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 |
