Ain Mlila Open Chess Championship 2025
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55 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 30 May 2025 to 31 May 2025 in Ain Mlila, Algeria. Top 10 Elo average was 1740, and top seed was Saad Belouadah (π©πΏ ALG, IM, 2306).
Sebti Merdaci (π©πΏ ALG, 1732) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Kamel Sai (5.5) and Zakaria Chaoui (5.0).
The biggest upset came in round 1: Lila Belattar (1425) beat Bachir Saim (1967), a +542-point gap.
Location
π©πΏAin Mlila, Algeria
Dates
30 May 2025 β 31 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss Β· 7 rounds
Avg top 10
1,740
Participants
55
Federations Β· 1 represented
π©πΏAlgeriaΓ49
Top 3
- π₯
- π₯
- π₯
How it unfolded
Top 6 Β· 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
41
18
8
3
1
1
1
R7 Β· TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 5.5/7. Merdaci takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (17.5).
WIN STREAKS Β· 2 top finishers
Kamel Sai 3 wins (R5βR7)Djalal Soltani 3 wins (R1βR3)
Grille amΓ©ricaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Ξ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merdaci, Sebti | 1732 | ALG | +50N | +15B | β?B | +21N | =9B | +?N | +11B | 5.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 15.25 | 2440 | +30.4 |
| 2 | Sai, Kamel | 1648 | ALG | +24B | =?N | +18B | β?N | +?B | +?N | +?B | 5.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 2225 | +8.8 |
| 3 | Chaoui, Zakaria | 1768 | ALG | β8N | +26B | +46N | +12B | +10N | +?B | β?N | 5.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 12.50 | 2404 | +34.4 |
| 4 | Battira, Mohamed | 1709 | ALG | +16B | β?N | +35B | +14N | +?B | β?N | +13B | 5.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.50 | 2438 | +32.8 |
| 5 | Soltani, Djalal | 0 | ALG | +12N | +36B | +?B | β?N | +13B | β?N | +?B | 5.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.50 | 1791 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Khoucha, Nedjm Eddine | 1696 | ALG | +38B | β?N | β14B | +48N | +24B | =17N | +18B | 4.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 11.25 | 2225 | +6.8 |
| 7 | Mehira, Abderrahmane | 1733 | ALG | +48B | β9N | β32B | +42N | +28B | +25N | =?B | 4.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 9.00 | 732 | -30.0 |
| 8 | Daas, Abdelaziz | 0 | ALG | +3B | =?N | +?B | β?N | +32B | β9N | +20B | 4.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 11.00 | 1730 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Benlakehal, Mohamed Amine | 0 | ALG | +?N | +7B | +?N | β?B | =1N | +8B | β?N | 4.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 11.75 | 1749 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Daas, Med Lemnaouar | 1660 | ALG | +45B | β?N | +29B | +?N | β3B | =?N | +17B | 4.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 8.00 | 968 | -13.6 |
| 11 | Fartas, Toufik | 1708 | ALG | β22N | +47B | +49N | +41B | +?N | =?B | β1N | 4.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 4.00 | 932 | -18.8 |
| 12 | Messaoudi, Oussama | 1627 | ALG | β5B | +48N | +24B | β3N | +38B | β13N | +29B | 4.0 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 9.00 | 960 | -25.6 |
| 13 | Yala,Lyes | 1757 | ALG | +47N | +22B | β?N | +25B | β5N | +12B | β4N | 4.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 11.50 | 1667 | -4.6 |
| 14 | Belhocine, Mohamed Ali Ameziane | 0 | ALG | β?N | +55B | +6N | β4B | β?N | +40B | +27N | 4.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 9.50 | 1719 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Terlebas, Ibrahim | 0 | ALG | +?B | β1N | +44B | β20N | +33B | β?N | +?B | 4.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 4.00 | 1648 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Himeur, Karim | 0 | ALG | β4N | β33B | +?N | +?N | β?B | +46B | +34N | 4.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.50 | 1631 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Yousfi, Tarek Bilal | 0 | ALG | β?N | β25B | +47N | +26B | +19N | =6B | β10N | 3.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 9.75 | 1516 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Belattar, Lila | 1425 | ALG | +?N | =43B | β2N | β36B | +44N | +34B | β6N | 3.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 5.00 | 1652 | +60.0 |
| 19 | Aksas, Mostafa | 1472 | ALG | β?B | +38N | β20B | +29N | β17B | =24N | +32B | 3.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 9.00 | 1621 | +15.2 |
| 20 | Lachache, Mohamed | 1710 | ALG | +37N | β?B | +19N | +15B | β?N | =35B | β8N | 3.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 10.75 | 1692 | -1.6 |
| 21 | Hadjadj, Jobrane | 1571 | ALG | +41N | β?B | +?N | β1B | =23N | +37B | β?B | 3.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 5.75 | 932 | -11.6 |
| 22 | Khemissi, Mourad | 0 | ALG | +11B | β13N | β?B | +?N | β?B | =33N | +46N | 3.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 6.75 | 1635 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Meddas, Abdechafi | 0 | ALG | β?B | +?N | β?B | +?N | =21B | β?N | +33B | 3.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.25 | 1518 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Saad Guermeche, Rami | 0 | ALG | β2N | +53B | β12N | +49B | β6N | =19B | =37N | 3.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 3.75 | 1288 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Boureghda, Iyad | 0 | ALG | β?B | +17N | +27B | β13N | F | β7B | +?N | 3.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 6.50 | 1597 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Boutouba, Aymen | 0 | ALG | β?B | β3N | +52B | β17N | β?B | +39N | +40N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 5.00 | 1523 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Badji, Moncef | 1691 | ALG | +51N | β?B | β25N | β31B | +54N | +32N | β14B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 3.50 | 2332 | +11.6 |
| 28 | Chaoui, Mohamed Oussama | 0 | ALG | =36N | β?B | +?N | =43B | β7N | +30B | β?N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 5.25 | 1634 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Marmi , Taha Abdelmouhaiman | 0 | ALG | β?N | +?B | β10N | β19B | +53N | +?B | β12N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 806 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Saheb, Aymen | 0 | ALG | β44B | +?N | β?B | β35N | +39B | β28N | +50B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 1404 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Harkat, Abdessamed | 0 | ALG | β34N | β46B | +?N | +27N | β?B | +?N | β?B | 3.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.00 | 1560 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Messaoudi, Mohamed Elhaoues | 1533 | ALG | β?N | +51B | +7N | =34B | β8N | β27B | β19N | 2.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 6.75 | 1567 | +5.2 |
| 33 | Khelfallah , Ikhlas | 1527 | ALG | β?B | +16N | β34N | +51B | β15N | =22B | β23N | 2.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 6.75 | 927 | -9.6 |
| 34 | Boureghda, Reda | 1728 | ALG | +31B | β?N | +33B | =32N | β?B | β18N | β16B | 2.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 6.75 | 1493 | -34.4 |
| 35 | Ferhaoui, Yacine | 1525 | ALG | β?N | +40B | β4N | +30B | F | =20N | β?B | 2.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 6.75 | 1517 | -0.8 |
| 36 | Moussaoui,Farid | 1792 | ALG | =28B | β5N | +39B | +18N | F | F | F | 2.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 7.00 | 2293 | +12.4 |
| 37 | Hebbaz, Diaa Eddine | 0 | ALG | β20B | +39N | β?N | =44B | F | β21N | =24B | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 4.25 | 1481 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Leboukh, Abdennour | 0 | ALG | β6N | β19B | +53N | +46B | β12N | β?B | β?N | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 1.00 | 1389 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Daas, Sami | 1561 | ALG | β?N | β37B | β36N | +47B | β30N | β26B | +53N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.00 | 992 | -8.4 |
| 40 | Marmi, Bissane | 0 | ALG | β?B | β35N | β42B | +53B | +?N | β14N | β26B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 801 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Zerrouk, Ammar | 0 | ALG | β21B | +54N | +?B | β11N | F | F | F | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 1507 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Daas, Abdelouaheb | 0 | ALG | β43N | β?B | +40N | β7B | F | β?N | +?B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.00 | 1480 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Chougui, Rachid | 1761 | ALG | +42B | =18N | β?B | =28N | F | F | F | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 5.25 | 1425 | -7.6 |
| 44 | Hassad,Badri | 1629 | ALG | +30N | β?B | β15N | =37N | β18B | F | F | 1.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4.00 | 625 | -30.4 |
| 45 | Medjahdi,Rachid | 0 | ALG | β10N | +?B | =?N | F | F | F | F | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1470 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Belouadah, Kacem Adnane | 1538 | ALG | β?B | +31N | β3B | β38N | F | β16N | β22B | 1.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 3.00 | 968 | -8.4 |
| 47 | FIDE 7975953 | 0 | β | β13B | β11N | β17B | β39N | +50B | β52N | F | 1.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 1.00 | 873 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Djemal, Abdelatif Sofiane | 0 | ALG | β7N | β12B | +55N | β6B | β?N | F | F | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 882 | 0.0 |
| 49 | FIDE 7975902 | 0 | β | β?B | +52N | β11B | β24N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.00 | 908 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Ferchaoui, Hamza | 0 | ALG | β1B | β?N | β?B | β?B | β47N | +53B | β30N | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 874 | 0.0 |
| 51 | FIDE 7960271 | 0 | β | β27B | β32N | +54B | β33N | β?B | F | β?N | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 784 | 0.0 |
| 52 | FIDE 7966482 | 0 | β | β?N | β49B | β26N | β?B | F | +47B | β?N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 878 | 0.0 |
| 53 | FIDE 7966423 | 0 | β | β?B | β24N | β38B | β40N | β29B | β50N | β39B | 0.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 761 | 0.0 |
| 54 | FIDE 7975945 | 0 | β | β?N | β41B | β51N | F | β27B | β?B | F | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 891 | 0.0 |
| 55 | Naili, Chihab Eddine | 0 | ALG | β?B | β14N | β48B | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 857 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets β the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Belattar, LilaALG+60.03.5 pts Β· #7
- 2Chaoui, ZakariaALG+34.45.0 pts Β· #6
- 3Battira, MohamedALG+32.85.0 pts Β· #12
Top rating losers
- 1Boureghda, RedaALG-34.42.5 pts Β· #16
- 2Hassad,BadriALG-30.41.5 pts Β· #36
- 3Mehira, AbderrahmaneALG-30.04.5 pts Β· #52
Biggest upsets
- R1+542 Elo gap
- R7+314 Elo gap
- R6+303 Elo gap