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SAHEL CHESS FESTIVAL OPEN D

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19 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Sept 2025 to 08 Sept 2025 in Monastir,Tunisia, Tunisia. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1843, and top seed was Ben Thabet Yacine (🇹🇳 TUN, 1971).

Walid Ben Romdhane (🇹🇳 TUN, 1853) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Adem Hafsa (6.0) and Ben Thabet Yacine (6.0). Ben Romdhane shared the lead from round 7 and won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Adem Hafsa (1652) beat Afif Mdallah (1914), a +262-point gap.

Location
🇹🇳Monastir,Tunisia, Tunisia
Dates
02 Sept 2025 → 08 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for game with 30 seconds delay from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇹🇳Ben Thabet Yacine1971
Avg top 10
1,843
Participants
19
Federations · 3 represented
🇹🇳Tunisia×16
🇩🇿Algeria×1
🇱🇾Libya×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Walid Ben Romdhane led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
4
1
1
3
2
3
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Ben Romdhane takes lead
Ben Romdhane6.5Hafsa6Yacine6Younes5Mdallah5Abbes5
R8 · LEADER CHANGE07 Sept

Walid Ben Romdhane takes the sole lead (6.0/8).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Walid Ben Romdhane 4 wins (R5–R8)Adem Hafsa 4 wins (R6–R9)Ben Thabet Yacine 4 wins (R5–R8)

R5 · LATE SURGE

Adem Hafsa was #11 at R5, climbed to #2 over the final stretch.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Walid Ben Romdhane*
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½
0
2Adem Hafsa
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*
0
1
3Ben Thabet Yacine
½
1
*
1
4Kamel Younes
1
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ben Romdhane, Walid1853TUN+17B+12NF−4N+8B+5B+9N+6B=3B6.540.042.028.002221+50.0
2Hafsa, Adem1652TUN+9B+10NF−5B−3N+17N+7B+8N+4B6.041.043.025.501985+122.4
3Yacine , Ben Thabet1971TUN−5N+6B−8B=12N+2B+15N+13B+4B=1N6.039.542.027.251829-24.4
4Younes, Kamel0TUN+11B+8N+5N+1B−9N=6B=12B−3N−2N5.042.046.025.0018200.0
5Ayed, Mokhtar1764TUN+3B+13N−4B+2N+15B−1N−6N+9B−11N5.041.043.522.501866+39.2
6Abbes , Tarek1783TUN=15B−3N+12B+14N+13B=4N+5B−1N−8B5.038.040.519.751871+16.8
7Mdallah, Afif1914TUN−12B−15N+17N+19B+10B−13N−2N+18B+14N5.027.528.512.501775-22.8
8Farhat, Mohamed Tawfik1800TUNF−4B+3N+16B−1N=9B+14N−2B+6N4.539.039.019.251913+22.0
9Ertemi,Ibrahim K1851LBA−2N+17B+14B+15N+4B=8N−1B−5N−10N4.537.539.515.251656-37.2
10Tritar, Kamel1832TUN+19N−2B=18N+11B−7N−14BF+12N+9B4.530.030.014.751754-14.0
11Yala,Lyes1774ALG−4N+19B=13B−10NF−12N+16B+17N+5B4.527.527.512.251836+12.2
12Haouari, Amor1764TUN+7N−1B−6N=3B+16N+11B=4N−10BF4.039.039.017.501848+15.6
13Ben Moussa, Rached1839TUNF−5B=11N+18B−6N+7B−3N−14B+19N3.531.531.59.751689-57.6
14Abdelwahed,Adel1754TUNF=16B−9N−6B+18N+10N−8B+13N−7B3.531.031.010.751759+1.6
15Hmila, Hichem0TUN=6N+7B+16N−9B−5N−3B−19BFF2.530.530.510.0017930.0
16Zarougui, Abdallah1817TUN+18B=14N−15B−8N−12BF−11N+19BF2.523.523.54.251584-30.8
17Gharbi, Nabil1657TUN−1N−9N−7BF+19N−2B+18N−11BF2.031.531.52.501496-45.6
18Aroua, Ahmed1582TUN−16NF=10B−13N−14B+19N−17B−7NF1.524.524.53.251401-17.4
19FIDE 55664950—−10B−11NF−7N−17B−18B+15N−16N−13B1.026.026.02.509730.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets