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Gompo Chess Open 2025 (A)

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18 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 21 Jun 2025 in East London, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 1313, and top seed was Kulasande Mafanya (🇿🇦 RSA, 1856).

Thimna August (🇿🇦 RSA, 1651) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Okuhle Maza (4.0) and Sinovuyo Racaza (4.0). August won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Okuhle Maza (1621) beat Kulasande Mafanya (1856), a +235-point gap.

Location
🇿🇦East London, South Africa
Dates
21 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes for game
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Avg top 10
1,313
Participants
18
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×13
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R4; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
8
4
2
1
4
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Sinovuyo Racaza held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.0/5. August takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Sinovuyo Racaza 4 wins (R1–R4)Okuhle Maza 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Sinovuyo Racaza*
1
2Thimna August*
1
0
3Okuhle Maza
0
*
4Onako Nkuzo
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1August, Thimna1651RSA+18N+5B4N+2B+9N4.012.012.09.001822+28.0
2Maza, Okuhle1621RSA+8B+16N+?B1N+6B4.09.59.55.501628+0.8
3Racaza, Sinovuyo1646RSA+10N+14B+5N+4B?N4.09.09.09.002535+24.8
4Nkuzo, Onako1751RSAF+6N+1B3N+7B3.014.014.010.001800+9.6
5FOBO, Solomzi1701RSA+13B1N3B+8N+10B3.012.013.55.50848-48.0
6Bambela, Onako1604RSA+15N4B+14N+9B2N3.010.011.04.00886-31.2
7Botha, Tyler1529RSA+17B?N+12B+11B4N3.07.07.04.001691+16.8
8FIDE 1435717802N9B+15N5B+13B2.010.511.52.508710.0
9Mjanyana, Kazimla0RSA?B+8N+18B6N1B2.09.09.02.008280.0
10Mpitikezi, Thembelani0RSA3B+17N+13B?N5N2.08.58.51.508820.0
11Marcus, Tamsanqa1631RSA+12B13N+16B7NF2.07.07.02.50729-25.6
12Yantolo, Monwabisi0RSA11N+15B7N+17BF2.07.07.01.007800.0
13Mbewe, Tatenda0RSA5N+11B10N=16B8N1.59.09.52.2516760.0
14Willem, Mawande0RSAF3N6B+18NF1.09.09.00.008240.0
15FIDE 53401944806B12N8BF+16N1.07.57.50.508040.0
16FIDE 143947900F2B11N=13N15B0.58.58.50.758260.0
17FIDE 53401946407N10BF12NF0.07.07.00.007290.0
18FIDE 1438229601BF9N14BF0.07.07.00.008510.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets