2025 Etienne Lewis CLOSED Chess Tournament (U14)
Open SwissStandard
53 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 08 Aug 2025 to 10 Aug 2025 in Pretoria, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 1524, and top seed was Tinus Ederich Kirstein (🇿🇦 RSA, 1608).
Christoph Rust (🇿🇦 RSA, 1556) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Reinhardt Boshoff (6.0) and Lihan Van der Westhuizen (5.5). Rust shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Rohann Scholtz (1470) beat Tinus Ederich Kirstein (1608), a +138-point gap.
Location
🇿🇦Pretoria, South Africa
Dates
08 Aug 2025 → 10 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×27
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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R5–R7 · LEAD HELD
Christoph Rust held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 6.0/7. Rust takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (30.0).
R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Christoph Rust lost to Reinhardt Boshoff (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Christoph Rust | * | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Reinhardt Boshoff | 1 | * | — | — |
| 3Lihan Van der Westhuizen | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Eduan Smith | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rust, Christoph | 1556 | RSA | +46B | +36N | +10N | +3B | +4B | +8N | −2N | 6.0 | 30.0 | 32.5 | 26.50 | 2270 | +76.8 |
| 2 | Boshoff, Reinhardt | 1582 | RSA | +38B | +12N | −7B | +34N | +17B | +18N | +1B | 6.0 | 27.0 | 30.0 | 25.00 | 1514 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Van der Westhuizen, Lihan | 1535 | RSA | +40N | +19B | +22N | −1N | +12B | +7N | =5B | 5.5 | 29.5 | 32.5 | 23.75 | 1657 | +32.8 |
| 4 | Smith, Eduan | 0 | RSA | +42N | +15B | +17N | +9B | −1N | =14B | +16N | 5.5 | 28.5 | 31.5 | 23.25 | 1505 | +16.0 |
| 5 | Kirstein, Tinus Ederich | 1608 | RSA | +44B | +18N | +26B | −7N | +24B | +11N | =3N | 5.5 | 27.5 | 30.0 | 22.25 | 1497 | -4.0 |
| 6 | Truscott, Adriaan | 0 | RSA | −21N | +33B | +37N | +35B | =16N | +20B | +14N | 5.5 | 23.0 | 26.0 | 19.75 | 1497 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Scholtz, Rohann | 1470 | RSA | +32N | +35B | +2N | +5B | =14N | −3B | =8B | 5.0 | 30.0 | 33.0 | 22.75 | 1504 | +7.2 |
| 8 | Mkotong, Reagile | 1481 | RSA | +41N | +25B | =14N | +21B | +9N | −1B | =7N | 5.0 | 28.5 | 31.5 | 20.75 | 1497 | +3.2 |
| 9 | Ribbens, Reuben | 1482 | RSA | +37B | +30N | +13B | −4N | −8B | +28N | +26B | 5.0 | 27.0 | 30.0 | 19.50 | 644 | -44.0 |
| 10 | Yang, Daniel | 1457 | RSA | +28B | +29N | −1B | −12N | +15N | +34B | +17N | 5.0 | 27.0 | 30.0 | 19.00 | 1490 | +2.4 |
| 11 | Grobler, Joshua | 1486 | RSA | +45N | −21B | +41N | +28B | +33N | −5B | +18N | 5.0 | 23.5 | 26.0 | 16.50 | 722 | -18.0 |
| 12 | Bogatsu, Oarabile | 0 | RSA | +?N | −2B | +43N | +10B | −3N | +33B | +?B | 5.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 11.00 | 1526 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Westermann, Liezl | 0 | RSA | +?N | +?B | −9N | −14B | +51N | +35B | +19N | 5.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 9.00 | 1377 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Jonker, Tertius | 1487 | RSA | +48B | +23N | =8B | +13N | =7B | =4N | −6B | 4.5 | 30.0 | 32.0 | 18.75 | 1453 | -4.0 |
| 15 | Jansen, Alexia | 0 | RSA | +?B | −4N | +48B | =?N | −10B | +29N | +31N | 4.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 9.00 | 1341 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 534000410 | 0 | — | F | +?N | +52B | +?N | =6B | +?N | −4B | 4.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.75 | 1465 | 0.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 534012478 | 0 | — | +39B | +?N | −4B | +23N | −2N | +21B | −10B | 4.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 11.00 | 637 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Van Rooyen, Dandre | 0 | RSA | +?N | −5B | +?N | +20B | +22N | −2B | −11B | 4.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 8.00 | 1358 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Buchner, Emil | 1550 | RSA | +47B | −3N | −23B | +39N | +44B | +24N | −13B | 4.0 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 11.50 | 734 | -20.8 |
| 20 | Grahan, Tylo | 0 | RSA | −23B | +49N | +38B | −18N | +36B | −6N | +37B | 4.0 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 11.00 | 1481 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Ndebele, Akhumzi Thandol | 0 | RSA | +6B | +11N | =?B | −8N | =?B | −17N | +36B | 4.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 13.50 | 1480 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Theron, Carla | 1444 | RSA | +49B | +52N | −3B | +44N | −18B | −23N | +38N | 4.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 8.50 | 734 | -15.2 |
