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Algerian Chess Championship 2026 - Open

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18 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 31 Mar 2026 to 04 Apr 2026 in Alger, Algeria. 5 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2127, and top seed was Saad Belouadah (🇩🇿 ALG, IM, 2310).

Saad Belouadah (🇩🇿 ALG, IM, 2310) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Ala Eddine Boulrens (7.0) and Massinas Djabri (6.5). Belouadah won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Abdelbassat Belacel (1741) beat Mehdi Moulay (CM, 1957), a +216-point gap.

Location
🇩🇿Alger, Algeria
Dates
31 Mar 2026 → 04 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇩🇿IMSaad Belouadah2310
Avg top 10
2,127
Participants
18
Titled players · 5
IM×1
FM×3
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇩🇿Algeria×18
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

IM Saad Belouadah led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
3
3
1
3
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Belouadah8Boulrens7Djabri6.5Bengherabi6Bensidi5.5Achour4.5
R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

IM Saad Belouadah never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Saad Belouadah drew with Ala Eddine Boulrens (Black).

R6–R9 · WIN STREAK

IM Saad Belouadah won 4 in a row (R6–R9).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMSaad Belouadah*
½
½
1
2Ala Eddine Boulrens
½
*
½
½
3FMMassinas Djabri
½
½
*
0
4FMKhalil Bengherabi
0
½
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Belouadah, SaadIM2310ALG+13N+5B=2N+7B=3N+4B+6N+14B+8N8.042.546.039.252426+10.2
2Boulrens, Ala Eddine2168ALG+9B+16N=1B=4N+6B=3N+12B+7B=5N7.043.545.532.502300+31.2
3Djabri, MassinasFM2267ALG+17B−4N+10B+11N=1B=2B=5N+6B+7N6.544.046.029.752267+3.4
4Bengherabi, KhalilFM2112ALG+12N+3B=6N=2B+14N−1N+8B−5B+11N6.044.047.528.252192+22.4
5Bensidi, Abdelmalek2055ALG+8B−1N+9B−6B+11N=7N=3B+4N=2B5.545.549.528.002182+62.4
6Achour, Mohamed Anis2168ALG=14N+15B=4B+5N−2N+10B−1B−3N=9B4.545.548.520.002051-25.0
7Dorbane, Khaled2123ALG=10B=11N+8B−1N+15N=5B+9B−2N−3B4.544.547.519.002037-17.8
8Belacel, Abdelbassat1741ALG−5N+13B−7N=16B+17N+18B−4N+12N−1B4.536.036.011.001986+99.6
9Benrekia, Akram1881ALG−2N+18B−5N−14B+13N+16B−7N+15B=6N4.534.034.011.251994+24.8
10Bouhlala, Samir1877ALG=7N+14B−3N−15B+16N−6N=11B+17B=12N4.532.034.013.752027+64.0
11Araoune, SaadiFM2142ALG=15N=7B+16N−3B−5B=14N=10N+13B−4B4.037.539.513.751973-38.6
12Benlaid, Lakhdar1837ALG−4B=17N−14N+13B+18N+15B−2N−8B=10B4.034.534.510.251881+9.4
13Moulay, MehdiCM1957ALG−1B−8N+18B−12N−9B+17N+16B−11N+14N4.032.532.57.501897-15.2
14Bidi, Abdeljalil1906ALG=6B−10N+12B+9N−4B=11B=15N−1N−13B3.539.542.514.251938+3.4
15Bakouri, Abdelmajid1880ALG=11B−6N+17B+10N−7B−12N=14B−9NF3.031.531.510.251899+0.4
16Saheb, Kamel1968ALG+18N−2B−11B=8N−10B−9N−13NF=17B2.030.530.53.251737-47.6
17Benkiar, Djamel1954ALG−3N=12B−15N+18N−8B−13BF−10N=16N2.028.528.53.001713-50.6
18Zitouni, Salah1718ALG−16B−9N−13N−17B−12B−8NFFF0.021.021.00.001090-33.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets