Zonal OUEST 2025 - Junior Open
32 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 17 Jul 2025 to 20 Jul 2025 in Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria. Top 10 Elo average was 1680, and top seed was Mustapha Djibtrouhi (🇩🇿 ALG, 1758).
Mustapha Djibtrouhi (🇩🇿 ALG, 1758) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Mohamed Yacine Makhlouf (5.5) and Farouk Doucene (5.0). Djibtrouhi won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Mohamed Abdejlebbar Kahlaoui (1413) beat Mohamed Rayane Mesmoudi (1688), a +275-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Mohamed Yacine Makhlouf held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.
2 players finish on 5.5/7. Djibtrouhi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (29.5).
Mohamed Yacine Makhlouf drew with Mustapha Djibtrouhi (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mohamed Yacine Makhlouf | * | ½ | 1 | 0 |
| 2Mustapha Djibtrouhi | ½ | * | — | ½ |
| 3Abdelhalim essddik youcef Ghezali | 0 | — | * | ½ |
| 4Wail Aissat | 1 | ½ | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Djibtrouhi, Mustapha | 1758 | ALG | +9N | +7B | +5N | =2B | =6N | =3B | +13N | 5.5 | 29.5 | 33.5 | 25.75 | 1862 | +34.0 |
| 2 | Makhlouf, Mohamed Yacine | 1704 | ALG | +19B | +14N | +3B | =1N | +4B | +16B | −6N | 5.5 | 28.0 | 31.0 | 23.25 | 1843 | +48.0 |
| 3 | Doucene,Farouk | 1641 | ALG | +26N | +20B | −2N | +11B | +10N | =1N | =5B | 5.0 | 27.0 | 29.0 | 18.25 | 1729 | +24.4 |
| 4 | Ghezali,Abdelhalim essddik youcef | 1694 | ALG | +23N | =11B | +8N | +16B | −2N | =6B | +9N | 5.0 | 26.5 | 29.5 | 19.50 | 1719 | +5.8 |
| 5 | El Hathout, Amir Abdelkader | 1654 | ALG | +28B | +18N | −1B | =20N | +7B | +12N | =3N | 5.0 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 18.50 | 1765 | +30.8 |
| 6 | Aissat, Wail | 1682 | ALG | +31B | −16N | +23B | +19N | =1B | =4N | +2B | 5.0 | 25.5 | 26.5 | 17.75 | 1721 | +7.2 |
| 7 | Belacel, Abdelbassat | 1589 | ALG | +30N | −1N | +25B | +9B | −5N | +15B | +17N | 5.0 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 14.50 | 1670 | +22.0 |
| 8 | Sahraoui Brahim, Yasser | 1520 | ALG | +25B | =10N | −4B | =14N | +27N | =17B | +16N | 4.5 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 13.25 | 1592 | +19.2 |
| 9 | Elkeurti, Larbi | 1480 | ALG | −1B | +30N | +22B | −7N | +25B | +10N | −4B | 4.0 | 24.5 | 25.5 | 10.00 | 1466 | -4.0 |
| 10 | Sahraoui Brahim, Tayeb | 1684 | ALG | +32N | =8B | =11N | +12N | −3B | −9B | +24N | 4.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 11.25 | 1508 | -23.2 |
| 11 | Khilouf, Salim | 1581 | ALG | +27B | =4N | =10B | −3N | +19B | −13B | +21N | 4.0 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 12.50 | 1540 | -11.2 |
| 12 | Kahloul, Ishak | 1681 | ALG | +24N | +15B | =16N | −10B | =17N | −5B | +27N | 4.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 12.50 | 1499 | -49.2 |
| 13 | Mesmoudi, Mohamed Rayane | 1688 | ALG | −18B | +28N | −19B | +22N | +21B | +11N | −1B | 4.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 12.00 | 1358 | -64.8 |
| 14 | Adnani, Razine | 1551 | ALG | +29N | −2B | −20N | =8B | +26N | =21N | +22B | 4.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 10.75 | 1418 | -13.6 |
| 15 | Gouasmi, Yasser Billal | 1486 | ALG | +22B | −12N | −21B | +28N | +29B | −7N | +19B | 4.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 10.00 | 1450 | -6.0 |
| 16 | Kahloul, Yasser | 1511 | ALG | +21N | +6B | =12B | −4N | +20B | −2N | −8B | 3.5 | 27.0 | 30.0 | 13.00 | 1507 | -2.4 |
| 17 | Benali, Abdelkrim | 1611 | ALG | −20B | +26N | +18B | =21N | =12B | =8N | −7B | 3.5 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 11.25 | 1551 | -12.4 |
| 18 | Kahlaoui, Mohamed Abdejlebbar | 1413 | ALG | +13N | −5B | −17N | −27B | +28N | +25B | =20N | 3.5 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 9.50 | 1523 | +15.2 |
| 19 | Hadj Dahou, Ahmed | 1457 | ALG | −2N | +29B | +13N | −6B | −11N | +20B | −15N | 3.0 | 25.5 | 27.5 | 9.00 | 1385 | -16.4 |
| 20 | Chelda, Daho | 0 | ALG | +17N | −3N | +14B | =5B | −16N | −19N | =18B | 3.0 | 24.5 | 27.5 | 11.75 | 1498 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Zenati, Dayaa Eldine | 0 | ALG | −16B | +31N | +15N | =17B | −13N | =14B | −11B | 3.0 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 8.75 | 1445 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Zerguit, Mohamed Salim | 0 | ALG | −15N | +24B | −9N | −13B | +?N | +26B | −14N | 3.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 5.00 | 749 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Mesmoudi, Wassim | 1456 | ALG | −4B | +27N | −6N | −26B | −24N | +31B | +25N | 3.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 5.00 | 888 | -16.4 |
| 24 | Belbachir, Akrem | 0 | ALG | −12B | −22N | +30B | −25N | +23B | +29N | −10B | 3.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 6.00 | 1451 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Triki, Abderrahmene | 0 | ALG | −8N | +32B | −7N | +24B | −9N | −18N | −23B | 2.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 3.00 | 691 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Bendimerad, Jawed | 0 | ALG | −3B | −17B | +32N | +23N | −14B | −22N | −28B | 2.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 3.00 | 1372 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Ouhibi, Moncif | 0 | ALG | −11N | −23B | F | +18N | −8B | +30N | −12B | 2.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 4.50 | 1290 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Benchibout, Mahdi | 0 | ALG | −5N | −13B | +?N | −15B | −18B | F | +26N | 2.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 2.00 | 758 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 7976631 | 0 | — | −14B | −19N | +31B | +32N | −15N | −24B | F | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 1.00 | 697 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 7944861 | 0 | — | −7B | −9B | −24N | F | +31N | −27B | F | 1.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 1.00 | 735 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Bedjaoui, Mohamed Rafik | 0 | ALG | −6N | −21B | −29N | +?B | −30B | −23N | F | 1.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.00 | 768 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 7975791 | 0 | — | −10B | −25N | −26B | −29B | F | −?N | F | 0.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 793 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Makhlouf, Mohamed YacineALG+48.05.5 pts · #1
- 2Djibtrouhi, MustaphaALG+34.05.5 pts · #2
- 3El Hathout, Amir AbdelkaderALG+30.85.0 pts · #5
- 1Mesmoudi, Mohamed RayaneALG-64.84.0 pts · #16
- 2Kahloul, IshakALG-49.24.0 pts · #10
- 3Sahraoui Brahim, TayebALG-23.24.0 pts · #13
- R1+275 Elo gap
- R3+231 Elo gap
- R6+204 Elo gap