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Bank Windhoek 2025 Namibia National Closed Chess Championship - Open Section

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10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 07 Jul 2025 to 13 Jul 2025 in Windhoek, Namibia. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1816, and top seed was Heskiel Ndahangwapo (🇳🇦 NAM, FM, 2083).

Heskiel Ndahangwapo (🇳🇦 NAM, FM, 2083) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Goodwill Khoa (7.0) and Kawende Petrus (5.0). Ndahangwapo shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Goodwill Khoa (CM, 1831) beat Heskiel Ndahangwapo (FM, 2083), a +252-point gap.

Location
🇳🇦Windhoek, Namibia
Dates
07 Jul 2025 → 13 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇳🇦FMHeskiel Ndahangwapo2083
Avg top 10
1,816
Participants
10
Titled players · 2
FM×1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇳🇦Namibia×10
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Heskiel Ndahangwapo led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
4
1
2
5
2
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Ndahangwapo takes lead
Ndahangwapo7.5Khoa7Petrus5Heita4.5Thindhimba4Shidolo3.5
R6 · LEADER CHANGE11 Jul

FM Heskiel Ndahangwapo takes the sole lead (4.5/6).

R1 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Heskiel Ndahangwapo lost to CM Goodwill Khoa (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Heskiel Ndahangwapo 7 wins (R3–R9)CM Goodwill Khoa 3 wins (R7–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMHeskiel Ndahangwapo*
0
1
1
2CMGoodwill Khoa
1
*
½
1
3Kawende Petrus
0
½
*
½
4Junior Nafimane Heita
0
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ndahangwapo, HeskielFM2083NAM−2B=6N+4B+7N+3B+10N+5B+9N+8B7.534.036.527.752058-2.6
2Khoa, GoodwillCM1831NAM+1N+4N=3B−5N+8B=6N+7B+10N+9B7.034.537.028.752033+44.6
3Kawende Petrus1861NAM+10N=9B=2N=4B−1N=5N+8B+6NF5.036.539.018.751900+15.2
4Heita, Junior Nafimane1783NAM+9N−2B−1N=3N=5B−8N=6B+7N+10B4.537.039.515.251818+7.8
5Thindhimba, Fame Thipunga1795NAM=7N+10B−9N+2B=4N=3B−1N=8N−6B4.037.540.017.751774-8.0
6Angula, Sibusiso1711NAM+8B=1B−7N−10B−9N=2B=4N−3B+5N3.538.040.517.001747+13.6
7Shidolo, Simon Hatwiikulipi1845NAM=5B+8N+6B−1B−10N+9B−2N−4BF3.538.040.512.001762-19.4
8Schwarz, Bernhard1796NAM−6N−7B+10N+9B−2N+4B−3N=5B−1N3.538.040.512.001737-15.8
9Nghipandulwa Silas1691NAM−4B=3N+5B−8N+6B−7N=10B−1B−2N3.038.541.011.251704+2.8
10Kahuure,Mbitjita1760NAM−3B−5N−8B+6N+7B−1B=9N−2B−4N2.538.541.58.501655-52.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets