12-year-old Salma Ahmed becomes the youngest Egyptian Women’s Chess Champion ever

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The Egyptian Women’s National Chess Championship 2022 took place from 10-14 September at the 6th of October City Club. The event gathered 63 players who competed in 9 swiss rounds for the title of the National Champion.

12-year-old Salma Ahmed convincingly clinched the title as she scored unbeaten 7.5 points to be a full point ahead of the runner ups. Salma claimed her maiden Women’s National Champion title becoming the youngest-ever Egyptian Women’s Chess Champion. Earlier this year, Salma Ahmed scored perfect 9/9 at the African Youth Chess Championship 2022 becoming the African Champion of the GU12 section.

Six players tied for the second place with tiebreak criteria determining Hala Hassan silver medalist, Noha Mahmoud Youssef claimed bronze, Fatma Gamal Eldin finished fourth, Jomana Kandil came fifth, Rana Gaser was sixth and Janah Mohamed Ahmed finished in the seventh place on the final rankings. Scroll down for the final standings

Salma Ahmed has just turned into the youngest-ever Egypt Women's Chess champion, at 12 years old. Just two months ago, she also won the African Girls Championship U12 with a perfect score: 9/9. What a champion! ? ?? #womeninchess pic.twitter.com/b9dT89Brux

— David Llada ♞ (@davidllada) September 14, 2022

Egyptian Women’s Chess Championship 2022 – Final standings:

Rk.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1		Ahmed Salma	U12	EGY	1344	7.5	0	38	28.8
2		Hassan Hala		EGY	1811	6.5	0	42	28.3
3		Mahmoud Youssef Noha	U16	EGY	1511	6.5	0	41	30.3
4		Gamal Eldin Fatma		EGY	1529	6.5	0	41	29.8
5		Kandil Jomana	U18	EGY	1282	6.5	0	40	27
6		Gasser Rana	U14	EGY	1448	6.5	0	39	26.8
7		Mohamed Ahmed Janah	U16	EGY	1497	6.5	0	38	26.8
8		Mostafa Mohamed Menna	U14	EGY	1300	6	0	39	23.8
9	WCM	Gasser Gana	U14	EGY	1332	6	0	37	23.8
10		Antar Safaa		EGY	1484	6	0	35	24
11		Alaa Dema	U14	EGY	1386	6	0	33	21
12		Mohamed Zaki Jana	U14	EGY	1368	6	0	32	20.5
13		Elmaghawry Habiba	U12	EGY	1577	6	0	29	19.3
14		Amr Ali Farah	U14	EGY	1193	5.5	0	37	20
15		Ahmed Mohamed Zakaa	U10	EGY	0	5.5	0	35	19
16		Mohamed Medhat Salma	U16	EGY	1346	5.5	0	34	18.3
17		Ibrahem Mayar		EGY	1347	5.5	0	33	18
18		Hafez Abdel Wahed Sara	U16	EGY	1281	5.5	0	32	15.8
19		Essam Samaa	U18	EGY	0	5.5	0	32	17
20		Hossam Nada	U16	EGY	1140	5	0	40	20
21		Mohamed Abdel Salam Salma	U18	EGY	1166	5	0	40	19.8
22		Thabet Manal	U20	EGY	0	5	0	39	18
23		Rashed Laila		EGY	1588	5	0	36	17.5
24		Ihab Waguih Nardine	U14	EGY	1110	5	0	34	15
25		Maged Juneer	U18	EGY	1301	5	0	34	13
26		Magdy Malak	U18	EGY	1169	5	0	31	12.5
27		Ahmed Gaber Raghad	U12	EGY	1241	5	0	29	13.8
28		Breikah Zeinab	U20	EGY	1199	5	0	27	13
29		Mohamed Azzab Mareim	U16	EGY	1428	4.5	0	39	16.8
30		Amr Ali Nour	U12	EGY	0	4.5	0	35	13.5
31		Osama Farouk Mayar	U16	EGY	0	4.5	0	33	14
32		Youssef Salah Natalie	U12	EGY	1106	4.5	0	31	12.3
33		Hany Hanafy Jouairia	U14	EGY	1114	4	0	33	10.5
34		Osama Sawsan	U14	EGY	1144	4	0	33	10.3
35		Ahmed Gaber Rawda	U08	EGY	0	4	0	32	11.5
36		Hawas Salma	U10	EGY	1110	4	0	31	9
37		Khaled Hassan Sara	U14	EGY	0	4	0	30	11.5
38		Mohamed Ahmed Ghidaa	U08	EGY	0	4	0	30	11
39		Nour Eldin Mohamed Mira	U16	EGY	1203	4	0	30	9.25
40		Mohamed Hassan Reem	U10	EGY	0	4	0	30	9
41		Ali Ibrahim Souhaila	U18	EGY	0	4	0	29	8.5
42		Shiba Mayar	U12	EGY	0	4	0	26	8
43		Hafez Sama	U12	EGY	1205	4	0	25	7
44		Salah Malak	U12	EGY	0	4	0	23	6.5
45		Barsoum Selina	U10	EGY	0	3.5	0	33	10.8
46		Ahmed Mohamed Anoreen	U14	EGY	0	3	0	31	7
47		Alaa Samaa Allah	U16	EGY	1187	3	0	29	7
48		Haitham Malak	U08	EGY	0	3	0	29	6
49		M Mohamed Sabah	S50	EGY	1247	3	0	28	5
50		Yasser Sakr Lina	U18	EGY	0	3	0	28	4.5
51		Hawas Nour	U08	EGY	0	3	0	26	4.5
52		El Basiony Yasmin	U16	EGY	0	3	0	24	4
53		Mahmoud Mohamed Shimaa		EGY	0	2	0	29	3.5
54		Khaled Alyaa	U12	EGY	0	2	0	27	2
55		Ahmed Fathy Nour	U14	EGY	1273	2	0	26	1.5
56		Mohamed Hassanein Farida	U08	EGY	0	2	0	25	1.5
57		Fathy Mohamed Manar	U10	EGY	0	2	0	25	1.5
58		Ahmed Hassan Farida	U08	EGY	0	2	0	17	1.5
59		Zowied Nouran		EGY	0	1	0	28	0
60		Mohsen Hend		EGY	1731	0	0	32	0
		Gourge Alice		EGY	1465	0	0	32	0
		Abdel Aziz Saly		EGY	0	0	0	32	0
63		Abdallah Ali Nadya	S60	EGY	0	0	0	28	0

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