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West Rand Trials 2025 (U20)

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10 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 06 Sept 2025 in Krugersdorp, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 475, and top seed was Unathi Maseko (🇿🇦 RSA, 1638).

Moloko Visi (🇿🇦 RSA, 1594) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Unathi Maseko (4.0) and Ntumbuluko Ngobeni (3.0). Visi took the lead from round 4.

Location
🇿🇦Krugersdorp, South Africa
Dates
06 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 55 Min. Incr. 5 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇦Unathi Maseko1638
Avg top 10
475
Participants
10
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×7
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Moloko Visi led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
4
2
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Visi takes lead
Visi4.5Maseko4Ngobeni33Philemon2.5Rasakanya2
R4 · LEADER CHANGE06 Sept

Moloko Visi takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Moloko Visi beat Unathi Maseko (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Moloko Visi 4 wins (R2–R5)Unathi Maseko 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Moloko Visi*
1
1
1
2Unathi Maseko
0
*
1
—
3Ntumbuluko Ngobeni
0
0
*
1
4FIDE 534032193
0
—
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Visi, Moloko1594RSA=5B+10N+3B+2N+4B4.512.512.511.252332+50.4
2Maseko, Unathi1638RSA+10N+3B+6N−1B+7B4.011.511.57.001642+1.2
3Ngobeni, Ntumbuluko1522RSA+4B−2N−1N+10B+8N3.013.513.55.001430-14.0
4FIDE 5340321930—−3N+8B+9N+6B−1N3.011.513.56.007550.0
5Philemon, Adriaan0RSA=1N−9B+7N−8B+6N2.510.512.56.2515900.0
6Lekoma, Amogelang0RSA+9N+7B−2B−4N−5B2.011.513.54.008340.0
7FIDE 5340321850—+8N−6N−5B+9B−2N2.010.512.54.008340.0
8Rasakanya, Maabu Ephraim0RSA−7B−4N+10B+5N−3B2.010.510.52.5014810.0
9FIDE 5340321770—−6B+5N−4B−7N+10N2.09.59.52.5014620.0
10Chidi, Junior0RSA−2B−1B−8N−3N−9B0.013.515.50.00781-37.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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