Bilel Bellahcene (born 1998) is an Algerian chess player. He holds the title of Grandmaster (GM). Born in Strasbourg, France, he changed his federation from France to Algeria in July 2018.
Bellahcene won the 2019 FIDE Zone 4.1 Championship with a perfect 9 out of 9 to qualify for the Chess World Cup 2019.[1] In the first round, he came close to upsetting Hikaru Nakamura, holding the much higher-rated player to two draws in the classical games before losing in the tie-breaks.
Bellahcene also won the 2022 Gibraltar Chess Festival, tied with Balasz Csonka.
Referencesedit
^ abMasala, Kenya Chess (2019-05-21). "Bellahcene Bilel is King of Zone 4.1". Kenya Chess Masala. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
Bilel Bellahcene player profile and games at Chessgames.com
January 01, 1970
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