Asma Houli (born 30 December 1976), is an Algerian chess player and African Women's Chess Championship winner (2001).

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Asma Houli
Country	Algeria
Born	(1976-12-30) 30 December 1976 (age 47)
FIDE rating	2083 (January 2006)
Peak rating	2116 (April 2004)

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In 2001, in Cairo won African Women's Chess Championship.^[1] In 2003, in Abuja ranked 3rd in African Women's Chess Championship.^[2][3] In 2003, played for Algeria in All-Africa Games chess tournament and won team and individual gold medals.^[4]

In 2000s Asma Houli participated in Women's World Chess Championship by knock-out system:

• In Women's World Chess Championship 2000 in the first round lost to Rakhil Eidelson,^[5]
• In Women's World Chess Championship 2001 in the first round lost to Maia Chiburdanidze,^[6]
• In Women's World Chess Championship 2004 in the first round lost to Svetlana Matveeva.^[7]

Asma Houli played for Algeria in the Women's Chess Olympiads:^[8]

• In 1992, at third board in the 30th Chess Olympiad (women) in Manila (+5, =2, -7),
• In 2002, at second board in the 35th Chess Olympiad (women) in Bled (+4, =5, -4).