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2025 World Cup Slot Qualifier

Double Round-RobinStandard

5 players participated in this 10-round tournament, held from 06 Jun 2025 to 09 Jun 2025 in Lusaka- Olimpa Africa, Zambia. 4 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2241, and top seed was Chitumbo Mwali (🇿🇲 ZAM, IM, 2335).

Chitumbo Mwali (🇿🇲 ZAM, IM, 2335) won with 5.0/10, ahead of Micheal Kaoma (4.5) and Andrew Kayonde (3.5). Mwali took the lead from round 9.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Micheal Kaoma (2202) beat Chitumbo Mwali (IM, 2335), a +133-point gap.

Location
🇿🇲Lusaka- Olimpa Africa, Zambia
Dates
06 Jun 2025 → 09 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Double RR · 10 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇲IMChitumbo Mwali2335
Avg top 10
2,241
Participants
5
Titled players · 4
IM×2
FM×1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇲Zambia×5
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 5 · 10 rounds

3 leader changes shaped the tournament; Mwali pulled away in R9.

Co-leaders
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
#1#2#3#5R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10Mwali takes leadKaoma takes leadMwali takes lead
Mwali#1Kaoma#2Kayonde#3Mulenga#4Hapaku#5
R3 · LEADER CHANGE06 Jun

IM Chitumbo Mwali takes the sole lead (2.0/3).

HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND · 2 games

IM Chitumbo Mwali 1.0–1.0 against Micheal Kaoma (R4 0-1, R9 1-0) — decisive in 2/2.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM Chitumbo Mwali 3 wins (R5–R9)Micheal Kaoma 4 wins (R3–R6)

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇿🇲IMMwali, Chitumbo2335*
01
11
—1
—1
5.013.5020.0+23.22505
2🇿🇲Kaoma, Micheal2202
01
*
10
1½
1—
4.511.2521.0+33.02372
3🇿🇲IMKayonde, Andrew2316
00
10
*
1½
1—
3.57.2523.0-7.32237
4🇿🇲FMMulenga, Prince Daniel2234
0—
½0
½0
*
—½
1.54.2527.0-27.62055
5🇿🇲CMHapaku, Charles2119
0—
—0
—0
½—
*0.50.7529.0-14.01950

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets