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Algerian Youth Chess Championship 2026 - U18 Open

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26 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 21 Dec 2025 to 25 Dec 2025 in Oran, Algeria. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1761, and top seed was Ibrahim KHALIL Hansali (🇩🇿 ALG, 1872).

Med Lemnaouar Daas (🇩🇿 ALG, 1676) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Tarek Lamri (7.0) and Rayane Hammadi (6.5). Daas won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Adem Benyahia (1518) beat Ibrahim KHALIL Hansali (1872), a +354-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
Top seed
🇩🇿Ibrahim KHALIL Hansali1872
Avg top 10
1,761
Participants
26
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇩🇿Algeria×25
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Med Lemnaouar Daas led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
11
5
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Daas7.5Lamri7Hammadi6.5Zaidi6Benbekka5.5Oudina5.5
R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

Med Lemnaouar Daas held the sole lead from R4 through R9 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Med Lemnaouar Daas drew with Tarek Lamri (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Med Lemnaouar Daas 4 wins (R1–R4)Tarek Lamri 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Med Lemnaouar Daas*
½
1
1
2Tarek Lamri
½
*
0
½
3Rayane Hammadi
0
1
*—
4Anis Zaidi
0
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Daas, Med Lemnaouar1676ALG+26B+7N+10B+15N=2B+3N+4N=9B=13N7.543.044.035.751990+126.0
2Lamri, Tarek1866ALG+9B+11N+16B=4N=1N+15B+8N−3B+7B7.044.048.034.751909+19.6
3Hammadi, Rayane1756ALG+19B+6N−15B+18N+11B−1B+17N+2N=5B6.542.546.031.751815+30.0
4Zaidi, Anis1580ALG=10B+9N+5B=2B−7N+16N−1B+6N+8B6.045.549.531.001845+124.0
5Benbekka, Yamane1591ALG+23N=8B−4N+14B=6N=12B=13N+15B=3N5.541.043.524.251708+47.6
6Oudina, Mohaned1672ALG+24N−3B+21N−7B=5B+22N+12N−4B+14N5.539.041.020.751559-37.2
7Kedadouche, Ciliane1751ALG+12N−1B=14N+6N+4B=13B+15N−8B−2N5.045.049.025.001721-12.8
8Aoudia, AghilesCM1748ALG+18B=5N−13B=10N+19B+11N−2B+7N−4N5.042.045.522.751734-17.6
9Bouras, Ismail1561ALG−2N−4B+24N+21B−13N+18B+16B=1N=12B5.041.543.519.751619+17.6
10Hansali, Ibrahim KHALIL1872ALG=4N+17B−1N=8B−12N+19B+11N−13B+15N5.041.044.522.001698-74.0
11Djillali, Aymen1689ALG+21N−2B+22N+13B−3N−8B−10B+16N+20B5.039.042.018.501705+5.6
12Benyahia, Adem1518ALG−7B+26N+20B−16N+10B=5N−6B+17B=9N5.037.538.518.751655+55.2
13Djibtrouhi, Mustapha1828ALGF−15B+8N−11N+9B=7N=5B+10N=1B4.542.042.024.001746-31.2
14Brahimi, Adem1494ALG−16B+25N=7B−5N+18B−17B+22N+19N−6B4.534.536.515.001522+6.8
15Hamza, Imed1704ALG+20B+13N+3N−1B+16B−2N−7B−5N−10B4.045.048.518.501683-8.0
16Chaib, Chakib1717ALG+14N+22B−2N+12B−15N−4B−9N−11B+26N4.039.540.513.501471-91.6
17Chelda, Daho1598ALG+25B−10N−18B+20N=22B+14N−3B−12N=19B4.035.037.013.251491-43.6
18Kebiche, Mohamed1507ALG−8N+24B+17N−3B−14N−9N+25B−20N+23B4.033.035.010.501337-47.6
19Ghalem, Camil1534ALG−3N−21B+25N+23B−8N−10N+26B−14B=17N3.533.034.07.501333-40.4
20Tani, Houcine1483ALG−15N+23B−12N−17B+25N−24B=21N+18B−11N3.530.032.010.251362-28.4
21Bellabiod, Adem0ALG−11B+19N−6B−9N=23B=26N=20B=24N=22B3.530.031.09.5014370.0
22Yousfi, Hichem0ALGF−16N−11B+24B=17N−6B−14B+23N=21N3.031.031.08.2512670.0
23Sebbah, Med Abderahmane0ALG−5B−20N+26B−19N=21N−25B+24N−22B−18N2.527.028.04.757290.0
24Mehani, Ali0ALG−6B−18N−9B−22N=26B+20N−23B=21BF2.028.028.05.7513600.0
25FIDE 79788040—−17N−14B−19B+26N−20B+23N−18NFF2.023.023.03.507210.0
26Dib, Riad Ghaouti0ALG−1N−12B−23N−25B=24N=21B−19NF−16B1.030.030.02.758100.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets