Egyptian League 2026 (A) Group B Round 3-4
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46 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 18 May 2026 to 22 May 2026 in Many Cities, Egypt. Top 10 Elo average was 2046, and top seed was Refaat Raslan (🇪🇬 EGY, 2090).
Ahmed Negm (🇪🇬 EGY, 1909) won with 2.0/4, ahead of Moamen Essam Eldin (2.0) and Mohamed Mohamed Shawky (2.0). Negm won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Ahmed Negm (1909) beat Yasser Moatamid (2035), a +126-point gap.
Location
🇪🇬Many Cities, Egypt
Dates
18 May 2026 → 22 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇪🇬Egypt×44
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsTight race until R4; 5 players tied at 2.0/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 7 co-leaders at R4 to 7 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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R4 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
5 players finish on 2.0/4. Negm takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (1.5).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Negm, Ahmed | 1909 | EGY | F | F | +13N | +27N | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2835 | +13.4 |
| 2 | Essam Eldin, Moamen | 2052 | EGY | F | F | +11N | +40N | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2727 | +6.6 |
| 3 | Mohamed Shawky, Mohamed | 0 | EGY | F | F | +?B | +26N | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 1688 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Mohamed, Abd Allah | 2029 | EGY | F | F | +39N | +36B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2677 | +23.6 |
| 5 | Ahmed Mahmoud, Mahmoud | 1876 | EGY | F | F | +37B | +35N | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2719 | +22.4 |
| 6 | Morsy, Elsayed | 1979 | EGY | F | F | =7N | +19N | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 2205 | +11.8 |
| 7 | Elbaz, Ahmed | 2042 | EGY | F | F | =6B | +18B | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 1979 | -1.8 |
| 8 | Salama, Samir | 1965 | EGY | F | F | =12N | +41N | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1803 | -4.2 |
| 9 | FIDE 555022316 | 0 | — | F | F | =28N | +?B | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1925 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Ghoneim, Ahmed Mohamed | 2056 | EGY | F | F | +35B | =29N | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2080 | +0.6 |
| 11 | Khater, Hamdy | 1927 | EGY | F | F | −2B | +28N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1989 | +3.4 |
| 12 | Mahmoud Elsayed, Bahaa | 1803 | EGY | F | F | =8B | =31N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1953 | +8.0 |
| 13 | Saeed Hekmat, Ahmed | 0 | EGY | F | F | −1B | +?N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1109 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Amer Farhan, Younes | 1873 | EGY | F | F | =32N | =16N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1891 | +2.0 |
| 15 | Alaa Eldin Mahmoud, Hazem | 1596 | EGY | F | F | =26N | =17B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1546 | -5.2 |
| 16 | Hussein, Akram | 1976 | EGY | F | F | =27B | =14B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1954 | -1.2 |
| 17 | Mohamed Hosney, Yasein | 1424 | EGY | F | F | =30B | =15N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1596 | +9.2 |
| 18 | Saber Shaban, Ahmed | 0 | EGY | F | F | +?B | −7N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1242 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Gaafar, Mahmoud | 1981 | EGY | F | F | +43B | −6B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1179 | -10.0 |
| 20 | Sobhy, Tamer | 1951 | EGY | F | F | +21B | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2753 | +10.0 |
| 21 | Farag, Mohamed | 1953 | EGY | F | F | −20N | +44N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1867 | -4.4 |
| 22 | Madyan, Yehya | 2052 | EGY | F | F | F | +38N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2678 | +10.8 |
| 23 | Abdel Gawad, Haasn Ibrahdm | 0 | EGY | F | F | F | +?N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1980 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Raslan, Refaat | 2090 | EGY | F | F | F | +42N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2718 | +10.8 |
| 25 | Elsayed, Moustafa | 2047 | EGY | F | F | +38B | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2678 | +5.6 |
| 26 | Ehab, Abdel Rahman | 1668 | EGY | F | F | =15B | −3B | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1596 | -4.0 |
| 27 | Moatamid, Yasser | 2035 | EGY | F | F | =16N | −1B | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1750 | -15.0 |
| 28 | Metawee, Ashraf | 1925 | EGY | F | F | =9B | −11B | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 1127 | -20.0 |
| 29 | Elbolok, Mohamed | 2080 | EGY | F | F | F | =10B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 2056 | -0.6 |
| 30 | Malak Mouneir, Kerlos | 0 | EGY | F | F | =17N | −?B | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1424 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Kamal, Edmon | 1941 | EGY | F | F | F | =12B | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1803 | -3.8 |
| 32 | Abdel Gawad Atea, Mohamed | 1805 | EGY | F | F | =14B | F | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1873 | +3.6 |
| 33 | Ghareeb, Waleed | 0 | EGY | F | F | =?N | F | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2019 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 555022308 | 0 | — | F | F | =?B | F | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1960 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Abdel Gawad, Rabea Khaled | 0 | EGY | F | F | −10N | −5B | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1166 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Nasser Helmy, Ahmed | 1849 | EGY | F | F | F | −4N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1229 | -10.4 |
| 37 | Elawamy, Wael | 1919 | EGY | F | F | −5N | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1076 | -22.4 |
| 38 | Abdel Mohsen, Mohamed | 1878 | EGY | F | F | −25N | −22B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1250 | -11.0 |
| 39 | Salah Elbaba, Youssef | 1904 | EGY | F | F | −4B | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1229 | -13.2 |
| 40 | Elgezawy, Moamen | 0 | EGY | F | F | −?N | −2B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1107 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Ahmed Arnoot, Khaled | 0 | EGY | F | F | F | −8B | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1165 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Khairy Mahmoud, Saeed | 1918 | EGY | F | F | F | −24B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1290 | -10.8 |
| 43 | Muhamed Ahmed Yousef, Ahmed | 0 | EGY | F | F | −19N | −?B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1108 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Mosleh, Naser | 1783 | EGY | F | F | F | −21B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1153 | -11.2 |
| 45 | Saeed, Housien | 0 | EGY | F | F | −?B | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 735 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Saad Albatriek, Nasser | 0 | EGY | F | F | −?N | F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1034 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Mohamed, Abd AllahEGY+23.62.0 pts · #1
- 2Ahmed Mahmoud, MahmoudEGY+22.42.0 pts · #6
- 3Negm, AhmedEGY+13.42.0 pts · #16
Top rating losers
- 1Elawamy, WaelEGY-22.40.0 pts · #37
- 2Metawee, AshrafEGY-20.00.5 pts · #42
- 3Moatamid, YasserEGY-15.00.5 pts · #20
Biggest upsets
- R4+126 Elo gap