Zonal SUD 2025 - Junior Open
Round-RobinStandard
5 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 18 Jul 2025 to 19 Jul 2025 in Laghouat, Algeria. Top 10 Elo average was 637, and top seed was Mohamed El Amine Mordjani (🇩🇿 ALG, 1651).
Mohamed El Amine Mordjani (🇩🇿 ALG, 1651) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Aymen Mekhalett (2.5). Mordjani led wire-to-wire.
Location
🇩🇿Laghouat, Algeria
Dates
18 Jul 2025 → 19 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 40 minutes for the game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 5 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇩🇿Algeria×3
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 5 · 5 roundsMohamed El Amine Mordjani led from R1 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
Co-leaders
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R1–R5 · LEAD HELD
Mohamed El Amine Mordjani never relinquished the lead after R1; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
R5 · DECISIVE LEAD19 Jul
Mohamed El Amine Mordjani opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: Aymen Mekhalett); the title is out of reach before R5.
R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Mohamed El Amine Mordjani beat Aymen Mekhalett (White).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 🇩🇿Mordjani, Mohamed El Amine | 1651 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 6.00 | 6.0 | +13.6 | 2334 |
| 3 | 🇩🇿Mekhalett, Aymen | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 2.5 | 2.75 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 1399 |
| 1 | FIDE 7962770 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 1.50 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 1592 |
| 5 | 🇩🇿Teggar, Ayman | 1535 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1.5 | 1.25 | 8.5 | -13.6 | 850 |
| 4 | FIDE 7975252 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 792 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Mordjani, Mohamed El AmineALG+13.64.0 pts · #2
- 2FIDE 79627700.02.0 pts · #1
- 3FIDE 79752520.00.0 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Teggar, AymanALG-13.61.5 pts · #5
- 2FIDE 79627700.02.0 pts · #1
- 3FIDE 79752520.00.0 pts · #4