2025 Midstream Open Chess Tournament (B)
13 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 23 Aug 2025 in Centurion, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 1563, and top seed was Liliya Anthonissen (🇿🇦 RSA, 1648).
Neo Kekana (🇿🇦 RSA, 1603) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Gerrit Janse Van Rensburg (4.0) and Luca Kock (3.5). Kekana shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Ingrid Anne-Christie Conradie (1422) beat Johannes Jacobs (1585), a +163-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsNeo Kekana led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Neo Kekana takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
Neo Kekana beat Gerrit Janse Van Rensburg (Black).
Gerrit Janse Van Rensburg won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Neo Kekana | * | 1 | ½ | 1 |
| 2Gerrit Janse Van Rensburg | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3Siyabonga Samuel Khutso Khumalo | ½ | 0 | * | — |
| 4Luca Kock | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kekana, Neo | 1603 | RSA | +3B | +7N | =4B | +2N | +6B | 4.5 | 13.5 | 16.0 | 14.25 | 1929 | +69.2 |
| 2 | Janse Van Rensburg, Gerrit | 1604 | RSA | +9N | +11B | +10N | −1B | +4B | 4.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 6.50 | 1798 | +24.0 |
| 3 | Kock, Luca | 1448 | RSA | −1N | +6B | +8N | =5B | +10N | 3.5 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 6.75 | 1683 | +47.2 |
| 4 | Khumalo, Siyabonga Samuel Khutso | 1613 | RSA | +13N | +10B | =1N | +9B | −2N | 3.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.25 | 1681 | +19.2 |
| 5 | Baloyi, Boikanyo | 0 | RSA | =6N | =12B | +7B | =3N | +8B | 3.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 7.25 | 1657 | +13.2 |
| 6 | Gounder, Arun | 1579 | RSA | =5B | −3N | +12N | +11B | −1N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 3.25 | 1578 | -0.4 |
| 7 | Rust, Christoph | 1556 | RSA | +12N | −1B | −5N | =8B | +9N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 2.25 | 1566 | +2.4 |
| 8 | Westermann, Liezl | 0 | RSA | −11N | +13B | −3B | =7N | −5N | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.25 | 1382 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Conradie, Ingrid Anne-Christie | 1422 | RSA | −2B | F | +11N | −4N | −7B | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 1395 | -4.8 |
| 10 | Rammala, Tlale Ronald | 1576 | RSA | F | −4N | −2B | +13N | −3B | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 1342 | -48.8 |
| 11 | Jacobs, Johannes | 1585 | RSA | +8B | −2N | −9B | −6N | F | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.50 | 734 | -67.2 |
| 12 | Anthonissen, Liliya | 1648 | RSA | −7B | =5N | −6B | F | F | 0.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.75 | 1303 | -52.4 |
| 13 | Botha, Johannes Cornel | 0 | RSA | −4B | −8N | F | −10B | F | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 794 | -25.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Kekana, NeoRSA+69.24.5 pts · #1
- 2Kock, LucaRSA+47.23.5 pts · #4
- 3Janse Van Rensburg, GerritRSA+24.04.0 pts · #2
- 1Jacobs, JohannesRSA-67.21.0 pts · #12
- 2Anthonissen, LiliyaRSA-52.40.5 pts · #11
- 3Rammala, Tlale RonaldRSA-48.81.0 pts · #10
- R3+163 Elo gap
- R2+131 Elo gap
- R5+128 Elo gap