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Championnat National des Categories U14 Open

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21 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 03 May 2026 to 08 May 2026 in Agadir, Morocco. Top 10 Elo average was 1631, and top seed was Mohamed Karkouch (🇲🇦 MAR, 1754).

Mohamed Karoum (🇲🇦 MAR, 1521) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Kinan Cheqrouni (5.5) and Ziad Najimi (5.5). Karoum won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Mehdi Tabich (1533) beat Mohamed Karkouch (1754), a +221-point gap.

Location
🇲🇦Agadir, Morocco
Dates
03 May 2026 → 08 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇲🇦Mohamed Karkouch1754
Avg top 10
1,631
Participants
21
Federations · 1 represented
🇲🇦Morocco×15
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 3 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
9
3
1
1
1
1
3
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Cheqrouni5.5Karoum5.5Najimi5.5NABBOU5SEFIANI4.5Fanna4.5
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 5.5/7. Karoum takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Kinan Cheqrouni beat Mohamed Karoum (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Mohamed Karoum 3 wins (R5–R7)Ziad Najimi 5 wins (R1–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Kinan Cheqrouni*
1
½
—
2Mohamed Karoum
0
*
1
1
3Ziad Najimi
½
0
*—
4GHASSANE NABBOU—
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Karoum,Mohamed1521MAR+15B+9N−2B=5N+10B+4B+3N5.528.030.522.751704+37.6
2Cheqrouni,Kinan1579MAR+16N=12B+1N=6B+13N=3B+5N5.526.028.021.501807+47.6
3Najimi, Ziad1649MAR+19B+21N+11B+10N+6B=2N−1B5.523.023.014.751688+7.6
4NABBOU,GHASSANE0MAR=5B=17N+9B+11N+8B−1N+10B5.024.526.517.7516450.0
5Fanna, El Houssine1526MAR=4N=8B+18N=1B+9N+13B−2B4.527.029.016.251608+12.8
6SEFIANI, ILYAS1730MAR+14B=10N+7B=2N−3N=8B+15N4.526.028.516.501662-14.8
7Karkouch, Mohamed1754MAR+13N−11B−6N+18B+14N=15B+16N4.518.020.011.25832-52.4
8Baabba, Imrane1665MAR−10B=5N+17B+12B−4N=6N+13B4.023.525.512.501783+18.8
9CHAOUKI, AIMRANE1659MAR+18N−1B−4N+16B−5B+19N+12B4.022.023.08.00739-53.2
10CHARID,MOHAMED AMINE0MAR+8N=6B+12N−3B−1N+14B−4N3.527.530.512.2515560.0
11Mehdi Tabich1533MAR+20B+7N−3N−4B−15B=12N=17B3.022.523.58.001700+26.4
12Bahja, Taha0MAR+17B=2N−10B−8N+20N=11B−9N3.022.023.07.2515540.0
13FIDE 90651130—−7B+19N+21B+15N−2B−5N−8N3.022.022.03.508370.0
14Al Barbarawi,Khalil0MAR−6N+16B−15N+20B−7B−10N+21B3.018.018.03.009420.0
15FIDE 90651300—−1NF+14B−13B+11N=7N−6B2.523.523.58.2515500.0
16FIDE 90576840—−2B−14N+19B−9NF+18N−7B2.020.020.03.008640.0
17El Mteri, Adam1696MAR−12N=4B−8N+21BFF=11N2.016.016.04.001406-30.4
18FIDE 90735900—−9B+20N−5B−7N+21N−16BF2.016.016.01.008540.0
19FIDE 90546930—−3N−13B−16NFF−9B+20N1.017.517.51.008540.0
20FIDE 90673610—−11N−18BF−14N−12B+21N−19B1.012.012.00.007330.0
21Zahir, Mohamed Islam0MARF−3B−13N−17N−18B−20B−14N0.016.516.50.008730.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets