2025 Metropolitan National Chess Championships Finals- Woman section
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 May 2025 to 11 May 2025 in Gaborone, Botswana. 6 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1729, and top seed was Banda Natalie Katlo (🇧🇼 BOT, WFM, 1931).
Otimile Maya (🇧🇼 BOT, WCM, 1659) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Laone Phoebe Moshoboro (6.0) and Atlang Amolemo Mosweu (6.0). Maya took the lead from round 7.
The biggest upset came in round 8: Otimile Maya (WCM, 1659) beat Banda Natalie Katlo (WFM, 1931), a +272-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsWCM Otimile Maya led from R7 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.
WCM Otimile Maya takes the sole lead (5.0/7).
WCM Otimile Maya beat WCM Atlang Amolemo Mosweu (White).
WCM Otimile Maya 3 wins (R6–R8)WCM Laone Phoebe Moshoboro 3 wins (R1–R3)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇧🇼WCMOtimile Maya | 1659 | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 22.00 | 35.5 | +104.9 | 1903 |
| 3 | 🇧🇼WCMMoshoboro, Laone Phoebe | 1726 | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.0 | 24.75 | 36.0 | +85.6 | 1933 |
| 2 | 🇧🇼WCMMosweu, Atlang Amolemo | 1819 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 19.00 | 36.0 | +12.8 | 1846 |
| 4 | 🇧🇼WFMFrancis, Thapelo | 1749 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5.5 | 20.00 | 36.5 | +15.2 | 1809 |
| 5 | 🇧🇼WCMNalamalpu Eesha Reddy | 1798 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 18.75 | 37.0 | -16.0 | 1766 |
| 6 | 🇧🇼WFMBanda Natalie Katlo | 1931 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 4.5 | 15.50 | 37.5 | -65.2 | 1761 |
| 7 | 🇧🇼Ndachipiwa, Kgomotso | 1706 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 14.00 | 37.5 | +6.0 | 1733 |
| 8 | 🇧🇼Radikoro, Boitumelo | 1613 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | — | 1 | 2.5 | 7.75 | 39.5 | -0.4 | 1617 |
| 9 | 🇧🇼Mothokatse Judith | 1629 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | * | 1 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 41.0 | -30.4 | 1424 |
| 10 | 🇧🇼Bonno Thandi | 1663 | 0 | — | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0.5 | 2.75 | 41.5 | -54.2 | 1296 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Otimile MayaWCMBOT+104.96.5 pts · #1
- 2Moshoboro, Laone PhoebeWCMBOT+85.66.0 pts · #3
- 3Francis, ThapeloWFMBOT+15.25.5 pts · #4
- 1Banda Natalie KatloWFMBOT-65.24.5 pts · #6
- 2Bonno ThandiBOT-54.20.5 pts · #10
- 3Mothokatse JudithBOT-30.41.0 pts · #9
- R8+272 Elo gap
- R3+205 Elo gap
- R3+185 Elo gap