Johan-Sebastian Christiansen is the winner of the Sahel Chess Festival Open A group. The tournament took place September 02 – September 08 in Monastir, Tunisia (check out The African Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar) The Norwegian Grandmaster collected 8,5/9, conceding only one draw along the way to the title.
The silver is for IM Aleksandr Domalchuk-Jonasson and the bronze goes to GM Nebojsa Nikcevic.
Replay: Sahel Open A / Sahel Open B / Sahel Open C
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| Rk. | Name | Typ | Rtg | Pts. | |
| 1 | GM | Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian | 2655 | 8.5 | |
| 2 | IM | Domalchuk-Jonasson, Aleksandr | 2362 | 7 | |
| 3 | GM | Nikcevic, Nebojsa | 2318 | 5.5 | |
| 4 | Boulrens, Ala Eddine | 2174 | 5.5 | ||
| 5 | GM | Zaibi, Amir | 2339 | 5.5 | |
| 6 | FM | Zherebtsova, Alexandra | 2265 | 5.5 | |
| 7 | Zenaidi, Sadok | 1972 | 5 | ||
| 8 | FM | Nikolic, Nebojsa | 2268 | 5 | |
| 9 | IM | Hernando Rodrigo, Jose Maria | 2245 | 4.5 | |
| 10 | IM | Hbacha, Achraf | 2173 | 4.5 | |
| 11 | CM | Barbaria, Yacine | 2142 | 4 | |
| 12 | Achour, Mohamed Anis | 2131 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Om, Batra | 2126 | 4 | ||
| 14 | Zouaghi, Ahmed | 1991 | 4 | ||
| 15 | Barhoumi, Med Anis | 2014 | 4 | ||
| 16 | Chelly, Yahya | 1948 | 3.5 | ||
| 17 | CM | Bouzidi, Ahmed | 2164 | 3.5 | |
| 18 | CM | Taieb, Sahbi | 2140 | 3 | |
| 19 | Rekik, Ismail | 2012 | 2 | ||
| 20 | Elci, Eren | 2062 | 1.5 | ||
| 21 | FM | Ben Ghanem, Hamed | 2088 | 0 |
