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NMB Closed 2025 (U16)

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29 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 13 Jun 2025 to 14 Jun 2025 in Gqeberha, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 1596, and top seed was Spiro Clainos (🇿🇦 RSA, 1671).

Benjamin Banda (🇿🇦 RSA, 1657) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Jared CHIPUNZA (4.5) and Spiro Clainos (4.5). Banda broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Nathan Norris (1423) beat Garen TWIGG (1546), a +123-point gap.

Location
🇿🇦Gqeberha, South Africa
Dates
13 Jun 2025 → 14 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 55 Min. Incr. 5 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇦Spiro Clainos1671
Avg top 10
1,596
Participants
29
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×28
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Benjamin Banda led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
10
4
2
2
2
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
R6–R6 · LEAD HELD

Benjamin Banda held the sole lead from R6 through R6 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Benjamin Banda drew with Jared CHIPUNZA (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Benjamin Banda 3 wins (R1–R3)Jared CHIPUNZA 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Benjamin Banda*
½
½
2Jared CHIPUNZA
½
*
½
3Deacon Dugmore
½
*
½
4Spiro Clainos
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Banda, Benjamin1657RSA+22B+13N+6B=2B=4N+7N5.019.521.517.001851+53.6
2CHIPUNZA, Jared1633RSA+16B+19N+7B=1N=3B=5N4.520.023.016.251786+47.2
3Clainos, Spiro1671RSA+26N=4B+9N=5B=2N+8B4.520.021.515.001684+4.8
4Dugmore, Deacon1566RSA+23B=3N+19B=7N=1B+14N4.519.021.014.501770+63.6
5Ranjith, Aishwarya1551RSA+25B7N+20B=3N+13B=2B4.018.019.511.501670+32.4
6Mangala, Sibonelo1632RSA+24B+29N1N=11B=8N+23B4.016.016.07.501569-15.6
7Moller, Sarah1649RSA+27N+5B2N=4B+15N1B3.521.022.010.251626-5.6
8Blandy, Levi1486RSA=20B=21N+18B+10N=6B3N3.517.519.510.751548+12.8
9De Jager, Jaeden0RSA+12B=14N3B13N+20B+25N3.516.518.09.0015370.0
10Brown, Nathan1466RSA=15N=17B+25N8B+18N=11B3.516.017.59.251481+4.4
11Ackerdien, Saud1477RSA=21B=20N+29B=6N=14B=10N3.515.015.07.501509+6.4
12Coetzee, Schalk1461RSA9N=15B=16N=25B+26N+17B3.514.015.58.251622+43.6
13Murray, Jaydon1535RSA+28N1B=17N+9B5N=15B3.018.519.57.501441-26.4
14Coetzee, Samual1515RSA=17N=9B+27N=15B=11N4B3.017.518.57.501501-3.6
15Magwa, Sanele1481RSA=10B=12N+22B=14N7B=13N3.016.518.58.501512+10.0
16Barry, Tyler1483RSA2N18B=12B=20N+28B+21N3.015.516.56.001576+19.2
17Sonti, Kamvalethu1461RSA=14B=10N=13B=21N+24B12N3.015.017.07.751473+3.6
18Hall, Joshua0RSA19B+16N8N+27B10B+22N3.015.016.06.0014920.0
19TWIGG, Garen1546RSA+18N2B4N23B+29N+27B3.015.015.04.001343-42.4
20Heneke, Ruan0RSA=8N=11B5N=16B9N+24N2.517.519.57.0014870.0
21Surmon, Ethan1420RSA=11N=8B=26N=17B25N16B2.014.516.05.751349-22.0
22Botlhole, Erato1448RSA1N+28B15N+26B23N18B2.014.515.52.501410-11.2
23Norris, Nathan1423RSA4N27BF+19N+22B6N2.014.514.55.001471+11.6
24Prins, Joshua1439RSA6N26B+28N+29B17N20B2.012.012.01.001293-30.4
25Gie, Mckenzie1501RSA5NF10B=12N+21B9B1.516.516.53.751388-26.0
26Bothma, Jaculene1437RSA3B+24N=21B22N12BF1.514.014.03.001339-27.2
27Cona, Shaunwin1520RSA7B+23N14B18NF19N1.014.514.52.001340-37.2
28Koutsouvelis, Joshua1412RSA13B22N24BF16N+29B1.010.010.00.00676-65.6
29FIDE 143906550F6B11N24N19B28N0.013.513.50.007010.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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