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 C under 1700 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 Okba Chekired (1693), Mohamed Reda Belarbi (1687), Ahmed Aziz Achour (1677), Mohamed Riad Attaoui (1675), Tarik Ferahi (1675), Manel Ait Oudhia (1668), Rayan Zidi (1666), Rawaf Zena (1662), Radhwan Ghayth Alashkham (1658), Faisal Alwaer (1656), Mohamed Ali Ladhari (1656), Ayoub Ben Toumia (1655), Mohamed Elhaoues Messaoudi (1644), Ishak Kahloul (1637), Ania Touati (1637), Zahreddine Ben Othman (1634), Anes Chekired (1631), Tahar Ben Kahla (1624), Amilia Khider (1624), Mohamed Abdulbasit Bin Halal (1614). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Open A upper 2000 / OPEN B 1700-2000
More: Portuguese National Championship 2024-25 / Campeonato de España 2025 Under 2300
Sahel Chess Festival 2025 – OPEN C under 1700 Participants
No.
Name
Rtg
1
Chekired, Okba
1693
2
Belarbi, Mohamed Reda
1687
3
Achour, Ahmed Aziz
1677
4
Attaoui, Mohamed Riad
1675
5
Ferahi, Tarik
1675
6
Ait Oudhia, Manel
1668
7
Zidi, Rayan
1666
8
Zena, Rawaf
1662
9
Alashkham, Radhwan Ghayth
1658
10
Alwaer, Faisal
1656
11
Ladhari, Mohamed Ali
1656
12
Ben Toumia, Ayoub
1655
13
Messaoudi, Mohamed Elhaoues
1644
14
Kahloul, Ishak
1637
15
Touati, Ania
1637
16
Ben Othman, Zahreddine
1634
17
Chekired, Anes
1631
18
Ben Kahla, Tahar
1624
19
Khider, Amilia
1624
20
Bin Halal, Mohamed Abdulbasit
1614
21
Oudhini, Helmi
1614
22
Habes, Meriem Batoul
1610
23
Ben Hamed, Rayene
1608
24
Chaib, Chakib
1608
25
Ben Salah, Atef
1607
26
Zaoui, Ahmed Ismail
1606
27
AIM
Chennoufi, Hamza
1602
28
Mejri, Mahdi
1602
29
Jaballah, Mohamed
1601
30
Daas, Med Lemnaouar
1600
31
Oukarache, Maria
1599
32
Ben Khalifa, Yassin
1597
33
Ben Saida, Yassine
1595
34
Ben Mbarek, Mohamed
1593
35
Kraiem, Bilel
1593
36
Abdelwahed, Yacine
1592
37
Jabrane, Ayoub
1592
38
Hamza, Imed
1586
39
Selmi, Merouane
1585
40
Ben Nasr, Farouk
1580
41
Gaied, Mourad
1579
42
Keddah, Aya
1577
43
Kharat, Oways
1575
44
Bahria, Rassim
1573
45
Allalou, Lilia Assia
1568
46
Bahloul, Yassine
1565
47
Aimar, Sidali
1564
48
Dimassi, Yahya
1561
49
Aimar, Lydia Djihane
1554
50
Charfeddine, Chadi
1553
51
Fatnassi, Raed
1548
52
Hadjadj, Sebti
1548
53
Redissi, Taki
1542
54
Ben Sikali, Youssef
1538
55
Chekired, Mohamed Elhareth
1537
56
Naguez, Loujein
1533
57
Ben Nasr, Iyed
1530
58
Essid, Youssef
1530
59
Ben Slima, Fedi
1529
60
Khernane, Abdelmoughith
1527
61
Bourari, Mohamed Alaa
1523
62
Ben, Hmida Mohamed Bilel
1522
63
Sid Lakhdar, Mehdi
1520
64
Saadaoui, Mohamed Iyad
1517
65
Dimassi, Yasmine
1516
66
Kebiche, Mohamed
1514
67
Khider, Ania
1511
68
Arfaoui, Mohamed Yassine
1509
69
Kahloul, Yasser
1509
70
Ghoualmi, Merouane
1507
71
Khelfallah, Ikhlas
1502
72
Ben Ali, Riadh
1501
73
Kashi, Sarah
1500
74
Mallah, Mohamed Khalil
1498
75
Younes, Ben Abdallah
1498
76
ACM
Ayadi, Mehdi
1495
77
Baba, Mohamed
1494
78
Zena, Hachem
1494
79
Aksas, Mostafa
1490
80
Chaib, Tahar
1490
81
Ismail, Iyed
1490
82
Khalil, Ben Abdallah
1488
83
Zeghimi, Samy
1483
84
Ben Thabet, Mohamed Dhia
1474
85
Omar, Zerriaa
1474
86
Baba, Ayoub
1471
87
Zribi, Meria
1471
88
Ben Hamed, Rawene
1467
89
Aroua, Oubey
1458
90
Jelili, Yassine
1453
91
Belaroussi, Ritadj
1451
92
Zena, Ilef
1444
93
Nafouti, Habib
1442
94
Ben Ameur, Amine
1436
95
Ferchichi, Mohamed Malek
1430
96
Bensidi, Aya
1427
97
Roby, Abderrahim
1423
98
Titah, Atef
1417
99
Hadj Hassan, Chaima
1405
100
Abdellali, Khalil
0
101
Abdulsalam, Hamdi Abdulrahman
0
102
Achache, Anas
0
103
Aida, Mohammed
0
104
Anass, Aroua
0
105
Arous, Hassan
0
106
Baaziz, Khalil
0
107
Bacha, Haroun
0
108
Badi, Ahmed Mustafa
0
109
Bardi, Mouhamed Rachid
0
110
Barhoumi, Ahmed
0
111
Bechar, Walid
0
112
Belhadj, Mohamed Adem
0
113
Belhadj, Yahia
0
114
Bellih, Salah
0
115
Ben Abdallah, Yassine
0
116
Ben Amor, Anas
0
117
Ben Cherifa, Bouraoui
0
118
Ben Hamida, Ahmed Ajmi
0
119
Ben Hamida, Yassine
0
120
Ben Rhouma, Youssef
0
121
Ben Salah, Abdelmoez
0
122
Ben Salah, Anis
0
123
Ben Salah, Karim
0
124
Benabdallah, Amine
0
125
Bessghaier, Farah
0
126
Borghal, Heythem
0
127
Bouanane, Hamza Hocine
0
128
Bouaziz, Dorra
0
129
Bouchouachi, Marouane
0
130
Boudjenane, Mohammed Soufiane
0
131
Bouleefah, Muntahay Yousuf
0
132
Chaib, Hanane
0
133
Chehata, Mohamed
0
134
Chelbi, Haroun
0
135
Chellouche, Yacine
0
136
Daas, Abdelouaheb
0
137
Daoudi, Chaima
0
138
Djedidi, Mohamed
0
139
Draoui, Sidahmed
0
140
El Fekih, Khalil
0
141
El Mehdi, Ghassen
0
142
Ezzine, mohamed amine
0
143
Falfoul, Zaineb
0
144
Fradi, Mehdi
0
145
Gaabab, Hakim
0
146
Gharbi, Majdoline
0
147
Ghiat, Abderrahmane Adel
0
148
Hajji, yassine
0
149
Hajji, Youssef
0
150
Hamadache, Abdelhak
0
151
Jammali, Nejmeddine
0
152
Jawedi, Amine
0
153
Jhidri, aymen
0
154
Jomaa, Abderrahmen
0
155
Khaldi, Mokrane
0
156
Laadhari, Youssef
0
157
Limem, Bayram
0
158
Mallek, Adam
0
159
Masmoudi, Ahmed
0
160
Masmoudi, Mohamed
0
161
Mechmech, Emna
0
162
Meksi, Malek
0
163
Mendili, Yakin
0
164
Menzli, Beya
0
165
Najar, Ahmed Rayen
0
166
Najjar, Karam
0
167
Ridene, Ibrahim
0
168
Saheb, Aymen
0
169
Saidi, Yahia
0
170
Saket, Hassen
0
171
Salmi, Khalil
0
172
Sandid, Baya
0
173
Seghouani, Samy
0
174
Selmi, Ahmed
0
175
Selmi, Ahmed
0
176
Souiai, Youssef
0
177
Tarmiz, Amine
0
178
Tounekti, Aicha
0
179
Trigui, Mahdi
0
180
Zaoui, Yassine
0
181
Zeghib, Rami
0
182
Zwebi, Hbib
0