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Amathole Closed Chess Championship 2025 (Open)

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8 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 21 Jun 2025 in Alice, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 1382, and top seed was Romeo Tokoyi (🇿🇦 RSA, 1698).

Romeo Tokoyi (🇿🇦 RSA, 1698) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Raphadu Ramasindi (3.5) and Inam Sifatyi (3.0).

The biggest upset came in round 1: Raphadu Ramasindi (1490) beat Mzwanele Phetshe (1655), a +165-point gap.

Location
🇿🇦Alice, South Africa
Dates
21 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 55 Min. Incr. 5 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇦Romeo Tokoyi1698
Avg top 10
1,382
Participants
8
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×7
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Romeo Tokoyi led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
4
1
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Tokoyi takes lead
R3 · LEADER CHANGE21 Jun

Romeo Tokoyi takes the sole lead (2.5/3).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Romeo Tokoyi beat Raphadu Ramasindi (White).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

Romeo Tokoyi went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Romeo Tokoyi*
1
½
½
2Raphadu Ramasindi
0
*
½
1
3Inam Sifatyi
½
½
*
4Unathi Mokitimi
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Tokoyi, Romeo1698RSA+6B=3N+2B+4B=5N4.012.515.012.001820+14.0
2Ramasindi, Raphadu1490RSA+4B+5B1N=3N+6B3.513.015.510.001771+75.6
3Sifatyi, Inam1597RSA+8N=1B4N=2B+7N3.011.511.54.751574-4.8
4Phetshe, Mzwanele1655RSA2N+7B+3B1N+8B3.011.511.54.001560-20.0
5Mokitimi, Unathi1614RSA+7B2N=6B+8N=1B3.011.011.04.251546-14.4
6Mxenge, Afika1545RSA1N+8B=5N+7B2N2.511.511.52.501477-7.8
7Mzizi, Olwethu1457RSA5N4N+8B6N3B1.011.511.50.00803-24.4
8FIDE 53402002003B6N7N5B4N0.011.512.50.007730.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets