Tunisian Chess Championship Under-16 Girls -2026
Open SwissStandard
12 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 20 Dec 2025 to 25 Dec 2025 in Gammarth, Tunis, Tunisia. Top 10 Elo average was 1367, and top seed was Farah Bessghaier (🇹🇳 TUN, 1596).
Maram Souibgui (🇹🇳 TUN, 1545) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Abrar Hasnaoui (6.5) and Hadil Ben Ali (5.5). Souibgui shared the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Rayhane Ben Zid (1494) beat Farah Bessghaier (1596), a +102-point gap.
Location
🇹🇳Gammarth, Tunis, Tunisia
Dates
20 Dec 2025 → 25 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇹🇳Tunisia×10
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R8; 2 players tied at 6.5/9, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R4 · LEADER CHANGE22 Dec
Abrar Hasnaoui takes the sole lead (3.5/4).
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 6.5/9. Souibgui takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (40.0).
R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Maram Souibgui beat Abrar Hasnaoui (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Maram Souibgui | * | 1 | ½ | 0 |
| 2Abrar Hasnaoui | 0 | * | 1 | ½ |
| 3Hadil Ben Ali | ½ | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4Israa Gabsi | 1 | ½ | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Souibgui, Maram | 1545 | TUN | −4N | +12B | +5N | −6B | +10N | +8B | +2N | +7B | =3N | 6.5 | 40.0 | 40.5 | 27.25 | 1656 | +46.4 |
| 2 | Hasnaoui,Abrar | 1505 | TUN | +12N | =4B | +10N | +8B | +3B | =5N | −1B | =6N | +11N | 6.5 | 35.5 | 36.0 | 21.50 | 1625 | +48.0 |
| 3 | Ben Ali, Hadil | 1555 | TUN | +6B | +7N | −8B | +4B | −2N | +9N | −5B | +10N | =1B | 5.5 | 42.0 | 44.5 | 24.75 | 1557 | +2.4 |
| 4 | Gabsi,Israa | 1454 | TUN | +1B | =2N | +7B | −3N | =8N | −6B | +11B | =5N | +9B | 5.5 | 42.0 | 42.5 | 23.75 | 1516 | +24.4 |
| 5 | Naguez, Loujein | 1530 | TUN | +11B | −8N | −1B | +9N | +6N | =2B | +3N | =4B | =7N | 5.5 | 42.0 | 42.5 | 23.00 | 1505 | -10.4 |
| 6 | Ben Hamed,Rawene | 1489 | TUN | −3N | =9B | +11N | +1N | −5B | +4N | F | =2B | +8B | 5.0 | 38.0 | 38.5 | 22.00 | 1571 | +28.4 |
| 7 | Abboud, Dorra | 1497 | TUN | +9B | −3B | −4N | =10B | +12N | +11N | +8B | −1N | =5B | 5.0 | 34.0 | 34.5 | 13.00 | 1404 | -28.8 |
| 8 | Ben Zid, Rayhane | 1494 | TUN | +10B | +5B | +3N | −2N | =4B | −1N | −7N | +9B | −6N | 4.5 | 43.0 | 45.5 | 19.75 | 1478 | -8.8 |
| 9 | Yahia,Tasnim | 0 | TUN | −7N | =6N | +12B | −5B | +11N | −3B | +10B | −8N | −4N | 3.5 | 34.0 | 34.5 | 6.00 | 1287 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Bessghaier,Farah | 1596 | TUN | −8N | +11B | −2B | =7N | −1B | +12B | −9N | −3B | F | 2.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 3.50 | 1153 | -101.6 |
| 11 | FIDE 5558263 | 0 | — | −5N | −10N | −6B | =12N | −9B | −7B | −4N | F | −2B | 0.5 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 0.25 | 712 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 5558352 | 0 | — | −2B | −1N | −9N | =11B | −7B | −10N | F | F | F | 0.5 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 0.25 | 736 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Hasnaoui,AbrarTUN+48.06.5 pts · #3
- 2Souibgui, MaramTUN+46.46.5 pts · #1
- 3Ben Hamed,RaweneTUN+28.45.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Bessghaier,FarahTUN-101.62.5 pts · #10
- 2Abboud, DorraTUN-28.85.0 pts · #8
- 3Naguez, LoujeinTUN-10.45.5 pts · #6
Biggest upsets
- R1+102 Elo gap