2025 Diamond Chess Academy Youth Festival (Adult)
Open SwissStandard
12 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 16 Jun 2025 in Kimberley, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 659, and top seed was Nkosinathi Nqakala (🇿🇦 RSA, 1677).
Ethan Van Vreede (🇿🇦 RSA, 1655) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Immanuel Magagula (4.0) and Nkosinathi Nqakala (3.5). Van Vreede shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇿🇦Kimberley, South Africa
Dates
16 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 45 Min. Incr. 15 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×10
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R3; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R3–R5 · LEAD HELD
Ethan Van Vreede held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 4.0/5. Van Vreede takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Ethan Van Vreede beat Immanuel Magagula (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ethan Van Vreede | * | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2Immanuel Magagula | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Caleb Reatlegil Wyl | 1 | — | * | 0 |
| 4Nkosinathi Nqakala | 0 | — | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Van Vreede, Ethan | 1655 | RSA | +11B | +7N | +2B | +3N | −4B | 4.0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 10.50 | 2448 | +39.2 |
| 2 | Magagula, Immanuel | 1620 | RSA | +10N | +6B | −1N | +9B | +7N | 4.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 8.00 | 856 | -9.0 |
| 3 | Nqakala, Nkosinathi | 1677 | RSA | +5N | +4B | =7N | −1B | +6N | 3.5 | 13.0 | 15.5 | 10.25 | 1649 | -3.2 |
| 4 | Wyl, Caleb Reatlegil | 0 | RSA | +12N | −3N | +?B | =6B | +1N | 3.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.25 | 1666 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Sinigisi, Emihle | 1642 | RSA | −3B | −8N | +11B | +12N | +9B | 3.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.50 | 876 | -18.0 |
| 6 | Makeleni, Lelomso | 0 | RSA | +?B | −2N | +8B | =4N | −3B | 2.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 4.25 | 848 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Van Rooyen, Andre | 0 | RSA | +9N | −1B | =3B | +?N | −2B | 2.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 3.75 | 1378 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Alam, Tahsen | 0 | RSA | F | +5B | −6N | =10N | +12B | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.50 | 1662 | 0.0 |
| 9 | FIDE 534025618 | 0 | — | −7B | +11N | +12B | −2N | −5N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.50 | 831 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Du Plooy, Joshua | 0 | RSA | −2B | −?N | F | =8B | =11N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.50 | 820 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Jafta, Oratile | 0 | RSA | −1N | −9B | −5N | F | =10B | 0.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.50 | 849 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 534025626 | 0 | — | −4B | F | −9N | −5B | −8N | 0.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 842 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Van Vreede, EthanRSA+39.24.0 pts · #1
- 2Du Plooy, JoshuaRSA0.01.0 pts · #8
- 3Jafta, OratileRSA0.00.5 pts · #10
Top rating losers
- 1Sinigisi, EmihleRSA-18.03.0 pts · #7
- 2Magagula, ImmanuelRSA-9.04.0 pts · #11
- 3Nqakala, NkosinathiRSA-3.23.5 pts · #4