Welcome to VMS Chess Festival 2026
A Historic Milestone for Algerian Chess
Algeria’s Largest Chess Festival
A Record-Breaking Prize Fund
1,405,000 DZD
A Record Capacity of 1000 Players
Six Tournaments in One Spectacular Event
History Will Be Made in Bejaia with VMS industrie
VMS Chess Festival 2026 Open A| Organizer(s) | VMS industrie - Ligue de Béjaia - FADE - DJS Béjaia |
| Federation | Algeria ( ALG ) |
| Tournament director | Gani, Mohand Cherif 7923066 ; Oubouzid, Zakari 7926480 |
| Chief Arbiter | IA Fermas, Walid 7904568 |
| Time control (Rapid) | 10min+2sec per move |
| Location | HALL EXPO, Oued Ghir, Béjaïa |
| Number of rounds | 9 |
| Tournament type | Swiss-System |
| Rating calculation | Rating international |
| FIDE-Event-ID | 494050 |
| Date | 2026/10/10 |
| Rating-Ø / Average age | 2129 / 34 |
| Pairing program | Swiss-Manager from Heinz Herzog, Swiss-Manager tournamentfile |
Last update 10.10.2026 18:22:23, Creator/Last Upload: IA-IO Walid Fermas ALG
| Tournament selection | Open U12, Open Amateur, Open Entreprises, Open C, Open B, Open A |
| Links | Official Homepage of the Organizer, FaceBook, Instagram, GoogleMaps, Youtube, Link with tournament calendar |
| Parameters | No tournament details, no flags
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| Lists | Starting rank, Alphabetical list, Statistics, Alphabetical list all groups, Playing schedule |
| Final Ranking crosstable after 9 Rounds, Starting rank crosstable |
| Board Pairings | Rd.1, Rd.2, Rd.3, Rd.4, Rd.5, Rd.6, Rd.7, Rd.8, Rd.9/9 , not paired |
| Ranking list after | Rd.1, Rd.2, Rd.3, Rd.4, Rd.5, Rd.6, Rd.7, Rd.8, Rd.9 |
| Excel and Print | Export to Excel (.xlsx), Export to PDF-File, QR-Codes |
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Starting rank
| No. | | | Name | FideID | Rtg | Club/City |
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| 1 | | GM | Bellahcene, Bilel | 696358 | 2565 | |
| 2 | | | Arab, Adlane | 7900872 | 2409 | Assn |
| 3 | | | Brahami, Lamine | 7905637 | 2262 | Cfaokas |
| 4 | | | Saad, Belouadah | 7900856 | 2200 | Assn |
| 5 | | | Djabri, Massinas | 7905726 | 2192 | Cfaokas |
| 6 | | | Boulrens, Ala Eddine | 7907559 | 2134 | Ceconstantine |
| 7 | | | Ghafoul, Mohamed Amine | 7901690 | 2131 | Foursane Hidhab Tiaret |
| 8 | | | Lamri, Tarek | 7932634 | 2084 | ASSN |
| 9 | | | Achour, Mohamed Anis | 7904649 | 2072 | Assn |
| 10 | | WIM | Nassr, Lina | 7908075 | 2030 | CSBéjaia |
| 11 | | | Bengherabi, Khalil | 7900325 | 2022 | Assn |
| 12 | | | Belacel, Abdelbassat | 7932235 | 1964 | El Hilal Sba |
| 13 | | | Bakouri, Abdelmajid | 7901682 | 1896 | Béjaia |
| 14 | | | Nassr, Nacer | 7900163 | 1844 | CSBéjaia |
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