Djerba International Chess Festival 2026 Open C

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61 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 07 Feb 2026 to 15 Feb 2026 in Djerba-Tunisia, Tunisia. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1674, and top seed was Belhadj Ilias (🇩🇿 ALG, 1698).

Bouziane Saidi (🇩🇿 ALG, 1695) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Bin Li (7.0) and Rawaf Zena (7.0). Saidi clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Adem Labbaoui (1494) beat Belhadj Ilias (1698), a +204-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

🇩🇿Belhadj Ilias1698

Avg top 10

1,674

Participants

Federations · 8 represented

🇫🇷France×23

🇹🇳Tunisia×22

🇩🇿Algeria×6

🇧🇪Belgium×4

🇮🇸Iceland×2

🇬🇧England×1

FIDE (no federation)×1

🇨🇳China×1

Top 3

🥇
Bouziane Saidi
🇩🇿ALG·1695
7.5pts·2021perf+41.8
🥈
Bin Li
🇨🇳CHN
7.0pts·1724perf0.0
🥉
Rawaf Zena
🇹🇳TUN·1680
7.0pts·1852perf+65.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Bouziane Saidi led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 7 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders

Saidi7.5Li7Oleinik7Zena7Labbaoui6.5Ben Othman6.5

R9 · LEADER CHANGE15 Feb

Bouziane Saidi takes the sole lead (7.5/9).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Bouziane Saidi lost to Bin Li (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Bouziane Saidi 3+4 wins (R2–R4, R6–R9)Bin Li 3 wins (R1–R3)Evgenii Oleinik 3+3 wins (R3–R5, R7–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Bouziane Saidi	*	0	1	1
2Bin Li	1	*	—	½
3Evgenii Oleinik	0	—	*	—
4Rawaf Zena	0	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Saidi,Bouziane	1695	ALG	=8N	+43B	+33N	+16B	−2N	+4B	+12N	+5B	+3B	7.5	48.5	52.0	42.00	2021	+41.8
2	Li, Bin	0	CHN	+40N	+36B	+35B	=3N	+1B	+9N	−5B	+6N	=7N	7.0	48.0	52.0	38.75	1724	0.0
3	Zena,Rawaf	1680	TUN	+53B	+48N	+18B	=2B	+11N	+12B	+35N	=8B	−1N	7.0	43.5	45.5	31.50	1852	+65.6
4	Oleinik, Evgenii	1522	FID	+9B	−27N	+31B	+37N	+26B	−1N	+24N	+35B	+8N	7.0	42.0	46.0	34.00	1840	+147.6
5	Ben Othman, Zahreddine	1627	TUN	+25N	+52B	−28N	=8B	+20N	+36B	+2N	−1N	+11B	6.5	44.5	46.5	31.50	1727	+21.2
6	Labbaoui, Adem	1494	TUN	+10N	=44B	−7N	+52B	+43N	+22B	+11N	−2B	+12N	6.5	42.5	44.5	29.25	1864	+153.2
7	Zenaidi, Mohtadi	1612	TUN	+61B	=45N	+6B	−11B	=29N	+48N	+9B	+17N	=2B	6.5	41.0	41.5	28.50	1812	+34.4
8	Kammoun, Adam	1527	TUN	=1B	+41N	=14B	=5N	+21B	+17N	+37B	=3N	−4B	6.0	47.5	51.5	31.25	1739	+100.4
9	Khider, Amilia	1681	ALG	−4N	+55B	+52N	+30B	+28N	−2B	−7N	+38B	+39N	6.0	39.5	41.5	21.00	1725	+21.2
10	Pankeshon, Jean-Jacques	1634	FRA	−6B	+47N	+23B	−26N	+39B	=28N	+19B	=13N	+35B	6.0	39.0	42.5	26.50	1636	+0.6
11	Ilias, Belhadj	1698	ALG	+23B	=13N	+49B	+7N	−3B	+27N	−6B	+16N	−5N	5.5	46.5	49.5	26.75	1625	-14.6
12	Bouhini, Arezki	1648	ALG	=41B	+32N	+13B	+21N	+17B	−3N	−1B	+27N	−6B	5.5	45.5	49.5	26.50	1666	+10.8
13	Jabrane, Ayoub	1585	TUN	+50N	=11B	−12N	=36B	+25N	=16B	+29N	=10B	=14N	5.5	41.0	43.5	25.00	1634	+16.4
14	Baron-Schmittheisler, Thimothe	1681	FRA	+19B	−18N	=8N	−20B	+33N	=43B	+28B	+26N	=13B	5.5	40.0	43.5	26.00	1638	-18.0
15	El Hamdi, Aissa	1659	FRA	−20N	+60B	+38N	−48B	=18N	+32B	−16N	+30B	+29N	5.5	35.5	36.5	21.00	1630	-4.4
16	Lajnef, Mohamed Ali	0	TUN	+26B	+51N	=27B	−1N	=19B	=13N	+15B	−11B	=22N	5.0	43.0	45.5	22.50	1635	0.0
17	Chaudesaygues, Hugo	1698	FRA	+38N	+30B	=22N	+28B	−12N	−8B	+18N	−7B	=19N	5.0	42.0	46.0	23.00	1613	-21.0
18	Childs, Barry B	1559	ENG	+29N	+14B	−3N	−24B	=15B	+51N	−17B	+45N	=21B	5.0	41.0	43.5	21.25	1618	+13.2
19	Dimassi, Yasmine	1524	TUN	−14N	=29B	+34N	+44B	=16N	=30B	−10N	+43B	=17B	5.0	38.5	42.0	21.00	1655	+51.2
20	Caffonnette, Joachim	1518	BEL	+15B	−35N	=51B	+14N	−5B	+49N	−27B	+31N	=23B	5.0	38.5	41.0	22.25	1653	+30.0
21	Duarte Amorim, Matthis	1488	ESP	+37N	=33B	+44N	−12B	−8N	+53B	=30N	=22B	=18N	5.0	38.0	40.0	19.00	1626	+65.6
22	Feurprier, Matteo	1590	FRA	+56N	+54B	=17B	−27N	+32B	−6N	=26B	=21N	=16B	5.0	37.0	39.0	18.25	1505	-14.4
23	Paranque, Louis	1531	FRA	−11N	+50B	−10N	+57B	−36N	+34B	=43N	+44B	=20N	5.0	34.5	35.5	15.75	1544	+4.4
24	Meerschman, Maxime	1614	BEL	+42B	=49N	=45B	+18N	+27B	−35N	−4B	+48N	F	5.0	34.0	34.0	19.75	1638	+4.2
25	Cauchemez, Joshua	1493	FRA	−5B	+59N	−26B	+54N	−13B	−31N	+46B	+40N	+48B	5.0	33.5	34.5	13.50	1512	+5.6
26	Ben Mbarek, Mohamed	1567	TUN	−16N	+56B	+25N	+10B	−4N	=29B	=22N	−14B	=34N	4.5	42.5	44.5	20.00	1562	-0.6
27	Massoulie, Francois	1616	BEL	+34N	+4B	=16N	+22B	−24N	−11B	+20N	−12B	F	4.5	42.5	42.5	24.00	1630	+3.0
28	Dimassi,Yahya	1549	TUN	+57B	+31N	+5B	−17N	−9B	=10B	−14N	−29B	+44N	4.5	41.5	42.5	18.50	1650	+38.4
29	Mahmoud, Younes	0	TUN	−18B	=19N	+42B	+51N	=7B	=26N	−13B	+28N	−15B	4.5	40.5	43.0	19.00	1568	0.0
30	Molard, Sylvie	1583	FRA	+59B	−17N	+39B	−9N	+46B	=19N	=21B	−15N	=32B	4.5	38.5	39.5	15.75	1510	-32.8
31	Malki, Mounir	1646	TUN	+39N	−28B	−4N	+34B	−38N	+25B	=45N	−20B	+41B	4.5	38.0	41.5	19.25	1509	-66.0
32	Lazrag, Zied	1515	TUN	=36N	−12B	+40N	+33B	−22N	−15N	=49B	+52B	=30N	4.5	36.0	38.0	16.25	1595	+39.6
33	Poirier, Luc	1598	FRA	+46B	=21N	−1B	−32N	−14B	−47N	+57N	+55B	+43N	4.5	35.0	36.0	12.50	1545	-10.0
34	Morio, Romain	1459	FRA	−27B	+57N	−19B	−31N	+54B	−23N	+50B	+47N	=26B	4.5	31.5	32.5	11.25	1210	-48.8
35	Kannengiesser, Philippe	1613	FRA	F	+20B	−2N	+45B	+48N	+24B	−3B	−4N	−10N	4.0	43.5	43.5	16.50	1627	+3.0
36	Leosson, Tomas Sindri	1658	ISL	=32B	−2N	+41B	=13N	+23B	−5N	−48B	F	+38N	4.0	39.5	42.5	18.00	1599	-10.2
37	Steyt, Antoine	1625	BEL	−21B	+42N	+53N	−4B	+45N	+38B	−8N	−39B	F	4.0	35.5	35.5	13.50	1505	-25.8
38	Mekki,Walid	1536	TUN	−17B	+58N	−15B	+60N	+31B	−37N	+40B	−9N	−36B	4.0	34.0	35.0	10.50	1557	+10.4
39	Johannsson, Leo Mar	1497	ISL	−31B	+46N	−30N	+50B	−10N	+52B	F	+37N	−9B	4.0	33.5	35.5	12.00	1535	+22.4
40	Souibgui, Maram	1567	TUN	−2B	=61N	−32B	=41N	+58N	+50B	−38N	−25B	+49N	4.0	31.0	31.5	8.75	1446	-47.2
41	Faust, Thomas	1507	FRA	=12N	−8B	−36N	=40B	−50N	+56B	+55N	+53B	−31N	4.0	30.5	32.5	10.75	1523	+5.2
42	Sposito, Gilles	1459	FRA	−24N	−37B	−29N	+59B	+57N	−45B	−52N	+58B	+53N	4.0	23.0	24.0	5.00	1419	-12.0
43	Benard, Franck	1588	FRA	=47B	−1N	+61B	+49N	−6B	=14N	=23B	−19N	−33B	3.5	40.5	41.0	10.50	1474	-26.0
44	Minde, Heloise	1603	FRA	+58B	=6N	−21B	−19N	−49B	+46N	+47B	−23N	−28B	3.5	36.0	37.0	11.25	1352	-106.4
45	Vigna, Patrick	1515	FRA	F	=7B	=24N	−35N	−37B	+42N	=31B	−18B	+52N	3.5	35.0	35.0	14.00	1540	+4.8
46	Minde, Joan	1401	FRA	−33N	−39B	+55N	+53B	−30N	−44B	−25N	+57B	=50N	3.5	28.0	29.0	6.25	1372	-5.6
47	Aroua Oubey	0	TUN	=43N	−10B	F	+61N	−51B	+33B	−44N	−34B	+54N	3.5	27.0	27.0	8.75	1461	0.0
48	Fatnassi,Raed	1546	TUN	F	−3B	+54N	+15N	−35B	−7B	+36N	−24B	−25N	3.0	39.0	39.0	11.50	1461	-32.8
49	Achouch,Rafael	1515	TUN	+60N	=24B	−11N	−43B	+44N	−20B	=32N	F	−40B	3.0	35.0	36.0	9.25	1480	-17.2
50	Bayounes, Abdelhak	0	TUN	−13B	−23N	+58B	−39N	+41B	−40N	−34N	F	=46B	2.5	31.5	31.5	6.75	1355	0.0
51	Ferahi, Tarik	1607	ALG	+55N	−16B	=20N	−29B	+47N	−18B	F	F	F	2.5	29.0	29.0	8.00	1511	-7.8
52	Leclerc, Emmanuel	1539	FRA	F	−5N	−9B	−6N	+60B	−39N	+42B	−32N	−45B	2.0	36.0	36.0	5.00	1328	-43.8
53	Di Mercurio, Jean-Pierre	1519	FRA	−3N	F	−37B	−46N	+56B	−21N	+54B	−41N	−42B	2.0	31.5	31.5	4.00	727	-59.2
54	Zenkri,Khoubaib	0	TUN	F	−22N	−48B	−25B	−34N	+58B	−53N	+56B	−47B	2.0	26.0	26.0	3.00	1237	0.0
55	Penalver, Francois	1447	FRA	−51B	−9N	−46B	−56N	F	+59N	−41B	−33N	+57B	2.0	24.5	24.5	2.00	757	-36.0
56	Anass,Aroua	0	TUN	−22B	−26N	F	+55B	−53N	−41N	+60B	−54N	F	2.0	21.5	21.5	3.00	1384	0.0
57	Mouton, Aline	0	FRA	−28N	−34B	F	−23N	−42B	+60N	−33B	−46N	−55N	1.0	29.0	29.0	1.00	1162	0.0
58	Braja, Christine	1445	FRA	−44N	−38B	−50N	F	−40B	−54N	+59B	−42N	−60N	1.0	22.0	22.0	1.00	718	-81.6
59	Gharbi, Ahmed Yazid	0	TUN	−30N	−25B	F	−42N	F	−55B	−58N	+60B	F	1.0	20.5	21.0	1.00	1203	0.0
60	Vallee, Annie	1436	FRA	−49B	−15N	F	−38B	−52N	−57B	−56N	−59N	+58B	1.0	19.5	20.5	1.00	1300	-30.4
61	Saheb, Aymen	1456	ALG	−7N	=40B	−43N	−47B	F	F	F	F	F	0.5	18.5	18.5	2.00	1316	-18.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Labbaoui, AdemTUN
+153.2
6.5 pts · #4
2Oleinik, EvgeniiFID
+147.6
7.0 pts · #2
3Kammoun, AdamTUN
+100.4
6.0 pts · #7

Top rating losers

1Minde, HeloiseFRA
-106.4
3.5 pts · #44
2Braja, ChristineFRA
-81.6
1.0 pts · #60
3Malki, MounirTUN
-66.0
4.5 pts · #22

Biggest upsets

R7+204 Elo gap
Labbaoui, Adem1494 beat Ilias, Belhadj1698
R6+171 Elo gap
Kammoun, Adam1527 beat Chaudesaygues, Hugo1698
R4+163 Elo gap
Caffonnette, Joachim1518 beat Baron-Schmittheisler, Thimothe1681