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SAHEL CHESS FESTIVAL OPEN A

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20 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Sept 2025 to 08 Sept 2025 in Monastir,Tunisia, Tunisia. 14 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2296, and top seed was Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (🇳🇴 NOR, GM, 2655).

Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (🇳🇴 NOR, GM, 2655) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Aleksandr Domalchuk-Jonasson (7.0) and Amir Zaibi (5.5). Christiansen won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Sadok Zenaidi (1972) beat Nebojsa Nikolic (FM, 2268), a +296-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
🇳🇴GMJohan-Sebastian Christiansen2655
Avg top 10
2,296
Participants
20
Titled players · 14
GM×3
IM×3
FM×3
CM×5
Federations · 8 represented
🇹🇳Tunisia×10
🇲🇪Montenegro×3
🇩🇿Algeria×2
🇮🇳India×1
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇳🇴Norway×1
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇮🇸Iceland×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Christiansen8.5Domalchuk-Jonasson7Zherebtsova5.5Boulrens5.5Nikcevic5.5Zaibi5.5
R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen beat IM Aleksandr Domalchuk-Jonasson (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen 4+4 wins (R1–R4, R6–R9)IM Aleksandr Domalchuk-Jonasson 3+3 wins (R3–R5, R7–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMJohan-Sebastian Christiansen*
1
1
½
2IMAleksandr Domalchuk-Jonasson
0
*—
1
3FMAlexandra Zherebtsova
0
—*
½
4Ala Eddine Boulrens
½
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Christiansen, Johan-SebastianGM2655NOR+9B+6N+5B+7N=4B+2N+3B+15N+10B8.541.544.541.752728+3.9
2Domalchuk-Jonasson, AleksandrIM2362ISL+17N−7B+9N+11B+15N−1B+4N+3N+5B7.040.543.530.502454+10.9
3Zaibi, AmirGM2339TUN=10B+16N−4B+5N+7B+8N−1N−2B+9N5.543.546.523.502324-1.1
4Boulrens, Ala Eddine2174ALG+19N=12B+3N+8B=1N−7N−2B+13B=6N5.543.045.024.502347+40.2
5Nikcevic, NebojsaGM2318MNE+11N+15B−1N−3B+9N=12B+7N+8B−2N5.542.045.022.002333+2.4
6Zherebtsova, AlexandraFM2265MNE+20N−1B=15N=12B=11N=9B+16N+7B=4B5.536.538.019.252262-0.8
7Hernando Rodrigo, Jose MariaIM2245ESP+18B+2N+12N−1B−3N+4B−5B−6N=14N4.545.048.021.252259+1.3
8Hbacha, AchrafIM2173TUN=16B=10N+18B−4N+19B−3B+11N−5N=17B4.533.535.514.002138-8.6
9Barbaria, YacineCM2142TUN−1N+19B−2B+18N−5B=6N=17B+20N−3B4.040.041.510.752185+7.8
10Achour, Mohamed Anis2131ALG=3N=8B=16N=15B=12N=11B−13N+14B−1N4.036.539.515.502125-3.4
11Om Batra2126IND−5B+14N+13B−2N=6B=10N−8B+19NF4.036.538.513.752172+9.6
12Nikolic, NebojsaFM2268MNEF=4N−7B=6N=10B=5N−15B+18N+13B4.034.534.516.752160-10.7
13Bouzidi, AhmedCM2164TUN−15N+20B−11N=16B−14B+17N+10B−4N−12N3.530.031.510.002010-37.6
14Chelly, YahyaCM1948TUNF−11B=20N−17B+13N=18N+19B−10N=7B3.525.525.510.002069+47.6
15Zenaidi, Sadok1972TUN+13B−5N=6B=10N−2BF+12N−1BF3.042.043.512.252218+37.6
16Zouaghi,AhmedCM1991TUN=8N−3B=10B=13N=18B+19N−6B−17NF3.031.032.59.502068+12.8
17Taieb, SahbiCM2140TUN−2B−18N−19B+14N−20B−13B=9N+16B=8N3.030.532.010.751972-40.8
18Barhoumi, Med Anis2014TUN−7N+17B−8N−9B=16N=14B+20N−12BF3.028.530.07.752034+2.0
19Rekik Ismail2012TUN−4B−9N+17N+20B−8N−16B−14N−11BF2.030.532.04.501902-22.4
20Elci, ErenFM2062TUR−6B−13N=14B−19N+17NF−18B−9BF1.528.530.54.751868-67.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets