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89 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 11 Jun 2026 to 14 Jun 2026 in Giza, Egypt. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1738, and top seed was Moustafa Shady Rafik (🇪🇬 EGY, 1790).

Waleed Nassar (🇪🇬 EGY, 1741) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Joseph Malak Fouad (7.0) and Abdallah Hossam Mostafa (6.5). Nassar won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Malek Mahmoud Shabana (1421) beat Hassan Ayman Hosny (1713), a +292-point gap.

Location

🇪🇬Giza, Egypt

Dates

11 Jun 2026 → 14 Jun 2026

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇪🇬Moustafa Shady Rafik1790

Avg top 10

1,738

Participants

Federations · 4 represented

🇪🇬Egypt×74

🇸🇩Sudan×1

🇸🇾Syria×1

🇬🇧England×1

Top 3

🥇
Waleed Nassar
🇪🇬EGY·1741
7.0pts·2027perf+63.2
🥈
Joseph Malak Fouad
🇪🇬EGY
7.0pts·1784perf0.0
🥉
Abdallah Hossam Mostafa
🇪🇬EGY·1618
6.5pts·1919perf+95.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Malak Fouad7Nassar7Hossam Mostafa6.5Fady6.5Tamer Sayed6.5Salama6— ex-leaders:Hossam Mostafaled R5–R8, #11

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Nassar takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (44.5).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Joseph Malak Fouad drew with Waleed Nassar (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Joseph Malak Fouad 5 wins (R1–R6)Abdallah Hossam Mostafa 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Joseph Malak Fouad	*	½	1	—
2Waleed Nassar	½	*	1	1
3Abdallah Hossam Mostafa	0	0	*	—
4Manuel Fady	—	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Nassar, Waleed	1741	EGY	+5B	+34N	F	=4B	+9N	+3B	=2N	+27B	+28B	7.0	44.5	44.5	37.75	2027	+63.2
2	Malak Fouad, Joseph	0	EGY	+49N	+30B	+11B	F	+28N	+27N	=1B	=4B	+3N	7.0	41.0	41.0	34.25	1784	0.0
3	Hossam Mostafa, Abdallah	1618	EGY	+76N	+39B	+18B	+35N	=8B	−1N	+33N	+6B	−2B	6.5	43.0	44.5	27.50	1919	+95.6
4	Tamer Sayed, Ahmed	1667	EGY	+53N	+46B	F	=1N	=48B	+36N	+29B	=2N	+12B	6.5	38.5	38.5	29.75	1902	+49.2
5	Fady, Manuel	1507	EGY	−1N	+76B	−48N	+86B	+87N	+77B	+51N	=49B	+11B	6.5	26.0	26.0	13.75	1734	+72.8
6	Ehab Fekry, Ahmed	1688	EGY	+56B	+17N	+69B	−7N	+78B	+20N	=12B	−3N	=42B	6.0	37.0	38.5	21.25	1678	-5.6
7	Mohamed Abbas, Mohsen	1576	EGY	+73B	+29N	F	+6B	+15N	−8B	F	+31N	+16B	6.0	36.0	36.0	26.00	1946	+95.2
8	Tamer, Eyad	1700	EGY	+58B	+68N	F	+51B	=3N	+7N	=16B	−28N	+23B	6.0	35.0	35.0	25.25	1775	+32.0
9	Salama, Youssef	0	EGY	+43N	=38B	F	+50N	−1B	+47N	+30B	=16N	+27B	6.0	35.0	35.0	23.50	1731	0.0
10	Sadek, Taha	1709	EGY	−55B	+32N	F	F	+41B	+34N	+17B	+20N	+22N	6.0	30.0	30.0	27.00	1827	+15.6
11	Abdelaziz Ahmed, Ahmed	1686	EGY	+65N	+13B	−2N	=61B	−22N	+85B	+45N	+47B	−5N	5.5	36.5	37.0	17.25	1607	-22.4
12	Ahmed Mohamed, Loai	1653	EGY	−31B	+82N	+58B	F	+55N	+40B	=6N	+18B	−4N	5.5	32.5	32.5	19.00	1787	+42.4
13	Ahmed Assem, Mohab	1518	EGY	+62B	−11N	+60B	−70N	+64B	+19N	F	=14B	+49N	5.5	31.5	33.5	19.25	1732	+69.6
14	Ahmed Emad Eldin, Hamza	1700	EGY	+61B	−75N	−25B	+74N	+81B	+78N	F	=13N	+37N	5.5	26.0	27.0	13.75	1573	-36.8
15	Magdy Momtaz, Mathio	1700	EGY	+71N	+20B	+24B	+41N	−7B	+17N	F	F	F	5.0	38.0	40.0	21.00	1828	+34.8
16	Ahmed Mohamed, Mohab	1736	EGY	+44N	=50B	F	+25N	=36B	+69B	=8N	=9B	−7N	5.0	36.0	36.0	20.25	1708	-7.6
17	Milik Sedeak, Safwat	1531	EGY	F	−6B	+52N	+62B	+51N	−15B	−10N	+70N	+19B	5.0	33.5	33.5	16.50	1736	+38.6
18	Shady Rafik, Moustafa	1790	EGY	F	+47B	−3N	−36N	+58B	+68N	+40B	−12N	+34B	5.0	32.5	32.5	16.50	1737	-13.6
19	Ramy Wagih, Philopater	1672	EGY	+72N	+26B	+89N	−31B	−34N	−13B	+55N	+33B	−17N	5.0	32.0	32.0	13.50	1332	-71.2
20	Hani Ahmed, Adham	1571	EGY	+88B	−15N	+46B	F	+77N	−6B	+21N	−10B	+39N	5.0	31.5	31.5	14.50	1779	+77.6
21	Mahrous, Selim	1740	EGY	F	−69N	+37B	+24N	+59B	−30N	−20B	+41N	+38B	5.0	31.0	31.0	20.00	1706	-7.4
22	Maged Girgis, Marise	1562	EGY	=36N	−48B	F	+85N	+11B	=35N	+70B	+29N	−10B	5.0	29.5	29.5	16.00	1753	+63.6
23	Omar Hussein, Yahya	1440	EGY	−29B	−63N	+80B	+76N	+66B	+59N	+54B	F	−8N	5.0	27.5	28.5	11.00	1680	+48.0
24	Gamal Hussein, Mohanad	1625	EGY	F	+81B	−15N	−21B	−32N	+61B	+65N	+78B	+45N	5.0	25.5	25.5	11.50	1683	+16.8
25	Mahmoud Badr, Mohamed	1487	EGY	+48N	=35B	+14N	−16B	−30B	+53N	F	+77B	F	4.5	33.5	35.0	16.00	1756	+84.8
26	FIDE 555025935	0	—	+59B	−19N	+?B	+38N	=47B	−70N	−42B	+50N	F	4.5	29.5	29.5	12.25	1644	0.0
27	Adel Abdel Hameid, Mohamed	1685	EGY	+32B	+37N	F	+55B	+31N	−2B	F	−1N	−9N	4.0	40.0	40.0	15.00	1695	+1.4
28	Hani William, Bishoy	1669	EGY	+83N	+52B	F	F	−2B	+31N	F	+8B	−1N	4.0	38.5	38.5	14.50	1721	+5.6
29	Elia Samir, Kevin	1708	EGY	+23N	−7B	+43N	F	+68B	+49B	−4N	−22B	−40N	4.0	38.0	40.0	14.50	1562	-62.0
30	Gasser, Rana	1660	EGY	F	−2N	F	=33B	+25N	+21B	−9N	=39B	+32N	4.0	37.5	37.5	17.50	1938	+41.2
31	Eid Ibrahim, Philopateur	0	EGY	+12N	+54B	F	+19N	−27B	−28B	+69N	−7B	F	4.0	34.5	34.5	15.50	1669	0.0
32	Ahmed Eltayeb	0	SUD	−27N	−10B	+67N	F	+24B	+38N	+34B	−42N	−30B	4.0	33.5	33.5	15.50	1591	0.0
33	Atef Sadiq, Gerges	0	EGY	−54N	+43B	F	=30N	+50B	+48N	−3B	−19N	=44B	4.0	33.5	33.5	15.00	1623	0.0
34	Ashraf, Hafsa	1607	EGY	+80N	−1B	F	+64N	+19B	−10B	−32N	+71B	−18N	4.0	32.5	32.5	10.50	1595	-3.6
35	Tamer Rafaat, Adham	1672	EGY	+82B	=25N	F	−3B	+61N	=22B	F	F	+55N	4.0	32.0	32.0	11.25	1582	-11.0
36	FIDE 555000010	0	—	=22B	+85N	F	+18B	=16N	−4B	−49N	+69B	F	4.0	30.5	30.5	12.50	1660	0.0
37	Ahmed Mohamed, Mostafa	1525	EGY	+66N	−27B	−21N	+79B	+63N	+84B	F	F	−14B	4.0	29.5	30.5	7.50	1517	-2.0
38	Sharif Mohamed, Jana	1632	EGY	=85B	=9N	F	−26B	+65N	−32B	+56N	+43B	−21N	4.0	29.5	29.5	12.75	1633	0.0
39	Mohamed, Ziad	1767	EGY	+78B	−3N	F	F	+56B	=42N	+50B	=30N	−20B	4.0	29.5	29.5	12.00	1591	-54.8
40	Marwan Elsayed, Adham	1563	EGY	+64B	+77N	F	F	+54B	−12N	−18N	F	+29B	4.0	29.5	29.5	11.00	1773	+56.4
41	Elhoseiny, Shereif	1606	EGY	+63B	+84N	F	−15B	−10N	−45B	+57N	−21B	+71N	4.0	28.5	28.5	8.50	1531	-11.4
42	Nabil Mohamed, Omar	1567	EGY	−81N	+57B	F	F	F	=39B	+26N	+32B	=6N	4.0	26.5	26.5	16.50	1728	+16.8
43	Hegazy Abdel Fattah, Ahmed	1525	EGY	−9B	−33N	−29B	+82N	+86N	+63B	+46B	−38N	F	4.0	25.5	25.5	7.50	870	-24.4
44	Ali Mustafa Abdel Gawad, Samir	1503	EGY	−16B	+79N	F	−48B	−45N	+60B	=77N	+62B	=33N	4.0	25.0	25.0	9.75	1563	+12.8
45	Hosny Abdel Samei, Mohamed	1655	EGY	F	F	F	+57N	+44B	+41N	−11B	+68N	−24B	4.0	23.5	23.5	13.00	1671	+2.4
46	FIDE 555025960	0	—	+?B	−4N	−20N	−?B	+79N	+72B	−43N	F	+68B	4.0	21.0	21.0	5.50	1510	0.0
47	Amin, Mohamed	1621	ENG	+79B	−18N	+56B	F	=26N	−9B	F	−11N	+64B	3.5	32.5	32.5	9.25	938	-27.6
48	Mohamed Adel, Adam	1734	EGY	−25B	+22N	+5B	+44N	=4N	−33B	F	F	F	3.5	30.5	30.5	18.75	1694	-8.4
49	Ayman, Solaiman	1585	EGY	−2B	F	F	+87N	+70B	−29N	+36B	=5N	−13B	3.5	29.0	29.0	9.25	1513	-8.4
50	Mohamed Ahmed, Yehya	1610	EGY	+86B	=16N	F	−9B	−33N	+62B	−39N	−26B	+76N	3.5	27.5	27.5	6.50	1748	+22.4
51	Mahmoud Abdel Azeim, Ahmed	1624	EGY	+74N	+87B	F	−8N	−17B	+71N	−5B	=64N	−53B	3.5	27.5	27.5	5.25	1347	-29.0
52	Mahmoud Bahlol, Mazen	0	EGY	F	−28N	−17B	−58N	−57B	+74N	+72N	=76B	+61B	3.5	23.0	23.0	7.25	1320	0.0
53	Amr Mohamed, Zain Eldin	0	EGY	−4B	−?N	F	+?B	=62N	−25B	+85N	F	+51N	3.5	20.5	20.5	5.25	1558	0.0
54	Mohamed Ibrahim, Sherif	1663	EGY	+33B	−31N	F	+65B	−40N	+55B	−23N	F	F	3.0	30.5	30.5	9.50	1358	-48.0
55	Albabbili,Aghiad.	1445	SYR	+10N	+70B	F	−27N	−12B	−54N	−19B	+80N	−35B	3.0	30.5	30.5	9.00	1516	+10.6
56	Ahmed Abdel Aziz, Abdel Aziz	0	EGY	−6N	+66B	−47N	+60B	−39N	F	−38B	−63N	+80B	3.0	26.5	26.5	6.50	877	0.0
57	Bassem, Youssef	0	EGY	F	−42N	F	−45B	+52N	+66B	−41B	+73N	F	3.0	26.0	26.0	8.00	809	0.0
58	Osama Saad, Samy	1413	EGY	−8N	+67B	−12N	+52B	−18N	+81B	F	F	F	3.0	23.5	23.5	7.00	914	-18.0
59	Saeed Ahmed Elsayed, Mahmoud	1650	EGY	−26N	+83B	+86N	+63B	−21N	−23B	F	F	F	3.0	23.5	23.5	3.50	790	-46.0
60	FIDE 555024955	0	—	−68B	F	−13N	−56N	+74B	−44N	F	+72B	+83N	3.0	21.0	21.0	5.00	733	0.0
61	Boutros Kamel, Yolyos	1438	EGY	−14N	+80B	F	=11N	−35B	−24N	−64B	+85B	−52N	2.5	27.5	27.5	4.25	1349	-13.6
62	Eyad Yousry, Aser	1742	EGY	−13N	+72B	F	−17N	=53B	−50N	+83B	−44N	−65B	2.5	27.0	27.0	4.75	741	-121.2
63	FIDE 54292859	0	—	−41N	+23B	F	−59N	−37B	−43N	F	+56B	=78N	2.5	24.5	24.5	8.75	1352	0.0
64	FIDE 54294703	0	—	−40N	F	F	−34B	−13N	+80B	+61N	=51B	−47N	2.5	24.0	24.0	5.25	1369	0.0
65	Ahmed Ali, Yahya	0	EGY	−11B	F	F	−54N	−38B	+?N	−24B	=67N	+62N	2.5	22.5	22.5	3.75	1533	0.0
66	Yasser Gaber, Hossam Eldin	0	EGY	−37B	−56N	+82B	F	−23N	−57N	−67B	=79N	+86B	2.5	20.0	20.0	1.75	683	0.0
67	FIDE 555022650	0	—	−75B	−58N	−32B	F	−72N	+79B	+66N	=65B	F	2.5	19.0	19.0	5.25	709	0.0
68	Mosaad Abdelsamee, Amr	1577	EGY	+60N	−8B	F	F	−29N	−18B	+73N	−45B	−46N	2.0	32.0	32.0	5.00	913	-50.8
69	Wael Mohamed, Abdulrahman	1622	EGY	F	+21B	−6N	F	+71B	−16N	−31B	−36N	F	2.0	29.0	29.0	7.00	1646	+6.0
