Bejaia Junior Chess Championship 2026 - Girls
Open SwissStandard
19 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 12 Dec 2025 to 13 Dec 2025 in Bejaia, Algeria. Top 10 Elo average was 1184, and top seed was Chahrazad Djerroud (🇩🇿 ALG, WFM, 1867).
Melissa Tebbal (🇩🇿 ALG, 0) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Nihad Zidane (4.0) and Lyna Ait Sadi (4.0).
Location
🇩🇿Bejaia, Algeria
Dates
12 Dec 2025 → 13 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 40 minutes for the game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Avg top 10
1,184
Participants
19
Federations · 1 represented
🇩🇿Algeria×16
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsCo-leaders
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WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Melissa Tebbal 3 wins (R1–R3)Lyna Ait Sadi 3 wins (R3–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Melissa Tebbal | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Nihad Zidane | — | * | — | — |
| 3Lyna Ait Sadi | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Elina Nait Salem | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tebbal, Melissa | 0 | ALG | +10N | +3B | +8N | −?B | +5N | +6B | 5.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 17.00 | 1566 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Zidane, Nihad | 1577 | ALG | +15N | −8B | +9N | +10B | −?N | +12B | 4.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 11.00 | 2264 | +41.2 |
| 3 | Ait Sadi, Lyna | 1476 | ALG | +14B | −1N | +18B | +11N | +12B | −?B | 4.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 9.00 | 2223 | +8.8 |
| 4 | Nait Salem, Elina | 1520 | ALG | −8N | −5B | +17N | +18B | +14N | +11N | 4.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 8.00 | 624 | -24.4 |
| 5 | Imadali, Maya | 1429 | ALG | =6B | +4N | +7B | −12N | −1B | +13N | 3.5 | 19.0 | 21.5 | 11.75 | 1465 | +4.4 |
| 6 | Zegagh, Anais | 0 | ALG | =5N | −11B | +15N | +9B | +7B | −1N | 3.5 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 10.25 | 1493 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Aoudia, Thileli | 0 | ALG | +19N | =9B | −5N | +8B | −6N | +14B | 3.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 6.50 | 1280 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Boulkaria, Zouhra | 0 | ALG | +4B | +2N | −1B | −7N | =13B | =9B | 3.0 | 19.5 | 22.0 | 10.75 | 1575 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Zidane, Anais | 1538 | ALG | +13B | =7N | −2B | −6N | +16B | =8N | 3.0 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 7.75 | 1521 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Rebbouh, Nesrine | 1403 | ALG | −1B | +13N | +16B | −2N | −11B | +15N | 3.0 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 6.50 | 1521 | +8.0 |
| 11 | Idir, Alicia | 0 | ALG | +16B | +6N | −?N | −3B | +10N | −4B | 3.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 8.50 | 1516 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Taraft, Sihem | 1429 | ALG | +17N | −?B | +14N | +5B | −3N | −2N | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 7.50 | 1424 | -0.4 |
| 13 | Boulkaria, Imene | 0 | ALG | −9N | −10B | +19N | +17B | =8N | −5B | 2.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 3.50 | 664 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Hammiche, Kenza | 0 | ALG | −3N | +15B | −12B | +16N | −4B | −7N | 2.0 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 4.00 | 1317 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 7969260 | 0 | — | −2B | −14N | −6B | +19N | +18N | −10B | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 1.00 | 712 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Ait Sadi, Aya | 1463 | ALG | −11N | +17B | −10N | −14B | −9N | +19B | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.00 | 684 | -37.6 |
| 17 | Mallahi, Thanina | 0 | ALG | −12B | −16N | −4B | −13N | +19B | +18N | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 1.00 | 664 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 7978383 | 0 | — | −?N | +19B | −3N | −4N | −15B | −17B | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 777 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 7978391 | 0 | — | −7B | −18N | −13B | −15B | −17N | −16N | 0.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 664 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Zidane, NihadALG+41.24.0 pts · #1
- 2Ait Sadi, LynaALG+8.84.0 pts · #7
- 3Rebbouh, NesrineALG+8.03.0 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Ait Sadi, AyaALG-37.62.0 pts · #14
- 2Nait Salem, ElinaALG-24.44.0 pts · #18
- 3Taraft, SihemALG-0.43.0 pts · #8