Zonal CENTRE 2025 - Junior Open

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63 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 17 Jul 2025 to 20 Jul 2025 in Alger, Algeria. Top 10 Elo average was 1648, and top seed was Fethallah Aissani (🇩🇿 ALG, 1761).

Fethallah Aissani (🇩🇿 ALG, 1761) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Racim Messaoudi (7.5) and Ahmed Djillali (7.0). Aissani shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Ibrahim KHALIL Hansali (1645) beat Fethallah Aissani (1761), a +116-point gap.

Location

🇩🇿Alger, 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 · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇿Fethallah Aissani1761

Avg top 10

1,648

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇩🇿Algeria×49

Top 3

🥇
Fethallah Aissani
🇩🇿ALG·1761
7.5pts·1838perf+13.8
🥈
Racim Messaoudi
🇩🇿ALG·1612
7.5pts·1831perf+37.8
🥉
Ahmed Djillali
🇩🇿ALG·1571
7.0pts·1789perf+83.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Aissani7.5Messaoudi7.5Chaili7Djillali7Hansali6.5Boudheb6.5— ex-leaders:Boudhebled R5, #9

R6 · LEADER CHANGE19 Jul

Fethallah Aissani takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Aissani takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (49.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Fethallah Aissani beat Racim Messaoudi (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Fethallah Aissani	*	1	—	1
2Racim Messaoudi	0	*	—	½
3Yasser Idris Chaili	—	—	*	—
4Ahmed Djillali	0	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Aissani, Fethallah	1761	ALG	+33N	=11B	+12N	+3B	+2N	+5N	−6B	+14B	+18N	7.5	49.0	53.5	44.25	1838	+13.8
2	Messaoudi, Racim	1612	ALG	+51N	+42B	=3N	+11B	−1B	+13N	+16B	+6N	+8B	7.5	47.0	49.0	38.00	1831	+37.8
3	Djillali, Ahmed	1571	ALG	+27B	+36N	=2B	−1N	+17B	+15N	+25B	+5N	=6B	7.0	48.0	52.0	37.50	1789	+83.2
4	Chaili, Yasser Idris	1673	ALG	+38B	=12N	+26B	=8N	+19B	=25N	=5B	+7N	+15B	7.0	43.5	47.0	35.75	1777	+41.6
5	Boudheb, Ishak	1663	ALG	+46N	+20B	+34N	+7B	+23N	−1B	=4N	−3B	+13N	6.5	46.5	49.5	31.50	1706	+9.0
6	Hansali, Ibrahim KHALIL	1645	ALG	+50B	+39N	−7B	+41N	+18B	+23B	+1N	−2B	=3N	6.5	44.5	47.0	30.00	1713	+32.4
7	Djillali, Aymen	1572	ALG	+59N	+9B	+6N	−5N	=8B	=14B	+12N	−4B	+22N	6.0	48.0	48.0	28.75	1635	+25.6
8	Chaib, Chakib	1578	ALG	+44N	+28B	=18N	=4B	=7N	=12B	+20N	+11B	−2N	6.0	46.0	49.5	30.25	1649	+36.0
9	Bentaleb, Mohamed	0	ALG	+16B	−7N	−15B	+47N	−29B	+59N	+?B	+19B	+23N	6.0	34.0	34.0	18.00	1605	0.0
10	Selmi, Merouane	1575	ALG	+60B	−13N	−21B	+57N	+51B	+38N	−11B	+35N	+20B	6.0	31.5	31.5	15.50	1641	+19.6
11	Bouchedjra, Yacine	1553	ALG	+47B	=1N	+17B	−2N	+22B	=24B	+10N	−8N	=16B	5.5	47.5	50.5	28.25	1617	+28.8
12	Amrane, Samy-Islam	1530	ALG	+54N	=4B	−1B	+36N	+21B	=8N	−7B	+30B	=14N	5.5	45.5	47.5	24.75	1487	-12.0
13	Tagzout, Alexandre Abderahman	0	ALG	+?N	+10B	−19N	+20B	=24N	−2B	+42N	+17N	−5B	5.5	43.5	43.5	22.25	1580	0.0
14	Marah, Hichem	1616	ALG	+52B	=17N	=40B	=21N	+26B	=7N	+23B	−1N	=12B	5.5	42.0	44.0	23.75	1625	+4.8
15	Hamza, Imed	1633	ALG	+58N	−18B	+9N	+42B	=34N	−3B	+35N	+31B	−4N	5.5	41.0	42.0	21.00	1489	-47.2
16	Nasri, Anes	1645	ALG	−9N	+55B	+31N	=18B	+46N	+34B	−2N	=22B	=11N	5.5	40.5	42.5	21.25	1534	-29.6
17	Miri, Mohamad Walled	1482	ALG	+37N	=14B	−11N	+48B	−3N	+43B	+34N	−13B	+40N	5.5	38.5	41.5	20.75	1489	+0.8
18	Boudaia, Mehdi	1522	ALG	+63B	+15N	=8B	=16N	−6N	+28B	+24N	F	−1B	5.0	44.5	44.5	20.25	1661	+53.6
19	Brahimi, Adem	1577	ALG	+53B	+21N	+13B	−23N	−4N	−35B	+27B	−9N	+46B	5.0	39.5	41.5	20.00	766	-62.0
20	Miri, Mohamad Weaam	1529	ALG	+30B	−5N	+51B	−13N	+59B	+29N	−8B	+24B	−10N	5.0	39.5	39.5	15.50	1392	-27.6
21	Bouadou, Abdessamed	0	ALG	+25N	−19B	+10N	=14B	−12N	−42B	+48N	+34B	=24N	5.0	38.5	41.5	22.50	1564	0.0
22	Kilardj, Abdelouakil	1433	ALG	=48N	=35B	=43N	+54B	−11N	+36B	+39B	=16N	−7B	5.0	35.0	37.0	17.50	1481	+14.8
23	Ghalem, Camil	1557	ALG	+31N	+43B	+24N	+19B	−5B	−6N	−14N	=28B	−9B	4.5	43.0	46.5	19.75	1531	-9.6
24	Chekired, Mohamed Elhareth	1596	ALG	+57B	+41N	−23B	+40N	=13B	=11N	−18B	−20N	=21B	4.5	37.5	38.5	16.00	1375	-59.2
25	Chekired, Anes	1634	ALG	−21B	+60N	+58B	+27N	+39B	=4B	−3N	F	F	4.5	37.5	37.5	12.50	1590	-3.6
26	Kilardj, Zaki	1506	ALG	=32N	+48B	−4N	+43B	−14N	+46B	−31N	+29B	−27N	4.5	37.0	40.0	16.25	843	-25.2
27	Doumane, Anes	0	ALG	−3N	+?B	+35N	−25B	=42N	+48B	−19N	F	+26B	4.5	35.0	35.0	13.25	1520	0.0
28	Khaldoun, Sina Aghiles	1448	ALG	+29B	−8N	+47B	−39N	+40B	−18N	+51B	=23N	F	4.5	34.5	36.5	15.25	1220	-39.2
29	Seghouani, Samy	0	ALG	−28N	+44B	+49N	−34B	+9N	−20B	=46N	−26N	+38B	4.5	34.0	37.0	17.50	712	0.0
30	Hameidi, Moussa Khalil	0	ALG	−20N	−46B	+44N	+33B	−35N	+57B	+38B	−12N	=41N	4.5	32.5	33.5	14.25	1175	0.0
31	Fellah, Rayane	0	ALG	−23B	+38N	−16B	+58N	+41B	=39N	+26B	−15N	F	4.5	31.5	31.5	14.25	1498	0.0
32	Ighil, Islam	0	ALG	=26B	−40N	=52B	−38N	+58B	−?N	+55N	+45B	=33N	4.5	24.5	24.5	12.00	1263	0.0
33	Amrane, Toufik Abdelghani	0	ALG	−1B	−47N	+60B	−30N	−53B	+52N	+59B	+57N	=32B	4.5	24.5	24.5	5.25	960	0.0
34	Kebiche, Mohamed	1575	ALG	+55N	+49B	−5B	+29N	=15B	−16N	−17B	−21N	=43N	4.0	39.0	41.0	14.00	1283	-51.6
35	Louni, Abdelhadi	1468	ALG	=40B	=22N	−27B	+53N	+30B	+19N	−15B	−10B	−36N	4.0	38.0	40.0	15.75	1450	-4.8
36	Tifala, khalil	0	ALG	F	−3B	=46N	−12B	+54N	−22N	=53B	+51N	+35B	4.0	30.5	30.5	10.50	1304	0.0
37	FIDE 7976895	0	—	−17B	+57N	−39B	−56N	+52B	=53N	=41B	=38N	=48B	4.0	24.5	25.5	9.00	1218	0.0
38	FIDE 7940220	0	—	−4N	−31B	+55N	+32B	+45N	−10B	−30N	=37B	−29N	3.5	38.5	40.5	12.00	796	0.0
39	Chaib, Tahar	1528	ALG	+56N	−6B	+37N	+28B	−25N	=31B	−22N	F	F	3.5	35.0	35.0	12.25	1341	-38.8
40	Menia, Yacine	0	ALG	=35N	+32B	=14N	−24B	−28N	=54B	+50N	F	−17B	3.5	34.5	36.5	12.75	1280	0.0
41	Meftah, Idriss	1462	ALG	+45N	−24B	+61N	−6B	−31N	=47B	=37N	F	=30B	3.5	32.5	32.5	9.25	815	-23.6
42	Kissoum, Rayan	1482	ALG	+62B	−2N	+59B	−15N	=27B	+21N	−13B	F	F	3.5	31.5	31.5	7.25	821	-24.8
43	Zeghimi, Samy	0	ALG	F	−23N	=22B	−26N	+56B	−17N	=47B	+?N	=34B	3.5	28.0	28.0	7.50	1365	0.0
44	FIDE 7969104	0	—	−8B	−29N	−30B	+60N	−?B	=49N	+56B	+50N	−52B	3.5	24.0	24.0	5.50	685	0.0
45	FIDE 7976909	0	—	−41B	+53N	−50B	+52N	−38B	−51N	=49B	−32N	+57B	3.5	23.0	24.0	6.50	662	0.0
46	Bechar, Walid	0	ALG	−5B	+30N	=36B	+50N	−16B	−26N	=29B	F	−19N	3.0	37.5	40.0	11.25	797	0.0
47	Fellah, Samy	0	ALG	−11N	+33B	−28N	−9B	+49B	=41N	=43N	F	F	3.0	33.5	35.5	11.00	1214	0.0
48	Sider, Walid	0	ALG	=22B	−26N	+?B	−17N	+50B	−27N	−21B	F	=37N	3.0	32.0	32.0	7.00	1367	0.0
49	FIDE 7976810	0	—	+61B	−34N	−29B	F	−47N	=44B	=45N	F	+?B	3.0	18.5	18.5	3.50	1487	0.0
50	FIDE 7974191	0	—	−6N	=54B	+45N	−46B	−48N	+56N	−40B	−44B	F	2.5	26.5	26.5	6.00	836	0.0
51	Bouazizi, Ahmed Nazim	0	ALG	−2B	F	−20N	F	−10N	+45B	−28N	−36B	+56N	2.0	32.0	32.0	5.00	726	0.0
52	Bouanane, Hamza Hocine	0	ALG	−14N	=56B	=32N	−45B	−37N	−33B	F	F	+44N	2.0	29.0	29.0	6.50	812	0.0
53	FIDE 7953860	0	—	−19N	−45B	F	−35B	+33N	=37B	=36N	F	F	2.0	28.5	28.5	8.50	722	0.0
54	Ghiat, Abderrahmane Adel	0	ALG	−12B	=50N	+56B	−22N	−36B	=40N	−57B	F	F	2.0	26.0	26.0	4.50	676	0.0
55	FIDE 7953887	0	—	−34B	−16N	−38B	−?N	+60B	+58N	−32B	F	F	2.0	20.5	20.5	1.00	739	0.0
56	Hasnaoui, Rayane	0	ALG	−39B	=52N	−54N	+37B	−43N	−50B	−44N	F	−51B	1.5	23.0	23.0	5.00	728	0.0
57	Bougouffa, Adem	0	ALG	−24N	−37B	F	−10B	F	−30N	+54N	−33B	−45N	1.0	29.0	29.0	2.00	757	0.0
58	FIDE 7976844	0	—	−15B	F	−25N	−31B	−32N	−55B	+60N	F	F	1.0	24.0	24.0	0.00	833	0.0
59	FIDE 7968892	0	—	−7B	F	−42N	F	−20N	−9B	−33N	F	F	0.0	31.0	31.0	0.00	727	0.0
60	FIDE 7944322	0	—	−10N	−25B	−33N	−44B	−55N	F	−58B	F	F	0.0	27.0	27.0	0.00	777	0.0
61	FIDE 7976925	0	—	−49N	F	−41B	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	662	0.0
62	FIDE 7976887	0	—	−42N	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	681	0.0
63	FIDE 7976860	0	—	−18N	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	719	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Djillali, AhmedALG
+83.2
7.0 pts · #7
2Boudaia, MehdiALG
+53.6
5.0 pts · #11
3Chaili, Yasser IdrisALG
+41.6
7.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Brahimi, AdemALG
-62.0
5.0 pts · #41
2Chekired, Mohamed ElharethALG
-59.2
4.5 pts · #26
3Kebiche, MohamedALG
-51.6
4.0 pts · #37

Biggest upsets

R7+116 Elo gap
Hansali, Ibrahim KHALIL1645 beat Aissani, Fethallah1761
R2+111 Elo gap
Boudaia, Mehdi1522 beat Hamza, Imed1633
R6+109 Elo gap
Louni, Abdelhadi1468 beat Brahimi, Adem1577