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IM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus wins Jeddah Young Chess Masters

by L'immortale

Theย 1st Jeddah Chess Festivalย took place from 24-30 January in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with two events on the programme: Jeddah Young Chess Masters and the Arabian Karpov Chess Cup.

The Jeddah Young Chess Masters was a 10-player invitational tournament that gathered young chess stars born in 2005 or later. IM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus emerged as the Winner of the event despite his last-round loss to GM Volodar Murzin. Scoring 6.5/9 points, 13-year-old Turkish International Master became the sole winner of the event and secured his second GM norm already after 7 played rounds. Yagiz Kaan finished the event with the performance of 2651, earning 15.6 ELO points. All games from the event can be replayed here.

As many as three players tied for the second place scoring 6 points (each): GM Volodar Murzin, GM Raunak Sadhwani, and IM Andy Woodward. Having the lowest tiebreak criteria, IM Andy Woodward came fourth on the final rankings, but he earned his final GM norm in the tournament fulfilling all conditions to become the Grandmaster. After FIDE’s approval of the title, Andy Woodward will become one of the youngest players in the world to currently hold the highest title a chess play can obtain!

Andy Woodward to become one of the youngest GMs in the world!

WCM Alserkal Rouda Essa emerged as the Winner of the Arabian Karpov Chess Cup. Scoring 7.5 points, two players tied for first, but Alserkal had better tiebreaks to win the event. Alzaabi Humaidan Mohamed finished second, while Alvaro Bravo De La Vega and Cristina Sureda Gonzales tied for the third place with 7 points. Final rankings of both events can be found below.

Final rankings – Jeddah Chess Festival 2024:

Rk. NameFEDRtgIPts. 
1IMErdogmus, Yagiz KaanTUR25246.5
2GMMurzin, VolodarFID26356
3GMSadhwani, RaunakIND26546
4IMWoodward, AndyUSA25016
5IMSeemann, JakubPOL24395
6GMPranav, VIND26115
7IMKlimkowski, JanPOL25314.5
8FMRey Martinez, JaimeESP23422.5
9WGMFrancisco Guecamburu, Candela BeARG22952
10FMOro, FaustinoARG23571.5
Rk. NameFEDRtgIPts. 
1WCMRouda Essa, AlserkalUAE18827.5
2 Humaidan Mohamed, AlzaabiUAE15657.5
3 Bravo De La Vega, AlvaroESP21217
4 Sureda Gonzalez, CristinaESP18187
5 Robledo Sanchez, SaulESP20006.5
6 Al-Qudaimi, AbdullahYEM14946.5
7 Garijo Perez, HugoESP22706
8 Rashed Abubaker, AlhemeiriUAE16546
9 Fates, Omer SalahLBA18676
10 Shahan, Abu SayeedIND10876
11 Sureda Gonzalez, MiquelESP18496
12WCMSawan, EmanPLE18076
13 Al Jaefi, MoatazYEM12896
14CMEisa Mohmood, AlkhooriUAE15416
15 Romero Barkouk, RayanESP18685.5
16 Toquero Gracia, LauraESP17275.5
17 Sultan, Zaid.SYR05.5
18 Haithm, Rashad Al SadiYEM05.5
19 Alsenari, Yousef MohammedKSA15065.5
20CMAmrane, AbdellahALG18815
21 Hamdan Edrees, AlhamedUAE15655
22 Almutairi, Musaad HKSA05
23 Ahmed Gamal El Deen, YaseenEGY14565
24 Al Qasem, Osama Yousof MKSA05
25 Chbihi, AbdourahmaneMAR15335
26 Alqarni, Khalid Mohammed MKSA05
27 Mera, Abdulaziz AidarousUAE12425
28 Albalawi, Sultan QalitKSA05
29 Gari, Muhammad Abdulbasit IKSA04.5
30 Al Khoori, Noora Mahmood AbdullaUAE11854.5
31 Al Maawali, AmmarOMA11454.5
32 Almutairi, Mashhour Hassan SKSA04.5
33 Al Maawali, YousufOMA04.5
34 Rahali, Mohamed HediTUN04.5
35 Aldiri, Mohammed Nail TKSA04.5
36 Alsairafi, MoahmmmedFID04
37 Yehia, JanaEGY04
38 Alshuraim, Turki Mohammed SKSA04
39 Al Riyami, MohammedOMA11374
40 Rahali, YassmineTUN04
41 Alzahrani, Yzeed HatemKSA04
42 Al Riyami, MajdOMA10874
43 Ismail, IyedTUN04
44 Albabtain, Mouath Ali AbdulrahmanKSA04
45 Al Harthi, Ahmed Ibrahim JKSA04
46 Al Ghafri, NoorOMA03.5
47 Al Saud, Khalid Bin TalalKSA03.5
48 Maki, AbdullaBRN03.5
49 Khalil, OmarSYR03.5
50 Turki, Yousef Hattan AKSA10013
51 Shaaban Kabakibo,, Osama.SYR03
52 Gazzaz, Abdullwahab Ahmed HassanKSA03
53 Al Ghafri, FathimaOMA03
54 Almutairi, Nahyan AbdullahKSA02.5
55 Al Saud, Faisal Bin TalalKSA02.5
56 Almutairi, Marwan Abdullah MohammedKSA02.5
57 Almurbati, Maryam KhaledBRN02.5
58 Mohamed Abdel Fattah, HamzaEGY02
59 Alshanqiti, Hassan AhmedKSA01
60 Alesawi, Marzoq Ali KhaledKSA01
61 Al Shanqiti, Mustapha AhmedKSA01
62 Hoor, FatimaIND01
63 Almutairi, Aws Waleed MKSA00
64 Daas, Mashel Ali YahyaKSA00
65 Aljuhani, Ahmed Humoud QasamKSA00

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