| 23 | Kgwale, Lesedi | 0 | RSA | +20N | −14B | +19N | −17B | +?N | +22B | −?N | 4.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 12.00 | 1470 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 14379562 | 0 | — | −25N | +?B | +?N | +31B | −5N | −19B | +34N | 4.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 6.50 | 735 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 14350823 | 0 | — | +24B | −8N | −44B | +49N | −38B | +48N | +39B | 4.0 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 11.00 | 681 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Truscott, Ane | 0 | RSA | +?N | +43B | −5N | −33B | +41N | +?B | −9N | 4.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 6.00 | 702 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 534000356 | 0 | — | −30B | −44N | +?B | +46N | −29N | +42B | +35N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 8.50 | 624 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 14379627 | 0 | — | −10N | +?B | +?B | −11N | +?N | −9B | +?N | 4.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0.00 | 678 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Haupt, Joshua | 1432 | RSA | +50N | −10B | =40N | F | +27B | −15B | +45N | 3.5 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 10.00 | 668 | -17.6 |
| 30 | FIDE 14371901 | 0 | — | +27N | −9B | =?N | −40B | −31N | +?B | +33N | 3.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 7.00 | 681 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Ebersohn, Gerhard | 0 | RSA | +?B | =?N | −?B | −24N | +30B | +40N | −15B | 3.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 6.50 | 1272 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 14379511 | 0 | — | −7B | +?N | −34B | −?B | +52N | =?B | +44N | 3.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 672 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 14379210 | 0 | — | +34B | −6N | +36B | +26N | −11B | −12N | −30B | 3.0 | 26.0 | 29.0 | 10.00 | 1473 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 14373734 | 0 | — | −33N | +39B | +32N | −2B | +43N | −10N | −24B | 3.0 | 24.5 | 27.5 | 9.50 | 668 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 14394618 | 0 | — | +?B | −7N | +47B | −6N | +48B | −13N | −27B | 3.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 4.00 | 672 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Padayachy, Vidya | 1470 | RSA | +53N | −1B | −33N | +45B | −20N | +49B | −21N | 3.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 4.50 | 756 | -14.8 |
| 37 | Allison, Spencer | 0 | RSA | −9N | +50B | −6B | +47N | −?B | +?N | −20N | 3.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 4.00 | 699 | 0.0 |
| 38 | FIDE 14379309 | 0 | — | −2N | +?B | −20N | +?B | +25N | −?N | −22B | 3.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 4.00 | 680 | 0.0 |
| 39 | FIDE 534002812 | 0 | — | −17N | −34N | +?B | −19B | +?N | +51B | −25N | 3.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 2.00 | 747 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Da Costa, Ethan | 0 | RSA | −3B | +?N | =29B | +30N | −?B | −31B | =?N | 3.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 5.25 | 1184 | 0.0 |
| 41 | FIDE 14379481 | 0 | — | −8B | +?N | −11B | +53N | −26B | +50N | −?N | 3.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 2.00 | 683 | 0.0 |
| 42 | FIDE 534019871 | 0 | — | −4B | F | F | +?N | +47B | −27N | +50B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 4.00 | 606 | 0.0 |
| 43 | FIDE 14379619 | 0 | — | +?B | −26N | −12B | +?N | −34B | −?B | +?N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 1537 | 0.0 |
| 44 | FIDE 14379376 | 0 | — | −5N | +27B | +25N | −22B | −19N | =?B | −32B | 2.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 8.00 | 704 | 0.0 |
| 45 | FIDE 14379430 | 0 | — | −11B | −?N | +?B | −36N | +?B | =46N | −29B | 2.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 1.25 | 672 | 0.0 |
| 46 | FIDE 14379414 | 0 | — | −1N | −?B | +?N | −27B | +?N | =45B | −?N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 1.25 | 756 | 0.0 |
| 47 | FIDE 14379538 | 0 | — | −19N | +51B | −35N | −37B | −42N | +52B | −?N | 2.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 3.00 | 747 | 0.0 |
| 48 | FIDE 534025839 | 0 | — | −14N | +53B | −15N | +?B | −35N | −25B | −?B | 2.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 0.00 | 677 | 0.0 |
| 49 | FIDE 14371910 | 0 | — | −22N | −20B | +?N | −25B | +53B | −36N | −?B | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0.00 | 652 | 0.0 |
| 50 | FIDE 14379201 | 0 | — | −29B | −37N | −51N | +?B | +?N | −41B | −42N | 2.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 0.00 | 624 | 0.0 |
| 51 | FIDE 14379600 | 0 | — | −?B | −47N | +50B | +52N | −13B | −39N | −?B | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 3.00 | 613 | 0.0 |
| 52 | FIDE 534017500 | 0 | — | +?N | −22B | −16N | −51B | −32B | −47N | −?B | 1.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 0.00 | 643 | 0.0 |
| 53 | FIDE 534029478 | 0 | — | −36B | −48N | F | −41B | −49N | −?B | −?N | 0.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 661 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Rust, ChristophRSA+76.86.0 pts · #1
- 2Van der Westhuizen, LihanRSA+32.85.5 pts · #2
- 3Smith, EduanRSA+16.05.5 pts · #11
Top rating losers
- 1Ribbens, ReubenRSA-44.05.0 pts · #46
- 2Buchner, EmilRSA-20.84.0 pts · #41
- 3Grobler, JoshuaRSA-18.05.0 pts · #29
Biggest upsets
- R4+138 Elo gap
- R3+112 Elo gap