The 8th International Francophone Chess Meetings took place from 1-9 July in Casablanca, Morocco. 125 players competed in the classical tournament, coming from 22 countries.
After 9 played rounds (swiss system) as many as five players tied for the first place. IM Loic Travadon had the best tiebreak criteria to top the final crosstable, GM Adham Fawzy came second and GM Jean-Pierre Le Roux was third. GM Gabriel Flom finished the event in the fourth position while WGM Tatiana Dornbusch took fifth place on the overall rankings and clinched the trophy as the best-ranked female player. (Scroll down for final rankings)
The Blitz event will be played today, Saturday July 9th, with 141 players in the field.
Final rankings – 8th RIDEF Chess Championship:
| Rg | Nom | FED | Elo | Pts | Dep.1 | Dep.2 | Dep.3 | Dep.4 | |
| 1 | IM | Travadon Loic | FRA | 2452 | 7 | 0 | 45 | 53.5 | 2479 |
| 2 | GM | Fawzy Adham | EGY | 2471 | 7 | 0 | 43.5 | 53.5 | 2435 |
| 3 | GM | Le Roux Jean-Pierre | FRA | 2511 | 7 | 0 | 43.5 | 53 | 2347 |
| 4 | GM | Flom Gabriel | FRA | 2410 | 7 | 0 | 42.5 | 52 | 2300 |
| 5 | WGM | Dornbusch Tatiana | MNC | 2247 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 47.5 | 2338 |
| 6 | IM | Milliet Sophie | FRA | 2396 | 6.5 | 0 | 41 | 51 | 2316 |
| 7 | IM | Boudriga Mohamed Ali | TUN | 2308 | 6.5 | 0 | 41 | 49.5 | 2372 |
| 8 | Naoum Spyridon | GRE | 2346 | 6.5 | 0 | 40.5 | 50 | 2310 | |
| 9 | WGM | Maisuradze Nino | FRA | 2214 | 6.5 | 0 | 40.5 | 48.5 | 2189 |
| 10 | FM | Ouakhir Pierre Mehdi | MAR | 2204 | 6.5 | 0 | 39.5 | 47.5 | 1991 |
| 11 | IM | Damia Angelo | ITA | 2213 | 6.5 | 0 | 39 | 47 | 2128 |
| 12 | GM | Vernay Clovis | SUI | 2513 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 53.5 | 2304 |
| 13 | IM | Chiku-Ratte Olivier-Kenta | CAN | 2347 | 6 | 0 | 43.5 | 53 | 2379 |
| 14 | IM | Berend Fred | LUX | 2307 | 6 | 0 | 39.5 | 47 | 2137 |
| 15 | FM | Real Thibault | BEL | 2267 | 6 | 0 | 38.5 | 47.5 | 2224 |
| 16 | WCM | Gjergji Rozana | ALB | 1920 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 44.5 | 1969 |
| 17 | El Aouam Youssef | MAR | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 43 | 2124 | |
| 18 | CM | Ribera Veganzones Josep Maria | AND | 2228 | 6 | 0 | 35.5 | 44 | 1753 |
| 19 | Razzaq Younes | MAR | 0 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 42 | 1930 | |
| 20 | Zouaoui Mohamed | TUN | 2142 | 5.5 | 0 | 41 | 50 | 2103 | |
| 21 | Hadj Kholti Yasser | MAR | 1871 | 5.5 | 0 | 39.5 | 48.5 | 2345 | |
| 22 | Martinez Gamiz Marc | AND | 2002 | 5.5 | 0 | 39 | 45.5 | 1869 | |
| 23 | Rian Saad | MAR | 2088 | 5.5 | 0 | 38.5 | 47 | 1971 | |
| 24 | WGM | Berend Elvira | LUX | 2333 | 5.5 | 0 | 38 | 46.5 | 2107 |
| 25 | Chennaoui Yasin | SUI | 2127 | 5.5 | 0 | 37.5 | 44 | 1924 | |
| 26 | Mohamed Abderrahim Taleb Mohamed | MTN | 2084 | 5.5 | 0 | 37.5 | 44 | 1892 | |
| 27 | Sentissi Yassine | MAR | 1891 | 5.5 | 0 | 37 | 44 | 1877 | |
| 28 | Tetepoulidis Ioannis | GRE | 2078 | 5.5 | 0 | 36.5 | 44.5 | 1894 | |
| 29 | Skalli Taoufik | MAR | 1976 | 5.5 | 0 | 36 | 42.5 | 1459 | |
| 30 | Ennouri Oussama | MAR | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 35 | 40.5 | 2017 | |
| 31 | Oueld El Hachemi Abdelhaq | MAR | 1743 | 5.5 | 0 | 33 | 40 | 1714 | |
| 32 | Mrabti Yahya | FRA | 1828 | 5.5 | 0 | 31.5 | 38 | 1562 | |
| 33 | WGM | Ouellet Maili-Jade | CAN | 2239 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 50.5 | 2045 |
| 34 | El Fazari Mohamed Amin | MAR | 1753 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 49.5 | 1968 | |
| 35 | FM | Dubreuil Nicolas | FRA | 2195 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 50.5 | 2031 |
| 36 | Alami Halim | MAR | 1989 | 5 | 0 | 40.5 | 47 | 1828 | |
| 37 | Mhand Mohammed | MAR | 0 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 46.5 | 1975 | |
| 38 | WIM | Pavlidou Ekaterini | GRE | 2138 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 45 | 1782 |
| 39 | Mounib Abdelaziz | MAR | 2020 | 5 | 0 | 37.5 | 44.5 | 1604 | |
| 40 | Zekraoui Houssine | MAR | 1794 | 5 | 0 | 37.5 | 41.5 | 1848 | |
| 41 | Kriem Med Amine | MAR | 1964 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 45 | 1702 | |
| 42 | Hani Younes | MAR | 1911 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 43 | 1885 | |
| 43 | CM | Toumi Mohamed-Jad | MAR | 1824 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 43 | 1782 |
| 44 | Lesbros Bernard | SEN | 1865 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 42.5 | 1885 | |
| 45 | Nait Elasri Brahim | MAR | 0 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 42 | 1729 | |
| 46 | Saidi Younes | MAR | 1920 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 42 | 1395 | |
| 47 | Lahlou Rachid | MAR | 2092 | 5 | 0 | 35.5 | 44 | 1873 | |
| 48 | Guipi Bopala Prince Eric Jr | CAN | 1668 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 42.5 | 2003 | |
| 49 | El Aadli Mustapha | MAR | 1980 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 39.5 | 1451 | |
| 50 | Alaissaoui Aziz | MAR | 0 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 40.5 | 1849 | |
| 51 | Hadj Kacem Hafid | MAR | 0 | 5 | 0 | 32.5 | 39 | 1812 | |
| 52 | Mayar Elidrissi Firdaous | MAR | 1760 | 5 | 0 | 32.5 | 39 | 1612 | |
| 53 | Guedira Said | MAR | 1618 | 5 | 0 | 31.5 | 37.5 | 1500 | |
| 54 | Laangry Mohammed-Amine | FRA | 1202 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 36.5 | 1447 | |
| 55 | Daoudi Kamal | MAR | 2142 | 4.5 | 0 | 41 | 49.5 | 1729 | |
| 56 | CM | Filali Razzouki Marouane | MAR | 2252 | 4.5 | 0 | 39.5 | 48 | 2093 |
| 57 | CM | Idrissi Chafik | MAR | 2204 | 4.5 | 0 | 39 | 48 | 1744 |
| 58 | Idrissi Naqib Abdelali | MAR | 1798 | 4.5 | 0 | 37 | 44 | 1834 | |
| 59 | Omar Ouadnouni | MAR | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 35.5 | 43.5 | 1904 | |
| 60 | CM | Chorfi Khaled | MAR | 2065 | 4.5 | 0 | 35.5 | 42.5 | 1560 |
| 61 | Guedira Aimen | MAR | 2067 | 4.5 | 0 | 35.5 | 42 | 1589 | |
| 62 | CM | Manan Yoboue Hermann | CIV | 2066 | 4.5 | 0 | 34.5 | 41.5 | 1505 |
| 63 | Koch Alain | FRA | 1875 | 4.5 | 0 | 34 | 40.5 | 1242 | |
| 64 | FM | Berube Richard | CAN | 2158 | 4.5 | 0 | 34 | 40 | 1319 |
| 65 | Lamnouar Omar | MAR | 2039 | 4.5 | 0 | 33.5 | 38.5 | 1450 | |
| 66 | Elharrak Ahmed | MAR | 1389 | 4.5 | 0 | 33 | 39 | 1504 | |
| 67 | Aka Justin Jean-Robert Koumi | CIV | 1839 | 4.5 | 0 | 32 | 38 | 1100 | |
| 68 | IM | Rian Moubarak | MAR | 2070 | 4.5 | 0 | 30 | 36.5 | 1289 |
| 69 | Bohm Maxwell | TOG | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 29 | 33.5 | 1553 | |
| 70 | Sidah Mohamed | MAR | 1711 | 4.5 | 0 | 28.5 | 35 | 1358 | |
| 71 | Aluartassi Ayoub | MAR | 1943 | 4 | 0 | 37.5 | 43.5 | 1476 | |
| 72 | Ammor Hicham | MAR | 2018 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 44.5 | 1453 | |
| 73 | Roudi Adnan | MAR | 1941 | 4 | 0 | 35.5 | 41 | 1313 | |
| 74 | Ahardan Driss | MAR | 1888 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 40.5 | 1352 | |
| 75 | Tsarouhas Konstantinos | GRE | 2145 | 4 | 0 | 33.5 | 41.5 | 1536 | |
| 76 | Newsome Max | SUI | 1412 | 4 | 0 | 32.5 | 40 | 1544 | |
| 77 | Chriette Reda | MAR | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 38.5 | 1566 | |
| 78 | Besseghier Stephane | FRA | 1604 | 4 | 0 | 31.5 | 37 | 1197 | |
| 79 | Lameti Mohamed | MAR | 1882 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 36.5 | 1156 | |
| 80 | Aroua Ahmed | TUN | 1456 | 4 | 0 | 30.5 | 36.5 | 1288 | |
| 81 | Zeglat Faycal | MAR | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30.5 | 36 | 1208 | |
| 82 | Maazouzi Youssef | MAR | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 35 | 1448 | |
| 83 | fadli mohamed | MAR | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29.5 | 35 | 1515 | |
| 84 | Bouchghl Ahmed Nouh | MAR | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29.5 | 32 | 1534 | |
| 85 | El Harrak Maryam | MAR | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 32.5 | 1392 | |
| 86 | Frikiche Samir | MAR | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27.5 | 32.5 | 1429 | |
| 87 | Alami Afilal Khalid | MAR | 1657 | 3.5 | 0 | 38 | 46 | 1824 | |
| 88 | Bensghir Imad | MAR | 1939 | 3.5 | 0 | 37 | 43.5 | 1807 | |
| 89 | Mezgouri Noureddine | MAR | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 36 | 43.5 | 1759 | |
| 90 | Mahamat Hachim Bachar | CHA | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 34.5 | 41.5 | 1777 | |
| 91 | Bendriss Hatim | MAR | 2071 | 3.5 | 0 | 34 | 42.5 | 1553 | |
| 92 | Bouazzouz Amine | MAR | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 34 | 39.5 | 1546 | |
| 93 | Elharrak Youssef | MAR | 1084 | 3.5 | 0 | 32 | 38.5 | 1513 | |
| 94 | Gharbouj Soufiane | MAR | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 30.5 | 36 | 1539 | |
| 95 | Hamza Harrasse | MAR | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 30 | 36 | 1268 | |
| 96 | Taam El Mehdi | MAR | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 29 | 33 | 1366 | |
| 97 | Cordy Mathys | SUI | 1302 | 3.5 | 0 | 28 | 32.5 | 1080 | |
| 98 | Hamza Aboubaker Hassan | DJI | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 26 | 31 | 1162 | |
| 99 | Kadouno Drissa | MLI | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 26 | 30.5 | 1285 | |
| 100 | Ayat Arrahmane Akil | MAR | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 25 | 29.5 | 920 | |
| 101 | Sabir Yassine | MAR | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 22.5 | 25.5 | 936 | |
| 102 | Nasih Said | MAR | 1634 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 43.5 | 1859 | |
| 103 | Klein Djimmy | FRA | 1374 | 3 | 0 | 33.5 | 40 | 1438 | |
| 104 | Mejd Mohamed Amine | MAR | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 39.5 | 1380 | |
| 105 | Bouzida Hamza | MAR | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 36 | 1320 | |
| 106 | Douar Saad | MAR | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 35.5 | 1269 | |
| 107 | Youssef Belahsen | MAR | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30.5 | 35.5 | 1099 | |
| 108 | Baho Sinan | MAR | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29.5 | 34.5 | 1324 | |
| 109 | Ali Ouadnouni | MAR | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 29 | 930 | |
| 110 | Esungi Guy Botetsi | COD | 1481 | 2.5 | 0 | 31.5 | 36.5 | 1196 | |
| 111 | Alouan Adil | MAR | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 31 | 37.5 | 1452 | |
| 112 | Farsan Issam | MAR | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 30.5 | 37.5 | 1833 | |
| 113 | Ghernaout Mohammed Youssef | MAR | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 30.5 | 36 | 1226 | |
| 114 | Dahraoui Kamal | MAR | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 30 | 35 | 1645 | |
| 115 | Chbbaki Rayane | MAR | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 30 | 33.5 | 1157 | |
| 116 | Mabrouk Fethi | TUN | 1364 | 2.5 | 0 | 26.5 | 29.5 | 807 | |
| 117 | Abdourrahmane Ouadnouni | MAR | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 834 | |
| 118 | Oudrhiri Douae | MAR | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 23 | 26 | 1002 | |
| 119 | Maman Oumarou | NIG | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 21 | 23.5 | 832 | |
| 120 | Benchekroune Taibi Hamza | MAR | 0 | 2 | 1 | 28.5 | 33 | 1093 | |
| 121 | Katane Souhaib | MAR | 1489 | 2 | 0 | 25.5 | 29 | 738 | |
| 122 | Ajbara Jamal | MAR | 1852 | 1.5 | 0 | 30 | 35.5 | 1639 | |
| 123 | Fahd Mabchour | MAR | 1683 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 27.5 | 0 | |
| 124 | Nait Elasri Abdellah | MAR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21.5 | 24 | 703 | |
| 125 | SAIDOU Djibo | NIG | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 23 | 26 | 463 |
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