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2025 Metropolitan National Chess Championships Finals- Woman section

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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.

Location
🇧🇼Gaborone, Botswana
Dates
08 May 2025 → 11 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇼WFMBanda Natalie Katlo1931
Avg top 10
1,729
Participants
10
Titled players · 6
WFM×2
WCM×4
Federations · 1 represented
🇧🇼Botswana×10
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 10 · 9 rounds

WCM 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.

Co-leaders
4
3
1
2
1
4
1
1
1
#1#2#5#10R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Maya takes lead
R7 · LEADER CHANGE10 May

WCM Otimile Maya takes the sole lead (5.0/7).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WCM Otimile Maya beat WCM Atlang Amolemo Mosweu (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

WCM Otimile Maya 3 wins (R6–R8)WCM Laone Phoebe Moshoboro 3 wins (R1–R3)

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678910PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇧🇼WCMOtimile Maya1659*01½½1½1116.522.0035.5+104.91903
3🇧🇼WCMMoshoboro, Laone Phoebe17261*½½011116.024.7536.0+85.61933
2🇧🇼WCMMosweu, Atlang Amolemo18190½*½½½11116.019.0036.0+12.81846
4🇧🇼WFMFrancis, Thapelo1749½½½*½1011½5.520.0036.5+15.21809
5🇧🇼WCMNalamalpu Eesha Reddy1798½1½½*0½0115.018.7537.0-16.01766
6🇧🇼WFMBanda Natalie Katlo193100½01*1114.515.5037.5-65.21761
7🇧🇼Ndachipiwa, Kgomotso1706½001½0*½114.514.0037.5+6.01733
8🇧🇼Radikoro, Boitumelo1613000010½*12.57.7539.5-0.41617
9🇧🇼Mothokatse Judith1629000000*11.00.5041.0-30.41424
10🇧🇼Bonno Thandi166300½00000*0.52.7541.5-54.21296

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets