Tournoi Classique by Menara Echecs
6 players participated in this 10-round tournament, held from 20 Sept 2025 to 28 Sept 2025 in Marrakech, Morocco. Top 10 Elo average was 1859, and top seed was MANOUZI HOUCINE (🇲🇦 MAR, 2101).
MANOUZI HOUCINE (🇲🇦 MAR, 2101) won with 7.5/10, ahead of Mohamed Ali Kasri (6.0) and Anas Ait Bentaleb (5.5). HOUCINE won solo starting round 7.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Ahmed Ezzaidi (1710) beat MANOUZI HOUCINE (2101), a +391-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 10 roundsMANOUZI HOUCINE led from R2 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
MANOUZI HOUCINE never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
MANOUZI HOUCINE opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: Mohamed Ali Kasri); the title is out of reach before R10.
MANOUZI HOUCINE 2.0–0.0 against Mohamed Ali Kasri (R2 1-0, R7 1-0) — decisive in 2/2.
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇲🇦MANOUZI HOUCINE | 2101 | * | 11 | 11 | 01 | 0½ | 11 | 7.5 | 33.25 | 45.0 | -32.0 | 2003 |
| 2 | 🇲🇦Kasri, Mohamed Ali | 1810 | 00 | * | 10 | ½1 | 1½ | 11 | 6.0 | 22.75 | 48.0 | +67.2 | 1940 |
| 3 | 🇲🇦Ait Bentaleb, Anas | 1876 | 00 | 10 | * | ½1 | 01 | 11 | 5.5 | 21.00 | 49.0 | +7.2 | 1891 |
| 4 | 🇲🇦Tachfine, Anouar | 1950 | 01 | 0½ | 0½ | * | 10 | 11 | 5.0 | 20.75 | 50.0 | -27.6 | 1841 |
| 5 | 🇲🇦Ezzaidi, Ahmed | 1710 | ½1 | ½0 | 01 | 10 | * | ½0 | 4.5 | 25.50 | 51.0 | +64.8 | 1853 |
| 6 | 🇲🇦IKHRAZENE ALI | 1705 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 1½ | * | 1.5 | 6.75 | 57.0 | -52.0 | 1594 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Kasri, Mohamed AliMAR+67.26.0 pts · #2
- 2Ezzaidi, AhmedMAR+64.84.5 pts · #5
- 3Ait Bentaleb, AnasMAR+7.25.5 pts · #3
- 1IKHRAZENE ALIMAR-52.01.5 pts · #6
- 2MANOUZI HOUCINEMAR-32.07.5 pts · #1
- 3Tachfine, AnouarMAR-27.65.0 pts · #4
- R5+391 Elo gap
- R2+240 Elo gap
- R9+166 Elo gap