Individual National Chess Championship Women 2024-2025

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20 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 07 Jul 2025 to 13 Jul 2025 in Berkane, Morocco. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1756, and top seed was Roaa Laamim (🇲🇦 MAR, WFM, 1921).

Sarah El Barbry (🇲🇦 MAR, 1852) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Roaa Laamim (8.0) and Firdaous Mayar ElIdrissi (6.5). El Barbry shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Salma Lagmou (1675) beat Sarah El Barbry (1852), a +177-point gap.

Location

🇲🇦Berkane, Morocco

Dates

07 Jul 2025 → 13 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇲🇦WFMRoaa Laamim1921

Avg top 10

1,756

Participants

Titled players · 2

WFM×2

Federations · 1 represented

🇲🇦Morocco×16

Top 3

🥇
Sarah El Barbry
🇲🇦MAR·1852
8.0pts·2058perf+31.2
🥈
WFMRoaa Laamim
🇲🇦MAR·1921
8.0pts·2066perf+49.2
🥉
Firdaous Mayar ElIdrissi
🇲🇦MAR·1852
6.5pts·1835perf-1.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 8.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Laamim8El Barbry8Lagmou6.5Mayar ElIdrissi6.5Makhlouf5.5Echcharbiny5

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 8.0/9. El Barbry takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (43.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WFM Roaa Laamim lost to Sarah El Barbry (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

WFM Roaa Laamim 3+5 wins (R1–R3, R5–R9)Sarah El Barbry 5+3 wins (R1–R5, R7–R9)Salma Lagmou 4 wins (R3–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1WFMRoaa Laamim	*	0	1	1
2Sarah El Barbry	1	*	0	1
3Salma Lagmou	0	1	*	0
4Firdaous Mayar ElIdrissi	0	0	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	El Barbry, Sarah	1852	MAR	+16B	+7N	+5B	+2N	+3B	−4N	+6B	+15N	+9B	8.0	43.0	45.5	39.00	2058	+31.2
2	Laamim, RoaaWFM	1921	MAR	+11N	+17B	+3N	−1B	+6N	+10B	+4B	+5N	+15B	8.0	42.0	44.0	36.00	2066	+49.2
3	Mayar ElIdrissi, Firdaous	1852	MAR	+19N	+4B	−2B	+5N	−1N	=6B	+9B	+8N	+10B	6.5	45.5	46.5	28.00	1835	-1.8
4	Lagmou, Salma	1675	MAR	+13B	−3N	+16B	+7N	+9B	+1B	−2N	+10N	=5B	6.5	44.0	46.5	29.25	1858	+59.2
5	Makhlouf, AhlamWFM	1702	MAR	+12N	+6B	−1N	−3B	+14N	+16B	+7N	−2B	=4N	5.5	45.0	47.5	21.75	1742	+5.2
6	Echcharbiny, Wissal	1768	MAR	+14B	−5N	+9B	+17N	−2B	=3N	−1N	+12B	=7N	5.0	43.0	45.0	18.00	1671	-30.8
7	El Harrak, Maryam	1727	MAR	+20N	−1B	+12N	−4B	=10N	+11B	−5B	=9N	=6B	4.5	40.0	40.0	13.50	1575	-46.8
8	MRAC, AICHA	0	MAR	−17N	=10B	+11N	−9N	−13B	+18B	+12N	−3B	+16N	4.5	29.5	31.0	13.00	1608	0.0
9	Essadaoui, Zineb	0	MAR	+10N	=11B	−6N	+8B	−4N	+14B	−3N	=7B	−1N	4.0	42.5	45.5	15.50	1568	0.0
10	Ibriz, Maryam	1749	MAR	−9B	=8N	+13B	+15N	=7B	−2N	+11N	−4B	−3N	4.0	41.0	44.0	14.50	1647	-32.8
11	Bouhali, Salma	1456	MAR	−2B	=9N	−8B	+12B	+19N	−7N	−10B	+18N	−14N	3.5	33.0	34.0	8.00	977	-16.0
12	MRAC, HAJAR	0	MAR	−5B	+14N	−7B	−11N	+18N	=13B	−8B	−6N	+19B	3.5	31.0	32.0	7.25	863	0.0
13	FIDE 9063951	0	—	−4N	+19B	−10N	−14B	+8N	=12N	F	=16B	=18B	3.5	26.5	26.5	9.25	912	0.0
14	Chaab Khadija	0	MAR	−6N	−12B	F	+13N	−5B	−9N	−18N	+19B	+11B	3.0	27.5	27.5	8.00	1517	0.0
15	Khalis, Sophia	1595	MAR	F	+18B	−17N	−10B	F	+19N	+16N	−1B	−2N	3.0	27.0	27.0	5.00	1011	-37.2
16	FIDE 9053093	0	—	−1N	+20B	−4N	+19B	F	−5N	−15B	=13N	−8B	2.5	34.0	34.0	2.75	906	0.0
17	Okkeli, Salima	1722	MAR	+8B	−2N	+15B	−6B	F	F	F	F	F	2.0	23.0	23.0	7.50	1636	-14.0
18	FIDE 9064907	0	—	−?B	−15N	−19N	F	−12B	−8N	+14B	−11B	=13N	1.5	22.0	22.0	4.75	802	0.0
19	ALFASSI FARAH	0	MAR	−3B	−13N	+18B	−16N	−11B	−15B	F	−14N	−12N	1.0	27.0	27.0	1.50	834	0.0
20	FIDE 9062092	0	—	−7B	−16N	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	927	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Lagmou, SalmaMAR
+59.2
6.5 pts · #3
2Laamim, RoaaWFMMAR
+49.2
8.0 pts · #1
3El Barbry, SarahMAR
+31.2
8.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1El Harrak, MaryamMAR
-46.8
4.5 pts · #7
2Khalis, SophiaMAR
-37.2
3.0 pts · #13
3Ibriz, MaryamMAR
-32.8
4.0 pts · #5

Biggest upsets

R6+177 Elo gap
Lagmou, Salma1675 beat El Barbry, Sarah1852