70	Mohamed Azzam, Tamer	1667	EGY	F	−55N	F	+13B	−49N	+26B	−22N	−17B	F	2.0	26.5	26.5	10.00	1288	-96.4
71	Mahmoud Shabana, Malek	1421	EGY	−15B	+73N	F	+84B	−69N	−51B	F	−34N	−41B	2.0	24.5	24.5	3.00	1372	-12.4
72	Ahmed Ismail, Karim	0	EGY	−19B	−62N	F	−73N	+67B	−46N	−52B	−60N	+82B	2.0	23.5	23.5	3.50	907	0.0
73	FIDE 54266467	0	—	−7N	−71B	+83N	+72B	−84N	F	−68B	−57B	−74N	2.0	19.0	19.0	3.00	772	0.0
74	Haitham Adel, Mohamed	0	EGY	−51B	−78N	F	−14B	−60N	−52B	+86N	F	+73B	2.0	19.0	19.0	2.00	815	0.0
75	Shady Medhat, Chris	1604	EGY	+67N	+14B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	2.0	8.0	8.0	8.00	2500	+25.2
76	Haitham Adel, Yara	0	EGY	−3B	−5N	F	−23B	−?N	+82B	F	=52N	−50B	1.5	29.0	29.0	2.75	755	0.0
77	Osama Sayed, Ali	1691	EGY	F	−40B	F	+81N	−20B	−5N	=44B	−25N	F	1.5	27.5	27.5	3.00	1160	-122.8
78	Mohamed Abdallah, Hamza	1522	EGY	−39N	+74B	F	F	−6N	−14B	F	−24N	=63B	1.5	26.0	26.0	3.25	895	-44.4
79	Haitham Adel, Sara	0	EGY	−47N	−44B	F	−37N	−46B	−67N	+82N	=66B	F	1.5	22.0	22.0	2.25	750	0.0
80	FIDE 54266572	0	—	−34B	−61N	−23N	F	+83B	−64N	F	−55B	−56N	1.0	22.0	22.0	1.00	683	0.0
81	Rajab Ahmed, Ahmed	0	EGY	+42B	−24N	F	−77B	−14N	−58N	F	F	F	1.0	21.0	21.0	4.00	1359	0.0
82	FIDE 555008143	0	—	−35N	−12B	−66N	−43B	F	−76N	−79B	+86N	−72N	1.0	21.0	21.0	0.00	817	0.0
83	FIDE 54293758	0	—	−28B	−59N	−73B	F	−80N	+86B	−62N	F	−60B	1.0	16.5	16.5	0.00	887	0.0
84	Ayman Hosny, Hassan	1713	EGY	F	−41B	F	−71N	+73B	−37N	F	F	F	1.0	13.5	13.5	2.00	717	-89.6
85	Emad Abdelhamid, Essam	0	EGY	=38N	−36B	F	−22B	F	−11N	−53B	−61N	F	0.5	26.0	26.0	2.00	1258	0.0
86	Hany Mohamed, Haya	0	EGY	−50N	F	−59B	−5N	−43B	−83N	−74B	−82B	−66N	0.0	23.5	23.5	0.00	773	0.0
87	Waleed Mohamed Abdelhameed, Ahmed	0	EGY	F	−51N	F	−49B	−5B	F	F	F	F	0.0	21.0	21.0	0.00	772	0.0
88	Moustafa Hamed, Hazem	0	EGY	−20N	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	771	-15.8
89	FIDE 555025951	0	—	F	F	−19B	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	872	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Hossam Mostafa, AbdallahEGY
+95.6
6.5 pts · #11
2Mohamed Abbas, MohsenEGY
+95.2
6.0 pts · #13
3Mahmoud Badr, MohamedEGY
+84.8
4.5 pts · #24

Top rating losers

1Osama Sayed, AliEGY
-122.8
1.5 pts · #63
2Eyad Yousry, AserEGY
-121.2
2.5 pts · #87
3Mohamed Azzam, TamerEGY
-96.4
2.0 pts · #50

Biggest upsets

R4+292 Elo gap
Mahmoud Shabana, Malek1421 beat Ayman Hosny, Hassan1713
R1+264 Elo gap
Albabbili,Aghiad.1445 beat Sadek, Taha1709
R1+247 Elo gap
Mahmoud Badr, Mohamed1487 beat Mohamed Adel, Adam1734