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Somali National Chess Championship - Road to 46th World Chess Olympiad

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14 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 11 May 2026 to 22 May 2026 in mogadishu, Somalia. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1866, and top seed was Abdulkadir Mohamed Warsame (🇸🇴 SOM, CM, 2000).

Abdulkadir Mohamed Warsame (🇸🇴 SOM, CM, 2000) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Farah Ali Abdullahi (6.5) and Kassim Islam Sh.Nour (6.0). Warsame won solo starting round 2.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Yusuf Abdihakin Haji Mohamed (1626) beat Hussein Ali Mohamud (1819), a +193-point gap.

Location
🇸🇴mogadishu, Somalia
Dates
11 May 2026 → 22 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇸🇴CMAbdulkadir Mohamed Warsame2000
Avg top 10
1,866
Participants
14
Titled players · 2
CM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇸🇴Somalia×14
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

CM Abdulkadir Mohamed Warsame led from R2; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Warsame7Ali Abdullahi6.5Islam Sh.Nour6Abdow6Nor5.5Fidow5.5
R2–R9 · LEAD HELD

CM Abdulkadir Mohamed Warsame held the sole lead from R2 through R9 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Abdulkadir Mohamed Warsame drew with CM Farah Ali Abdullahi (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Abdulkadir Mohamed Warsame 4 wins (R1–R4)Kassim Islam Sh.Nour 4 wins (R4–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMAbdulkadir Mohamed Warsame*
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0
1
2CMFarah Ali Abdullahi
½
*
½
1
3Kassim Islam Sh.Nour
1
½
*
½
4Rami Ramadan Abdow
0
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Abdulkadir Mohamed WarsameCM2000SOM+4B+5N+6B+10N=2B+13N−3B=7N+8N7.042.044.032.252050+11.4
2Ali Abdullahi, FarahCM1900SOM−5B+11N=3B+6N=1N+4B=8N+9B+7B6.543.545.531.251993+23.4
3Islam Sh.Nour, Kassim1935SOM−7N−8B=2N+14B+6N+11B+1N=4B+5N6.042.042.026.251968+8.2
4Rami Ramadan Abdow1875SOM−1N+12B+7N=5B+9N−2N+13B=3N+11B6.038.040.020.751914+20.4
5Fidow, Kassim Hassan1812SOM+2N−1B+8N=4N+13B+9B−7N+10N−3B5.542.044.023.001903+22.8
6Nor, Mohamed Ahmed1889SOM+8N=7B−1N−2B−3B+14N+12B+11N+10B5.536.036.014.001909+11.2
7Mohamud, Hussein Ali1819SOM+3B=6N−4B−13N+10B+12N+5B=1B−2N5.041.543.522.751882+15.2
8Mohamad Abdirahman Omar1810SOM−6B+3N−5B−9B+11N+10N=2B+12N−1B4.539.541.516.251817+3.6
9Sharmaake Mohamed Khalif1632SOM+10B−13N+11B+8N−4B−5NF−2N+12B4.031.531.511.501776+58.8
10Mahad Dahir Muhumad1808SOM−9N+14B+12N−1B−7N−8B+11N−5B−6N3.035.535.54.001669-33.4
11Abdullahi Ahmed Haji1668SOM+14N−2B−9N+12B−8B−3N−10B−6B−4N2.037.537.52.001598-30.8
12Abdullahi Hassan Ali1707SOM+13B−4N−10B−11N+14N−7B−6N−8B−9N2.032.032.02.001551-34.6
13Yusuf Abdihakin Haji Mohamed1626SOM−12N+9BF+7B−5N−1B−4NFF2.029.529.59.001683+12.8
14Nur Mohamed Ahmed1810SOM−11B−10NF−3N−12B−6BFFF0.026.528.50.001001-102.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets