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Championnat National des Categories U16 Open

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19 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 03 May 2026 to 08 May 2026 in Agadir, Morocco. Top 10 Elo average was 1713, and top seed was FAYCAL BENJELLOUN (🇲🇦 MAR, 1878).

Saad Bennis (🇲🇦 MAR, 1834) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Mohamed Ali Kasri (5.5) and FAYCAL BENJELLOUN (5.5). Bennis shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Hachimi Jad Arrahmane (1593) beat Youssef Kozizi (1753), a +160-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
🇲🇦FAYCAL BENJELLOUN1878
Avg top 10
1,713
Participants
19
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. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
10
4
2
2
1
2
3
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
BENJELLOUN5.5Kasri5.5Bennis5.5Naimi5Ait Bentaleb4.5Sibai4
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 5.5/7. Bennis takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (26.5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FAYCAL BENJELLOUN lost to Mohamed Ali Kasri (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FAYCAL BENJELLOUN 3 wins (R4–R6)Mohamed Ali Kasri 3 wins (R1–R3)Saad Bennis 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FAYCAL BENJELLOUN*
0
½
—
2Mohamed Ali Kasri
1
*
0
—
3Saad Bennis
½
1
*—
4Taha Naimi———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Bennis, Saad1834MAR+14B+6N−5B+18N+2N+7B=3N5.526.528.521.251938+28.8
2Kasri, Mohamed Ali1794MAR+16N+9B+3N=5N−1B+12B+6N5.526.029.021.251912+31.6
3BENJELLOUN, FAYCAL1878MAR+13B+10N−2B+7B+12N+5N=1B5.526.029.020.751964+32.0
4Naimi, Taha0MAR−6B+14N+13B−12B+9N+8B+5N5.022.025.018.0016340.0
5Ait Bentaleb, Anas1872MAR+17N+12B+1N=2B+6N−3B−4B4.528.531.017.751894+8.4
6Jad Arrahmane, Hachimi1593MAR+4N−1B+17N+8B−5B+10N−2B4.028.030.515.001626+5.2
7Sibai,Kacem1782MAR+18B=15N+10B−3N+13B−1N=11B4.024.026.011.751733-8.0
8FIDE 90734930—−9B+16B+?N−6N+14B−4N+15B4.021.521.59.0014420.0
9Chama, Adam1553MAR+8N−2N−18B+15N−4B+14N=10B3.524.026.011.751593+4.8
10Kozizi,Youssef1753MAR+11N−3B−7N+17B+18N−6B=9N3.523.025.09.751374-71.2
11lakhal,saad0MAR−10B−13N−14B+19N+16N+17B=7N3.519.019.07.5013950.0
12Echcharbiny, Oussama1604MAR+19B−5N+15B+4N−3B−2NF3.026.526.58.001056-22.8
13Elmrabti, Hamza1468MAR−3N+11B−4N+16B−7N+19BF3.024.024.06.501025-8.8
14FIDE 90625130—−1N−4B+11N+?B−8N−9B+19N3.021.521.53.5015220.0
15FIDE 90762390—+?N=7B−12N−9B=17N+18B−8N3.019.019.05.2515370.0
16Elfassi, Mohamed Taha0MAR−2B−8N+19B−13N−11B+?B+18N3.018.018.02.0014960.0
17FIDE 90514060—−5B+19N−6B−10N=15B−11N+?B2.518.518.51.5015060.0
18ELMARZOUKI,OSSAMA0MAR−7N+?B+9N−1B−10B−15N−16B2.022.522.53.5016230.0
19Marsli Ahmed0MAR−12N−17B−16N−11B−?N−13N−14B0.018.018.00.007500.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets