The 11th Festival International des Echecs de la ville de Chefchaouen was held on 1-5th July at the Cultural and Sports Complex Mohammed VI in Chefchaouen, Tangier-Tetouan province, Morocco.
The Main Event was the 9-round swiss semi open with a time control of 65 minutes for the whole game. 76 players competed, including a group of strong foreign Grandmasters.
Laurent Fressinet of France and Loek Van Wely from Netherlands shared the first place with 8 points each. Full standings are bellow.
A 13-round Night Blitz Marathon was played outdoors on 4th July. The famous speed expert Laurent Fressinet took a clear first place with 11.5 points, half a point ahead of his compatriot Sebastien Maze.
The organizers also held a giant simultaneous exhibition on the historic square d’Uta Al Hammam.
The playing venue at the Cultural and Sports Complex Mohammed VI in Chefchaouen
Final standings:
1 GM Fressinet Laurent FRA 2714 – 8
2 GM Van Wely Loek NED 2691 – 8
3 IM Mullon Jean-Baptiste FRA 2404 – 7
4 IM Adnani Mokhlis MAR 2404 – 6.5
5 GM Maze Sebastien FRA 2573 – 6.5
6 IM Onkoud Abdelaziz MAR 2394 – 6.5
7 IM Touzane Olivier FRA 2295 – 6.5
8 Mounib Abdelaziz MAR 0 – 6.5
9 GM Hoffman Alejandro ARG 2453 – 6
10 GM Hamdouchi Hicham FRA 2627 – 6
11 Choukri Adel MAR 2145 – 6
12 GM Strikovic Aleksa SRB 2559 – 6
13 Chaaraoui Yooussef MAR 1950 – 6
14 Benaino Samir MAR 2141 – 6
15 El Alami Hassoun Ilias MAR 0 – 6
16 Al marjani Abderrahmane MAR 0 – 6
17 Ouakhir Mehdi MAR 2200 – 5.5
18 Zarkik abdeslam MAR 0 – 5.5
19 Abdelaziz Adel MAR 2076 – 5.5
20 IM Rian Moubarak MAR 1772 – 5.5
21 Mesbah Ahmed MAR 0 – 5.5
22 Saber Yasser MAR 0 – 5
23 El Aqel Said MAR 2130 – 5
24 Atoubi Lotfi MAR 2160 – 5
25 Tachfine Anouar MAR 0 – 5
26 Rian Saad MAR 0 – 5
27 Beiso Pierre MAR 0 – 5
28 Dououich Mohamed nizar MAR 0 – 5
29 Eddakhissi Zaid MAR 0 – 5
30 Alaoui Belghiti Chaimaa MAR 0 – 5
31 Taoughi Med Amine MAR 0 – 5
32 Cardin Cyril MAR 0 – 5
33 Taouil Youssef MAR 0 – 4.5
34 Meskaoui Mohamed MAR 0 – 4.5
35 Lameti Mohamed MAR 1873 – 4.5
36 Desormes Olivier FRA 1773 – 4.5
37 Ben Mostafa Youssef MAR 0 – 4.5
38 Douiche Mehdi MAR 0 – 4.5
39 Menkouchi Abdellah MAR 0 – 4.5
40 Saidi Youness MAR 0 – 4
41 Mansouri Omar MAR 0 – 4
42 Mqami Ibrahim MAR 0 – 4
43 Abou assal Nabil MAR 0 – 4
44 Cherkaoui Achraf MAR 0 – 4
45 Hmimou Rabie MAR 0 – 4
46 Alaoui Belghiti Yassine MAR 0 – 4
47 Al Haik Mohammed MAR 0 – 4
48 Stitou Souhail MAR 0 – 4
49 Fezzari Mohamed Amine MAR 0 – 4
50 El Jebbari Saad MAR 0 – 4
51 El Bouanani Siham MAR 0 – 4
52 Blouk Mohamed El mehdi MAR 0 – 4
53 Ziadi Abdoullah MAR 0 – 3.5
54 Fikri Hamza MAR 0 – 3.5
55 El hakiki Amer MAR 0 – 3
56 Makhchan Mohamed MAR 0 – 3
57 Rahmouni Omar MAR 0 – 3
58 Tanji Haitam MAR 0 – 3
59 El Ouaragli Jihan MAR 0 – 3
60 Meftah Amine MAR 0 – 3
61 Majdouline Mohamed MAR 0 – 3
62 Nebkhout Zaid MAR 0 – 3
63 Kchichi Mahdi MAR 0 – 3
64 Ouazni Yamna MAR 0 – 3
65 El Ouaragli Sami MAR 0 – 3
66 Fezzari Walid MAR 0 – 2.5
67 Chia Abdellah MAR 0 – 2.5
68 Benkhnou Riad MAR 0 – 2
69 Rahmouni Ayoub MAR 0 – 2
70 L’khachine Abdellah MAR 0 – 2
71 Mansouri Asmae MAR 0 – 2
72 El Bouanani Mohamed MAR 0 – 2
73 Ben Maymoun Abdellatif MAR 0 – 1.5
74 Amhazem Ayman MAR 0 – 1
75 Meftah Sahar MAR 0 – 0
76 Al Zantuli Youssef LYB 1971 – 0
