Championnat Senegal 2026 - SemiFinal
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33 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 27 Mar 2026 to 29 Mar 2026 in Dakar, Senegal. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1821, and top seed was Cheikh Sidy Mohamed Deme (🇸🇳 SEN, 1931).
Thomas Bodin-Hullin (🇸🇳 SEN, 1874) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Nadezhda Marochkina (5.5) and Mouhamadou Falilou Dioum (5.0). Bodin-Hullin shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Mlik Omar (1575) beat Kone Sidy (1837), a +262-point gap.
Location
🇸🇳Dakar, Senegal
Dates
27 Mar 2026 → 29 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇸🇳Senegal×24
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsThomas Bodin-Hullin led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R4 · LEADER CHANGE28 Mar
Mansour Badiane takes the sole lead (3.5/4).
R2–R7 · WIN STREAK
Thomas Bodin-Hullin won 6 in a row (R2–R7).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas Bodin-Hullin | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2CMNadezhda Marochkina | — | * | — | — |
| 3Mouhamadou Falilou Dioum | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Diop Mamadou Lamine Dame | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bodin-Hullin, Thomas | 1874 | SEN | F | +10N | +9B | +11N | +5B | +3N | +8B | 6.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 25.50 | 2493 | +27.4 |
| 2 | Marochkina, NadezhdaCM | 1807 | SEN | +29B | +16N | −11B | +14N | +10B | =5N | +15B | 5.5 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 20.25 | 1824 | +2.2 |
| 3 | Dioum, Mouhamadou Falilou | 1776 | SEN | +27N | =5B | +31N | =8B | +12N | −1B | +14N | 5.0 | 24.5 | 26.0 | 15.75 | 1845 | +14.4 |
| 4 | Diop Mamadou Lamine Dame | 1833 | SEN | −18B | +21B | +13N | −10N | +24B | +6N | +9B | 5.0 | 23.0 | 26.0 | 18.50 | 1850 | +3.6 |
| 5 | Badiane, Mansour | 0 | SEN | +28B | =3N | +18B | +15N | −1N | =2B | =7B | 4.5 | 28.5 | 30.5 | 17.00 | 1839 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Kone Sidy | 1837 | SEN | +26N | −11B | +17N | +22B | =8N | −4B | +13N | 4.5 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 15.00 | 1630 | -44.8 |
| 7 | Dieng, Moustapha | 1808 | SEN | −13N | +19B | +27N | −12B | +20N | +17B | =5N | 4.5 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 14.25 | 827 | -29.6 |
| 8 | Sarkar, Aidan Krishna Benoit | 1774 | SEN | F | +17N | +15B | =3N | =6B | +9N | −1N | 4.0 | 27.5 | 30.5 | 16.75 | 1905 | +36.0 |
| 9 | Diop, Wara | 1746 | SEN | +20N | +13B | −1N | +16B | +11N | −8B | −4N | 4.0 | 27.0 | 30.0 | 15.00 | 1571 | -18.0 |
| 10 | Abdoulaye Niasse | 1592 | SEN | +19N | −1B | +21N | +4B | −2N | −14B | +24N | 4.0 | 26.5 | 29.5 | 14.00 | 1713 | +16.4 |
| 11 | Mlik Omar | 1575 | SEN | +25B | +6N | +2N | −1B | −9B | −15N | +28B | 4.0 | 26.5 | 28.5 | 14.50 | 1767 | +43.2 |
| 12 | Gueye Mouhamet | 1627 | SEN | +14B | −15N | +23B | +7N | −3B | −13N | +18B | 4.0 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 15.00 | 1713 | +12.0 |
| 13 | Faye, Francois Basile | 0 | SEN | +7B | −9N | −4B | +23N | +22N | +12B | −6B | 4.0 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 14.50 | 1756 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Ndeye Fatou Top | 0 | SEN | −12N | +26B | +32N | −2B | +16N | +10N | −3B | 4.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 10.00 | 1508 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Deme, Cheikh Sidy Mohamed | 1931 | SEN | +32N | +12B | −8N | −5B | +26N | +11B | −2N | 4.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 10.00 | 1696 | -22.6 |
| 16 | FIDE 19902859 | 0 | — | +33N | −2B | +30N | −9N | −14B | +20B | +19N | 4.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 7.50 | 977 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Cheikh Tidiane Diagne | 1637 | SEN | +30N | −8B | −6B | +31N | +28B | −7N | +23B | 4.0 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 8.00 | 1593 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 19902131 | 0 | — | +4N | =31B | −5N | −26B | +29N | +30B | −12N | 3.5 | 19.0 | 20.5 | 9.25 | 1728 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 19903162 | 0 | — | −10B | −7N | +29B | −20B | +25N | +22N | −16B | 3.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 7.50 | 1570 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Mbengue, Seydina Ababakar | 0 | SEN | −9B | +28N | −22B | +19N | −7B | −16N | +26N | 3.0 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 7.00 | 947 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Mouhamed Faye | 0 | SEN | +22B | −4N | −10B | −24N | −23B | +32N | +27N | 3.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 5.00 | 1579 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Pape salif Diallo | 1685 | SEN | −21N | +33B | +20N | −6N | −13B | −19B | +30N | 3.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 4.50 | 1037 | -12.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 5524687 | 0 | — | −31N | +32B | −12N | −13B | +21N | +27B | −17N | 3.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 5.00 | 876 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Lo, Ababacar | 1823 | SEN | F | F | +33N | +21B | −4N | +26B | −10B | 3.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 5.00 | 913 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 19901097 | 0 | — | −11N | −27B | −26N | =30B | −19B | +33N | +32B | 2.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.75 | 775 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Imran Taggedine | 0 | SEN | −6B | −14N | +25B | +18N | −15B | −24N | −20B | 2.0 | 22.0 | 24.5 | 6.00 | 1084 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 19902590 | 0 | — | −3B | +25N | −7B | −28N | +33B | −23N | −21B | 2.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 2.50 | 992 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Seydina Ousmane Drame | 0 | SEN | −5N | −20B | F | +27B | −17N | +29B | −11N | 2.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 4.00 | 775 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Ka, Mamoudou Takhiyou | 0 | SEN | −2N | −30B | −19N | +32B | −18B | −28N | +33B | 2.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0.00 | 1007 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 19902034 | 0 | — | −17B | +29N | −16B | =25N | F | −18N | −22B | 1.5 | 19.0 | 20.5 | 3.25 | 886 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Dicko Aboubakr Sidiq | 1724 | SEN | +23B | =18N | −3B | −17B | F | F | F | 1.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 4.75 | 976 | -17.2 |
| 32 | FIDE 19902158 | 0 | — | −15B | −23N | −14B | −29N | F | −21B | −25N | 0.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 0.00 | 1131 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 19902166 | 0 | — | −16B | −22N | −24B | F | −27N | −25B | −29N | 0.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 0.00 | 886 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Mlik OmarSEN+43.24.0 pts · #8
- 2Sarkar, Aidan Krishna BenoitSEN+36.04.0 pts · #2
- 3Bodin-Hullin, ThomasSEN+27.46.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Kone SidySEN-44.84.5 pts · #10
- 2Dieng, MoustaphaSEN-29.64.5 pts · #21
- 3Deme, Cheikh Sidy MohamedSEN-22.64.0 pts · #6
Biggest upsets
- R2+262 Elo gap
- R4+241 Elo gap
- R3+232 Elo gap