The Arabian Memory Championship 2021 Online (Ninth Edition)

The Arabian Memory Championship, in its ninth edition, was held online on Wednesday and Thursday, December 29-30 of the year 2021, and it is accredited by the Arabian Memory Championship Foundation and the World Memory Championship Foundation, and the events of the championship were online through the official website of the Arabian Memory Championship Foundation.

      The championship was held under the supervision of Dr. Riadh Bensaoucha, founder of the Arabian Memory Championship and the representative of the World Memory Championship in the Arab world and the continent of Africa, and in the presence of the international Arbiter, Mr. Ahmed Lamine Chala, who gave the starting signal for the championship through the website.

      This championship was organized by the “Arabian Memory Championship Foundation” represented by Dr. Riadh Bensaoucha, Director of the Foundation, and the championship was run from inside the Foundation’s headquarters.

      12 Arbiters participated in the championship, including 4 international Arbiters from the World Memory Championship (Riadh Bensaoucha – third-degree international Arbiter, Ahmed Lamine Chala – third-degree international Arbiter, Oum El-Khair Ben Naoui – second-degree Arbiter, Kamel Lerari – second-degree Arbiter ), in addition to Arbiters from Yemen, Lebanon, and Algeria, after their participation in the online arbitration training program, which was presented to them by the international Arbiter, Ahmed Lamine Chala, on March 28, through a training course provided Online. In addition to the Arbiters, there was a team of technicians and administrators contributed to the success of the championship.

      24 competitors (12 females 12 males) 17 from Algeria, 5 from Yemen and two from Saudi Arabia participated in this online championship, and the composition of the competitors was as follows: 7 competitors from the adult category, 12 from the Juniors category, 5 from the Kids category, 6 from competitors participated in the memory championships before, and the rest are new competitors.

The results of the events were as follows:

1- Names & faces Event:

First place: Mohammad ALFREEDY (Adults – Kingdom), Hassan BALFAGIH (Juniors – Yemen), Ahmed BALFAGIH (Kids – Yemen).

Second place: Fahad BIN MOHAMMAD (Adults – Kingdom), Zeyad BAMBED (Juniors – Yemen), Hala ZENIA (Kids – Algeria).

Third place: Djamila MAHAZEM (Adults – Algeria), Abla DAHI (Juniors – Algeria), Ritadj BOUGUERRI (Kids – Algeria).

2- Binary Digits Event:

First place: Fahad BIN MOHAMMAD (Adults – Kingdom), Hassan BALFAGIH (Juniors – Yemen), Ahmed BALFAGIH (Kids – Yemen).

Second place: Mohammad ALFREEDY (Adults – Kingdom), Abdrahim SEMSSOUM (Juniors – Algeria), Ahmed BALFAGIH (Kids – Yemen).

Third place: Djamila MAHAZEM (Adults – Algeria), Akram Zakaria NACEUR (Juniors – Algeria), Hadjer BEN DJEDDOU (Kids – Algeria).

3- Random word Event:

First place: Mohammad ALFREEDY (Adults – Kingdom), Abdrahim SEMSSOUM (Juniors – Algeria), Hala ZENIA (Kids – Algeria).

Second place: Djamila MAHAZEM (Adults – Algeria), Zeyad BAMBED (Juniors – Yemen), Ahmed BALFAGIH (Kids – Yemen).

Third place: Fahad BIN MOHAMMAD (Adults – Kingdom), Anissa HADDAD (Juniors – Algeria), Nourhane KOUICI (Kids – Algeria).

4- Abstract images Event:

First place: Fahad BIN MOHAMMAD (Adults – Kingdom), Hassan BALFAGIH (Juniors – Yemen), Ritadj BOUGUERRI (Kids – Algeria).

Second place: Mohammad ALFREEDY (Adults – Kingdom), Zeyad BAMBED (Juniors – Yemen), Hala ZENIA (Kids – Algeria).

Third place: Djamila MAHAZEM (Adults – Algeria), Anissa HADDAD (Juniors -Algeria), Hadjer BEN DJEDDOU (Kids – Algeria).

5- Day Calculation Event:

First place: Fahad BIN MOHAMMAD (Adults – Kingdom), Ahmed ALSHAIBANI (Juniors – Yemen), Hala ZENIA (Kids – Algeria).

Second place: Hammou ABISMAIL (Adults – Algeria), Hassan BALFAGIH (Juniors – Yemen), there is no winner (Kids).

Third place: Mohammad ALFREEDY (Adults – Kingdom), Zeyad BAMBED (Juniors – Yemen), there is no winner (Kids).

6- Random Cards Event:

First place: Fahad BIN MOHAMMAD (Adults – Kingdom), Hassan BALFAGIH (Juniors – Yemen), Hala ZENIA (Kids – Algeria).

Second place: Mohammad ALFREEDY (Adults – Kingdom), Zeyad BAMBED (Juniors – Yemen), there is no winner (Kids).

Third place: Hammou ABISMAIL (Adults – Algeria), Akram Zakaria NACEUR (Juniors – Algeria), no winner (Kids).

7- Speed Numbers Event:

First place: Fahad BIN MOHAMMAD (Adults – Kingdom), Abdrahim SEMSSOUM (Juniors – Algeria), Hala ZENIA (Kids – Algeria).

Second place: Mohammad ALFREEDY (Adults – Kingdom), Akram Zakaria NACEUR (Juniors – Algeria), Hadjer BEN DJEDDOU (Kids – Algeria).

Third place: Djamila MAHAZEM (Adults – Algeria), Hassan BALFAGIH (Juniors – Yemen), Ahmed BALFAGIH (Kids – Yemen).

8- Random dates Event:

First place: Fahad BIN MOHAMMAD (Adults – Kingdom), Abdrahim SEMSSOUM (Juniors – Algeria), Hala ZENIA (Kids – Algeria).

Second place: Mohammad ALFREEDY (Adults – Kingdom), Akram Zakaria NACEUR (Juniors – Algeria), Hadjer BEN DJEDDOU (Kids – Algeria).

Third place: Hammou ABISMAIL (Adults – Algeria), Hassan BALFAGIH (Juniors – Yemen), Ahmed BALFAGIH (Kids – Yemen).

9- Spoken Numbers Event:

First place: Fahad BIN MOHAMMAD (Adults – Kingdom), Akram Zakaria NACEUR (Juniors – Algeria), Hala ZENIA (Kids – Algeria).

Second place: Al-Mundhir BEN TAHER (Adults – Yemen), Hassan BALFAGIH (Juniors – Yemen), Hadjer BEN DJEDDOU (Kids – Algeria).

Third place: Mohammad ALFREEDY (Adults – Kingdom), Zeyad BAMBED (Juniors – Yemen), Ahmed BALFAGIH (Kids – Yemen).

10- Random Numbers Event:

First place: Fahad BIN MOHAMMAD (Adults – Kingdom), Abdrahim SEMSSOUM (Juniors – Algeria), Hala ZENIA (Kids – Algeria).

Second place: Mohammad ALFREEDY (Adults – Kingdom), Hassan BALFAGIH (Juniors – Yemen), Ahmed BALFAGIH (Kids – Yemen).

Third place: Djamila MAHAZEM (Adults – Algeria), Zeyad BAMBED (Juniors – Yemen), Nourhane KOUICI (Kids – Algeria).

11- Speed Cards Event:

First rank: Fahad BIN MOHAMMAD (Adults – Kingdom), Hassan BALFAGIH (Juniors – Yemen), Ahmed BALFAGIH (Kids – Yemen).

Second place: Mohammad ALFREEDY (Adults – Kingdom), Akram Zakaria NACEUR (Juniors – Algeria), Hadjer BEN DJEDDOU (Kids – Algeria).

Third place: Hammou ABISMAIL (Adults – Algeria), Zeyad BAMBED (Juniors – Yemen), Hala ZENIA (Kids – Algeria).

      And a new Arab record was broken by Abdrahim SEMSSOUM from Algeria by remembering 136 words in 15 minutes.

The first three ranks were as follows:

Adults’ category:

The Arab Memory Champion 2021 in the adults category: Fahad BIN MOHAMMAD (Kingdom), with a total of 2903 points.

Second place: Mohammad ALFREEDY (Kingdom), with a total of 2379 points.

Third place: Djamila MAHAZEM (Algeria), with a total of 1332 points.

Juniors category:

The Arab Memory Champion 2021 in the Juniors category: Hassan BALFAGIH (Yemen), with a total of 1692 points.

Second place: Zeyad BAMBED (Yemen), with a total of 1365 points.

Third place: Abdrahim SEMSSOUM (Algeria), with a total of 1176 points.

Kids category:

The Arab Memory Champion 2021 in the Kids’s category: Hala ZENIA (Algeria), with a total of 558 points.

Second place: Ahmed BALFAGIH (Yemen), with a total of 315 points.

Third place: Ritadj BOUGUERRI (Algeria), with a total of 208 points.

      Thus, the Champion Fahad BIN MOHAMMAD from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be the Arab World Memory Champion for the year 2021, with a total of 2903 points.

      The results were announced on the evening of January 27, 2022, through a ceremony held in a virtual hall via Zoom, with a live broadcast of the ceremony on social media pages. The videos are as follows:

1- Distribution of certificates to the competitors.

2- Distribution of medals to the winners.

3- Distribution of certificates to Arbiters.

4- Speech of the head of the Arbiters.

5- The team supervising the championship online.

6- Honoring the most active Arab trainer in memory.

7- Distribution of Arab record certificates in memory.

8- Distribution of financial prizes for the Arab Memory Championship.

9- Summary of the Arabian Memory Championship.

10- Distribution of cups to the winners of the Arabian Memory Championship.

11- The Arab World Champion’s Cup in memory.

12- A meeting with the Arab world memory champion.

13- Speech of the founder of the Arabian Memory Championship.

14- Funny moments during the Arabian Memory Championship.

      After the conclusion of the online championship ceremony, an e-mail was sent to all participants containing certificates of participation, certificates of first ranks, and certificates of new Arab records, and coordination was made with them in order to send medals and cups and transfer financial prizes.

      One of the beautiful things about this championship is that the memory championship events have been developed into an electronic form that completely simulates the experience of paper events. The site has successfully passed all tests, even in special cases, with more than 250 demo championships being implemented before the real championship date.

      Also, one of the nice things about this championship is that the competitors during the championship could see their results achieved in the events and their eligibility for medals in each break during the championship, and upon the end of the championship, they could see their answers in all the events to see where their mistakes, and the championship statistics were published live After the championship for the high transparency of this championship, which is in international standards and approved by the World Memory Championship Foundation.

The following video shows the closing ceremony of the 2021 Arabian Memory Championship, which was conducted online:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_CLS2lYKvw&t=17s