2025 Etienne Lewis CLOSED Chess Tournament (U12)
Open SwissStandard
34 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 875, and top seed was Simon Jurgens Barkhuizen (🇿🇦 RSA, 1510).
Sarel Pretorius (🇿🇦 RSA, 1469) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Simon Jurgens Barkhuizen (6.0) and Dewaal Vosloo (5.5). Pretorius won solo starting round 5.
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×15
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsSarel Pretorius led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
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15
7
2
1
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R5–R7 · LEAD HELD
Sarel Pretorius held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Sarel Pretorius drew with Simon Jurgens Barkhuizen (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Sarel Pretorius 5 wins (R1–R5)Simon Jurgens Barkhuizen 3 wins (R1–R3)Dewaal Vosloo 3 wins (R5–R7)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sarel Pretorius | * | ½ | — | 1 |
| 2Simon Jurgens Barkhuizen | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Dewaal Vosloo | — | — | * | — |
| 4Albertus Petrus Van Zyl | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretorius, Sarel | 1469 | RSA | +21N | +30B | +14N | +6B | +5B | =2N | +4B | 6.5 | 29.5 | 32.5 | 29.50 | 1678 | +22.0 |
| 2 | Barkhuizen, Simon Jurgens | 1510 | RSA | +18B | +16N | +17B | =15N | +10B | =1B | +5N | 6.0 | 28.5 | 32.5 | 27.00 | 1633 | +13.2 |
| 3 | Vosloo, Dewaal | 0 | RSA | +?B | +?N | −5B | =?N | +24B | +?N | +6B | 5.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 8.50 | 1442 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Van Zyl, Albertus Petrus | 1467 | RSA | +32N | +26B | −7N | +29B | +8N | +11B | −1N | 5.0 | 27.5 | 30.5 | 19.00 | 1321 | -23.6 |
| 5 | Janse Van Rensburg, Josh | 0 | RSA | +?N | +?B | +3N | +11B | −1N | +7B | −2B | 5.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 15.00 | 1350 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Bienedell, Robin | 0 | RSA | +?N | +12B | +?N | −1N | +17B | +9B | −3N | 5.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 13.50 | 668 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Haupt, Abigail | 1471 | RSA | +34B | +22N | +4B | F | +19N | −5N | +16B | 5.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 19.00 | 2266 | +20.8 |
| 8 | Tan, Herman Qiyuan | 1421 | RSA | −25B | +24N | +31B | +27N | −4B | +18N | +20B | 5.0 | 23.0 | 26.0 | 17.50 | 666 | -17.2 |
| 9 | Kleynhans, Magnus | 0 | RSA | +?B | −?N | +?B | +16N | +?B | −6N | +10B | 5.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 8.50 | 1417 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Smit, Juanru | 1412 | RSA | +33N | +13B | =29N | +12B | −2N | +14B | −9N | 4.5 | 27.5 | 30.5 | 18.00 | 703 | -15.2 |
| 11 | FIDE 14371880 | 0 | — | +20B | +?N | +?B | −5N | +15B | −4N | =13B | 4.5 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 10.75 | 1444 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 14371871 | 0 | — | +31B | −6N | +18B | −10N | =?B | +?N | +21N | 4.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 11.00 | 612 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 534012559 | 0 | — | +?N | −10N | +20B | −19B | +25N | +?B | =11N | 4.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 9.75 | 612 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Grobbelaar, Mienje | 0 | RSA | +?B | +25N | −1B | +?N | =?B | −10N | +24B | 4.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 7.00 | 1161 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Li, Jiming | 0 | RSA | +?N | +19B | +?N | =2B | −11N | +?B | −?N | 4.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 7.00 | 1503 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Erasmus, Trisa Marie | 0 | RSA | +?N | −2B | +21N | −9B | +?N | +?B | −7N | 4.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 4.00 | 678 | 0.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 534018492 | 0 | — | +?N | +23B | −2N | +?B | −6N | +22B | −?N | 4.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 8.00 | 703 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Westermann, Inge | 0 | RSA | −2N | +?B | −12N | +?B | +28N | −8B | +?N | 4.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 3.00 | 660 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 534009558 | 0 | — | +?B | −15N | +?B | +13N | −7B | −20N | +?B | 4.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 4.50 | 653 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 534007830 | 0 | — | −11N | +?B | −13N | +?B | +?N | +19B | −8N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 4.00 | 617 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 14389274 | 0 | — | −1B | +?N | −16B | +?N | +?B | +?N | −12B | 4.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0.00 | 668 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 534017402 | 0 | — | +?N | −7B | +?N | F | +?B | −17N | +28B | 4.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.00 | 653 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 14389142 | 0 | — | +?B | −17N | +?B | −?N | −?B | +27N | +32B | 4.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 6.00 | 622 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 534013792 | 0 | — | =?N | −8B | +?N | +?B | −3N | +25B | −14N | 3.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 3.50 | 617 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 534029567 | 0 | — | +8N | −14B | =?N | +?B | −13B | −24N | +?B | 3.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 5.00 | 1437 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 534000372 | 0 | — | +?B | −4N | =?B | −?N | +?B | +?N | −?B | 3.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 644 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 534029524 | 0 | — | +?N | −?B | +30N | −8B | −?N | −23B | +?N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.00 | 617 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 534015884 | 0 | — | −?B | +?N | +?B | −?N | −18B | +33N | −22N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.00 | 622 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Du Plessis, Mia | 0 | RSA | +?N | +?B | =10B | −4N | =?B | −?N | −?B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.25 | 1246 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 14371952 | 0 | — | +?B | −1N | −27B | −?N | +?B | +?N | −?B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 668 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 534000658 | 0 | — | −12N | +?B | −8N | +?B | +?N | −?B | −?N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 617 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 534013458 | 0 | — | −4B | −?N | +?B | −?N | +?B | +?N | −23N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 666 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 14398141 | 0 | — | −10B | +?N | −?B | −?N | +?N | −28B | +?B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 612 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 534015906 | 0 | — | −7N | −?B | −?N | −?B | −?N | +?B | +?N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 653 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Pretorius, SarelRSA+22.06.5 pts · #2
- 2Haupt, AbigailRSA+20.85.0 pts · #6
- 3Barkhuizen, Simon JurgensRSA+13.26.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Van Zyl, Albertus PetrusRSA-23.65.0 pts · #3
- 2Tan, Herman QiyuanRSA-17.25.0 pts · #17
- 3Smit, JuanruRSA-15.24.5 pts · #27