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Zonal OUEST 2025 - Junior Open

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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.

Location
🇩🇿Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria
Dates
17 Jul 2025 → 20 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 40 minutes for the game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
Avg top 10
1,680
Participants
32
Federations · 1 represented
🇩🇿Algeria×29
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight 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.

Co-leaders
16
6
2
3
1
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Mohamed Yacine Makhlouf held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Djibtrouhi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (29.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Mohamed Yacine Makhlouf drew with Mustapha Djibtrouhi (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Djibtrouhi, Mustapha1758ALG+9N+7B+5N=2B=6N=3B+13N5.529.533.525.751862+34.0
2Makhlouf, Mohamed Yacine1704ALG+19B+14N+3B=1N+4B+16B6N5.528.031.023.251843+48.0
3Doucene,Farouk1641ALG+26N+20B2N+11B+10N=1N=5B5.027.029.018.251729+24.4
4Ghezali,Abdelhalim essddik youcef1694ALG+23N=11B+8N+16B2N=6B+9N5.026.529.519.501719+5.8
5El Hathout, Amir Abdelkader1654ALG+28B+18N1B=20N+7B+12N=3N5.026.028.018.501765+30.8
6Aissat, Wail1682ALG+31B16N+23B+19N=1B=4N+2B5.025.526.517.751721+7.2
7Belacel, Abdelbassat1589ALG+30N1N+25B+9B5N+15B+17N5.024.025.014.501670+22.0
8Sahraoui Brahim, Yasser1520ALG+25B=10N4B=14N+27N=17B+16N4.522.024.013.251592+19.2
9Elkeurti, Larbi1480ALG1B+30N+22B7N+25B+10N4B4.024.525.510.001466-4.0
10Sahraoui Brahim, Tayeb1684ALG+32N=8B=11N+12N3B9B+24N4.024.524.511.251508-23.2
11Khilouf, Salim1581ALG+27B=4N=10B3N+19B13B+21N4.024.026.012.501540-11.2
12Kahloul, Ishak1681ALG+24N+15B=16N10B=17N5B+27N4.023.025.012.501499-49.2
13Mesmoudi, Mohamed Rayane1688ALG18B+28N19B+22N+21B+11N1B4.022.024.012.001358-64.8
14Adnani, Razine1551ALG+29N2B20N=8B+26N=21N+22B4.021.023.010.751418-13.6
15Gouasmi, Yasser Billal1486ALG+22B12N21B+28N+29B7N+19B4.020.022.010.001450-6.0
16Kahloul, Yasser1511ALG+21N+6B=12B4N+20B2N8B3.527.030.013.001507-2.4
17Benali, Abdelkrim1611ALG20B+26N+18B=21N=12B=8N7B3.523.025.011.251551-12.4
18Kahlaoui, Mohamed Abdejlebbar1413ALG+13N5B17N27B+28N+25B=20N3.519.521.59.501523+15.2
19Hadj Dahou, Ahmed1457ALG2N+29B+13N6B11N+20B15N3.025.527.59.001385-16.4
20Chelda, Daho0ALG+17N3N+14B=5B16N19N=18B3.024.527.511.7514980.0
21Zenati, Dayaa Eldine0ALG16B+31N+15N=17B13N=14B11B3.023.024.08.7514450.0
22Zerguit, Mohamed Salim0ALG15N+24B9N13B+?N+26B14N3.021.021.05.007490.0
23Mesmoudi, Wassim1456ALG4B+27N6N26B24N+31B+25N3.019.020.05.00888-16.4
24Belbachir, Akrem0ALG12B22N+30B25N+23B+29N10B3.018.019.06.0014510.0
25Triki, Abderrahmene0ALG8N+32B7N+24B9N18N23B2.023.023.03.006910.0
26Bendimerad, Jawed0ALG3B17B+32N+23N14B22N28B2.020.520.53.0013720.0
27Ouhibi, Moncif0ALG11N23BF+18N8B+30N12B2.020.020.04.5012900.0
28Benchibout, Mahdi0ALG5N13B+?N15B18BF+26N2.018.518.52.007580.0
29FIDE 7976631014B19N+31B+32N15N24BF2.015.015.01.006970.0
30FIDE 794486107B9B24NF+31N27BF1.015.015.01.007350.0
31Bedjaoui, Mohamed Rafik0ALG6N21B29N+?B30B23NF1.014.014.00.007680.0
32FIDE 7975791010B25N26B29BF?NF0.010.010.00.007930.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets