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Djerba International Chess Festival 2026 Open A

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20 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 07 Feb 2026 to 15 Feb 2026 in Djerba-Tunisia, Tunisia. 15 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2292, and top seed was Jules Moussard (🇫🇷 FRA, GM, 2592).

Jules Moussard (🇫🇷 FRA, GM, 2592) won with 9.0/9, ahead of Amir Zaibi (6.0) and Ramon Koster (6.0). Moussard won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Baptiste Minde (2052) beat Jack Van Zyl-Rudd (FM, 2230), a +178-point gap.

Location
🇹🇳Djerba-Tunisia, Tunisia
Dates
07 Feb 2026 → 15 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇫🇷GMJules Moussard2592
Avg top 10
2,292
Participants
20
Titled players · 15
GM×2
IM×1
FM×5
CM×4
WGM×1
WIM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇫🇷France×5
🇨🇳China×3
🇩🇿Algeria×3
🇹🇳Tunisia×3
🇱🇺Luxembourg×3
🇳🇱Netherlands×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇿🇦South Africa×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Jules Moussard led from R4; +3.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Moussard9Koster6Zaibi6Berend5Bouzidi5Bourg5
R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

GM Jules Moussard never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +3.0 over the runner-up.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Jules Moussard beat FM Ramon Koster (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Jules Moussard 9 wins (R1–R9)FM Ramon Koster 3 wins (R7–R9)GM Amir Zaibi 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMJules Moussard*
1
1
—
2FMRamon Koster
0
*
0
½
3GMAmir Zaibi
0
1
*
½
4WGMElvira Berend—
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Moussard, JulesGM2592FRA+12N+7B+9N+2B+6N+3B+5N+4B+10N9.041.045.045.003038+9.9
2Zaibi, AmirGM2332TUN+4B+5N+3B−1N=9B+10N=7B=8N=6B6.044.549.030.252380+5.6
3Koster, RamonFM2288NED+6N+13B−2N=4B=8N−1N+15B+5B+9N6.043.546.526.502349+12.8
4Achour, Mohamed Anis2129ALG−2N+19B+8N=3N=10B+6B=9N−1N=7B5.045.046.021.002303+39.2
5Bourg, NicolasFM2271LUX+11N−2B+16N−6B+12N+9N−1B−3N+18B5.042.044.518.502276+50.4
6Bouzidi, AhmedCM2126TUN−3B+18N+20B+5N−1B−4N=10B+16N=2N5.041.042.016.752284+35.0
7Van Zyl-Rudd, JackFM2230RSA+18B−1N−15B=14N+19B+13N=2N=9B=4N5.038.039.017.252234-1.0
8Berend, ElviraWGM2252LUX=14B=15N−4B+17N=3B=16N+12B=2B=11N5.035.538.520.252208-11.0
9Cai, ChaoruoCM2274CHN+17B+20N−1B+15N=2N−5B=4B=7N−3B4.542.043.015.002237-9.6
10Bressy, TheoFM2239FRA−13N+11B=12N+16B=4N−2B=6N+17B−1B4.540.543.517.502205-10.0
11Hu, JianiWFM2112CHN−5B−10N+18B+20N=13B=15N=16B=14N=8B4.531.032.013.002156+10.8
12Durand-Benmoussa, Roman2137FRA−1B+17N=10B=13N−5B+18B−8N=19N=14B4.037.038.012.252139+0.8
13Liu, Huaqi2099CHN+10B−3N=14B=12B=11N−7B=18N+15N−17B4.034.036.515.002108+4.0
14Aryan Mehta2110IND=8N−16B=13N=7B=15B−17N+19N=11B=12N4.031.532.513.752097-5.2
15Minde, Baptiste2052FRA=16N=8B+7N−9B=14N=11B−3N−13BF3.036.036.013.252110+20.0
16Pieri, Pierre-LouisCM2219FRA=15B+14N−5B−10NF=8B=11N−6B=19B3.032.033.010.752052-33.6
17Bengherabi, KhalilFM2123ALG−9N−12B+19N−8B−18N+14BF−10N+13N3.029.529.59.002067-13.6
18Nassr, LinaWIM2066ALG−7N−6B−11N+19B+17B−12N=13BF−5N2.531.531.56.001989-16.0
19Chelly, YahyaCM2061TUN−20B−4N−17B−18N−7NF−14B=12B=16N1.027.527.53.501829-77.1
20Berend, FredIM2223LUX+19N−9B−6N−11BFFFFF1.018.018.01.001950-14.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets