.034.535.521.251965+6.0
12Mansour, SameerIM2172JOR+17N=3B−1N−5B−11N+24N=13B+22N=14B4.539.541.015.501954-47.0
13Seyam, KhaledCM2011JOR=14N−9B=18N+26B+19N−4B=12N+16B−5N4.538.039.015.501875-55.1
14Karam ejeilat1830JOR=13B+16N=15B−6N+18B−11N−9B+21N=12N4.537.540.518.251936+47.6
15Ezeldeen Almaaqbeh1945JOR+26N−8B=14N+16B−10B+21N−11B+20N−7B4.536.037.014.251867-16.6
16Omar Abuseif1593JOR=11N−14B+24N−15N+25B=17B=7N−13N+20B4.533.034.013.251891+124.8
17Amr MajdalawiCM1885JOR−12B−19N+7B=22N=20B=16N=21B+23N−10N4.032.034.014.251839-11.6
18Jood Ahmad1799JOR−4B=21N=13B+25N−14N−7B−20B+26N+24B4.029.530.57.251824+11.4
19Jeda HelalWCM1836JOR−3N+17B−2N+23B−13B=20N+22B−7NF3.535.537.510.251895+19.6
20Amjed Al Yabroudi1792JOR−9N=24B=23N=11B=17N=19B+18N−15B−16N3.532.534.012.001776-8.8
21Akram AlhajajCM1877JOR−1N=18B+26N−4N+22B−15B=17N−14BF3.036.037.07.501802-18.2
22Hammam Ismail1825JOR−5N=23B=11N=17B−21N+26B−19N−12BF2.529.029.06.501767-13.6
23Osama Salameh1873JOR−6B=22N=20B−19N−7BF+24N−17BF2.027.028.04.501723-29.0
24Razan, AlshaebyWFM1857JOR−10B=20N−16B−7N+26N−12B−23BF−18N1.530.030.02.751610-50.4
25Musmar, Malik1912JOR−2N+11B−5N−18B−16NFFFF1.029.029.05.001659-31.2
26MOHAMMED AL-SHUHA1691JOR−15B+7N−21B−13N−24B−22NF−18BF1.027.528.55.501573-16.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets