Algerian Youth Chess Championship 2026 - U14 Girls
Open SwissStandard
13 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 21 Dec 2025 to 25 Dec 2025 in Oran, Algeria. Top 10 Elo average was 909, and top seed was Amilia Khider (🇩🇿 ALG, 1673).
Aya Keddah (🇩🇿 ALG, 1489) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Amilia Khider (7.5) and Anais Zidane (5.5). Keddah shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Aya Keddah (1489) beat Amilia Khider (1673), a +184-point gap.
Location
🇩🇿Oran, Algeria
Dates
21 Dec 2025 → 25 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇩🇿Algeria×11
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R4–R9 · LEAD HELD
Aya Keddah held the sole lead from R4 through R9 without losing it.
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 7.5/9. Keddah takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (39.5).
R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Aya Keddah beat Amilia Khider (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Aya Keddah | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Amilia Khider | 0 | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Anais Zidane | 0 | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4Thileli Aoudia | 0 | 0 | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keddah, Aya | 1489 | ALG | +11N | +2B | +3B | +5N | +7B | +9N | +4B | −6N | =8B | 7.5 | 39.5 | 41.5 | 35.00 | 1881 | +83.2 |
| 2 | Khider, Amilia | 1673 | ALG | +4B | −1N | =7B | +11N | +8B | +3B | +5N | +9B | +12N | 7.5 | 37.0 | 38.0 | 28.25 | 1672 | +1.2 |
| 3 | Zidane, Anais | 1538 | ALG | +13N | +10B | −1N | +4B | =5B | −2N | +8N | −7B | +6B | 5.5 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 19.75 | 1363 | -42.8 |
| 4 | Aoudia, Thileli | 0 | ALG | −2N | +11B | +6B | −3N | +13N | +5B | −1N | +12B | −10N | 5.0 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 12.00 | 1462 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Aissani, Saoussane | 1524 | ALG | +7B | +8N | +9B | −1B | =3N | −4N | −2B | F | +13N | 4.5 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 15.25 | 1514 | +0.4 |
| 6 | Bousla, Nihal | 0 | ALG | −8B | F | −4N | +12B | =9N | +7N | +10B | +1B | −3N | 4.5 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 19.00 | 1493 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Benikhlef, Tinhinane | 0 | ALG | −5N | +12B | =2N | +10B | −1N | −6B | +13N | +3N | F | 4.5 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 14.25 | 1534 | +27.6 |
| 8 | Rebbouh, Nesrine | 1403 | ALG | +6N | −5B | +10N | =9B | −2N | F | −3B | +11B | =1N | 4.0 | 39.5 | 39.5 | 16.25 | 1229 | -38.0 |
| 9 | Boulkaria, Zouhra | 0 | ALG | +12N | +13B | −5N | =8N | =6B | −1B | F | −2N | +11B | 4.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 7.25 | 1370 | 0.0 |
| 10 | FIDE 7967152 | 0 | — | F | −3N | −8B | −7N | +11B | +12N | −6N | +13B | +4B | 4.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 8.00 | 1272 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Benmammar, Keltoum | 0 | ALG | −1B | −4N | F | −2B | −10N | +13B | +12B | −8N | −9N | 2.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 1.00 | 1328 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Ait Sadi, Aya | 1463 | ALG | −9B | −7N | +13B | −6N | F | −10B | −11N | −4N | −2B | 1.0 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 0.00 | 749 | -31.6 |
| 13 | FIDE 7972199 | 0 | — | −3B | −9N | −12N | F | −4B | −11N | −7B | −10N | −5B | 0.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 0.00 | 681 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Keddah, AyaALG+83.27.5 pts · #1
- 2Benikhlef, TinhinaneALG+27.64.5 pts · #4
- 3Khider, AmiliaALG+1.27.5 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Zidane, AnaisALG-42.85.5 pts · #8
- 2Rebbouh, NesrineALG-38.04.0 pts · #11
- 3Ait Sadi, AyaALG-31.61.0 pts · #13
Biggest upsets
- R2+184 Elo gap