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PCZ Flowers Open 2 - Elite Section

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14 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 21 Jun 2025 to 22 Jun 2025 in Livingstone - Tuswangane Recreation Club, Zambia. 11 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2249, and top seed was Chitumbo Mwali (🇿🇲 ZAM, IM, 2335).

Douglas D Munenga (🇿🇲 ZAM, FM, 2318) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Richmond Phiri (4.0) and Chitumbo Mwali (4.0). Munenga won solo starting round 2.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Kantalamba Mushota (2025) beat Kelvin Chumfwa (IM, 2225), a +200-point gap.

Location
🇿🇲Livingstone - Tuswangane Recreation Club, Zambia
Dates
21 Jun 2025 → 22 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇲IMChitumbo Mwali2335
Avg top 10
2,249
Participants
14
Titled players · 11
IM×6
FM×2
CM×3
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇲Zambia×14
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

FM Douglas D Munenga led from R2; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
4
1
1
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Munenga5.5Phiri4Mwali4Kayonde3.5Chumfwa3.5Mushota3
R2–R6 · LEAD HELD

FM Douglas D Munenga never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Douglas D Munenga beat IM Richmond Phiri (White).

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

FM Douglas D Munenga won 5 in a row (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMDouglas D Munenga*
1
1
½
2IMRichmond Phiri
0
*
½
—
3IMChitumbo Mwali
0
½
*
½
4IMAndrew Kayonde
½
—
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Munenga, Douglas DFM2318ZAM+11N+12B+3N+2B+6N=4N5.516.518.016.252665+41.2
2Phiri, RichmondIM2251ZAM+10N=3B=6B−1N+5N+7B4.019.021.012.002366+18.4
3Mwali, ChitumboIM2335ZAM+8B=2N−1B+10N=4B+6B4.019.021.011.752377+6.6
4Kayonde, AndrewIM2316ZAM+14B−6N=7B+8N=3N=1B3.518.519.09.752293-1.3
5Chumfwa, StanleyIM2251ZAM=7B−8N+13B+9N−2B+12N3.514.516.07.502217-4.8
6Bwalya, GillanIM2304ZAM=13N+4B=2N+7B−1B−3N3.020.021.59.252246-4.5
7Hapaku, CharlesCM2119ZAM=5N+13B=4N−6N+9B−2N3.017.018.58.002214+14.8
8Kaoma, Micheal2202ZAM−3N+5B=10N−4B=11N+14B3.015.015.56.002219+2.6
9Kantalamba Mushota2025ZAMF+11B+12N−5B−7N+10B3.012.012.05.502245+29.6
10Nyambe, MaketoCM2118ZAM−2B+14N=8B−3B=13N−9N2.015.516.02.752056-9.8
11Phiri, GodwinCM2154ZAM−1B−9N+14B=12N=8BF2.014.515.02.752109-6.0
12Chumfwa, KelvinIM2225ZAMF−1N−9B=11B+14N−5B1.514.514.51.502028-26.2
13Luanja, GeoffreyFM2136ZAM=6B−7N−5N=14B=10BF1.513.514.02.752037-13.4
14Chisopa Dalitso2137ZAM−4N−10B−11N=13N−12B−8N0.512.013.50.751791-41.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets