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 |

