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Algerian Chess Championship 2026 - Women

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16 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 31 Mar 2026 to 04 Apr 2026 in Alger, Algeria. 4 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1789, and top seed was Lina Nassr (🇩🇿 ALG, WIM, 2051).

Lina Nassr (🇩🇿 ALG, WIM, 2051) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Chahrazad Djerroud (7.5) and Imene Zerarga (6.5). Nassr shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Ikhlas Khelfallah (1570) beat Manel Ait Oudhia (1836), a +266-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
🇩🇿WIMLina Nassr2051
Avg top 10
1,789
Participants
16
Titled players · 4
WIM×2
WFM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇩🇿Algeria×16
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

WIM Lina Nassr led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
3
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Nassr takes lead
Nassr8Djerroud7.5Zerarga6.5Toubal6Ait Oudhia5.5Khider5
R6 · LEADER CHANGE03 Apr

WIM Lina Nassr takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WIM Lina Nassr drew with WFM Chahrazad Djerroud (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

WIM Lina Nassr 5 wins (R5–R9)WFM Chahrazad Djerroud 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R7–R9)WFM Imene Zerarga 3 wins (R7–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WIMLina Nassr*
½
1
1
2WFMChahrazad Djerroud
½
*
½
1
3WFMImene Zerarga
0
½
*
1
4WIMHayat Toubal
0
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Nassr, LinaWIM2051ALG=7N+11B+5B=2N+4B+3N+12B+6N+10B8.043.046.540.502115+12.2
2Djerroud, ChahrazadWFM1867ALG+9B+13N+4B=1B=3N=5B+8N+12B+7N7.543.046.036.002037+37.6
3Zerarga,ImeneWFM1990ALG+8B−5N+9B+6N=2B−1B+13N+4N+14N6.544.047.029.751924-15.6
4Toubal, HayatWIM1881ALG+12N+6B−2N+11B−1N+7B+5N−3B+13B6.044.547.525.501901+6.8
5Ait Oudhia, Manel1836ALG+10N+3B−1N+12B+6B=2N−4B+8B−9N5.546.049.527.251844+6.0
6Khider, Amilia1699ALG+16B−4N+15B−3B−5N+14N+10B−1B+12N5.038.039.013.001738+15.6
7Habes, Meriem Batoul1628ALG=1B−8N−10B+16N+9B−4N+15N+14B−2B4.539.040.014.001649+0.8
8Khilouf, Rima1622ALG−3N+7B−11N+14B=12N+13B−2B−5N+15N4.537.539.013.751669+11.2
9Khelfallah , Ikhlas1570ALG−2N+14B−3N=15B−7N−10N+16B+11B+5B4.536.537.514.251689+37.6
10Keddah, Aya1560ALG−5B−15N+7N+13B−11N+9B−6N+16B−1N4.036.037.013.001696+41.6
11Touati, Ania1635ALG+15B−1N+8B−4N+10B−12N−14B−9N+16N4.035.036.011.001573-38.4
12Allalou, Lilia Assia1592ALG−4B+16N+13B−5N=8B+11B−1N−2N−6B3.543.544.510.251669+13.4
13Zidane, Nihad1683ALG+14N−2B−12N−10N+16B−8N−3B+15B−4N3.036.537.55.501496-78.8
14Kashi, Sarah1454ALG−13B−9N+16B−8N+15N−6B+11N−7N−3B3.033.534.56.501459-0.4
15Taraft, Sihem0ALG−11N+10B−6N=9N−14B−16N−7B−13N−8B1.532.533.56.251327-51.2
16Daoudi, Chaima1544ALG−6N−12B−14N−7B−13N+15B−9N−10N−11B1.031.533.01.508070.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets