The Sahel Chess Festival 2025 is taking place September 02 – September 08 in Monastir, Tunisia. The tournament is separated into 3 rating categories – Open A upper 2000, OPEN B 1700-2000, and OPEN C under 1700,. The OPEN B 1700-2000 section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Tunisia, check out The African Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are Emran Mustafa Abdulsadiq (1968), Tarek Lamri (1962), Mohamed Mellah (1955), CM Yahya Chelly (1948), Dhafer Ktita (1942), Mohamed Khalifah Almuntasir (1934), Abdelhak Ounas (1931), Mahmod Algadari (1927), Mahmoud Ammous (1926), Rayen Ajili (1921), Mohamed Othman Alkrnaf (1909), Feras I Elbradei (1898), Mehdi Messaoud (1891), Mohanned Zouari (1889), Yigit Elci (1886), Najeh Nouira (1886), Mokhtar Zenaidi (1882), Abdelkader Kacem (1866), Fares Boumaiza (1859), Lazhar Azreug (1858). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Open A upper 2000 / OPEN C under 1700
More: Portuguese National Championship 2024-25 / Campeonato de España 2025 Under 2300
Sahel Chess Festival 2025 – OPEN B 1700-2000 Participants
No.
Name
Rtg
1
Abdulsadiq, Emran Mustafa
1968
2
Lamri, Tarek
1962
3
Mellah, Mohamed
1955
4
CM
Chelly, Yahya
1948
5
Ktita, Dhafer
1942
6
Almuntasir, Mohamed Khalifah
1934
7
Ounas, Abdelhak
1931
8
Algadari, Mahmod
1927
9
Ammous, Mahmoud
1926
10
Ajili, Rayen
1921
11
Alkrnaf, Mohamed Othman
1909
12
Elbradei, Feras I
1898
13
Messaoud, Mehdi
1891
14
Zouari, Mohanned
1889
15
Elci, Yigit
1886
16
Nouira, Najeh
1886
17
Zenaidi, Mokhtar
1882
18
Kacem, Abdelkader
1866
19
Boumaiza, Fares
1859
20
Azreug, Lazhar
1858
21
Altwaty, Abdulmalik Abddo A.
1841
22
Noumi, Amir
1840
23
Mendili, Khalil
1837
24
Alzilitini, Luwi Abdulsalam
1828
25
WFM
Miladi, Amen
1826
26
Mendili, Jahed
1824
27
Mahmoudi, Chiheb
1819
28
Cherad, Mohammed
1810
29
Tria, Yacine
1806
30
Dammak, Mohamed Amine
1782
31
CM
Dahmani, Sami
1775
32
Chelli, Hichem
1772
33
Ben Lazreg, Hatem
1770
34
Battal, Saad
1761
35
Baba, Jihed
1760
36
Benzarti, Thabet
1759
37
Kolsi, Mohamed Aziz
1759
38
Franika, Khaled Mahmoud
1757
39
Altarhoni, Sayef
1755
40
Ayadi, Mohamed Chaouki
1740
41
Belanes, Ahmed
1739
42
Elair, Karim
1736
43
Zerarga, Imene
1736
44
Hamoum, Abdelhalim
1732
45
Saidi, Mootez
1729
46
Saidi, Bouziane
1728
47
Saad, Mohamed Hedi
1721
48
Amri, Mehdi
1719
49
Chaili, Yasser Idris
1716
50
Arfaoui, Mohamed Aziz
1705
51
Badji, Moncef
1703
52
Mallah, Abderrahmane
1700
53
Sayari, Sofien
1700
54
Dekhili, Aymen
1696
55
Majdoub, Elae
1686
56
Baba, Mouadh
1675
57
Abdelkefi, Beya
1669
58
Murdoch, Stephen
1651
59
Landolsi, Omar
1649
60
Bentaleb, Mohamed
1646
61
Hafsa, Yessine
1632
62
Labbaoui, Adem
1630