2025 Metropolitan National Chess Championships Finals- Open section
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 May 2025 to 11 May 2025 in Gaborone, Botswana. 5 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1976, and top seed was Providence Oatlhotse (🇧🇼 BOT, IM, 2230).
Providence Oatlhotse (🇧🇼 BOT, IM, 2230) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Sebetlela Gaasite (6.5) and Kobe Gofaone (5.0). Oatlhotse won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Kobe Gofaone (1891) beat Thuso Mosutha (CM, 2041), a +150-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsIM Providence Oatlhotse led from R5 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
IM Providence Oatlhotse never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
IM Providence Oatlhotse opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: Sebetlela Gaasite); the title is out of reach before R9.
IM Providence Oatlhotse drew with Sebetlela Gaasite (White).
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 | 🇧🇼IMOatlhotse, Providence | 2230 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 29.00 | 34.0 | +10.0 | 2299 |
| 2 | 🇧🇼Sebetlela Gaasite | 1993 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 23.50 | 35.5 | +48.6 | 2238 |
| 3 | 🇧🇼Kobe Gofaone | 1891 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 5.0 | 17.00 | 37.0 | +40.4 | 2087 |
| 5 | 🇧🇼Oratile, Kgotlane | 1976 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | ½ | 4.5 | 18.25 | 37.5 | +7.2 | 2011 |
| 4 | 🇧🇼CMMpene Thuto | 1992 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 14.00 | 37.5 | -9.6 | 1974 |
| 6 | 🇧🇼CMNotha, Moakofi | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 10.00 | 38.0 | -16.8 | 1930 |
| 7 | 🇧🇼Mokwena, Kingsley | 1868 | ½ | — | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 3.5 | 12.25 | 38.5 | +14.0 | 1944 |
| 8 | 🇧🇼CMMosutha, Thuso | 2041 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 7.00 | 39.0 | -35.8 | 1881 |
| 9 | 🇧🇼Motlhanka Ofile | 1835 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 2.0 | 5.50 | 40.0 | -29.2 | 1771 |
| 10 | 🇧🇼CMKokome, Oaitse | 1932 | 0 | 0 | — | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1.0 | 4.00 | 41.0 | -48.2 | 1670 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Sebetlela GaasiteBOT+48.66.5 pts · #2
- 2Kobe GofaoneBOT+40.45.0 pts · #3
- 3Mokwena, KingsleyBOT+14.03.5 pts · #7
- 1Kokome, OaitseCMBOT-48.21.0 pts · #10
- 2Mosutha, ThusoCMBOT-35.83.0 pts · #8
- 3Motlhanka OfileBOT-29.22.0 pts · #9
- R7+150 Elo gap
- R3+141 Elo gap
- R4+109 Elo gap