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UCC Mind Over Board 2025 (A)

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31 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 01 Aug 2025 to 03 Aug 2025 in Despatch, South Africa. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 0.

Tyler Nevin (🇿🇦 RSA, CM, 0) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Neathan Peter (4.0) and Ismaeel Lagardien (4.0). Nevin broke clear in the final round.

Location
🇿🇦Despatch, South Africa
Dates
01 Aug 2025 → 03 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Avg top 10
0
Participants
31
Titled players · 2
CM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×23
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

CM Tyler Nevin led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
14
6
3
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

CM Tyler Nevin never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Tyler Nevin beat CM Neathan Peter (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

CM Tyler Nevin 5 wins (R1–R5)CM Neathan Peter 3 wins (R1–R3)Ismaeel Lagardien 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMTyler Nevin*
1
1
1
2CMNeathan Peter
0
*
3Ismaeel Lagardien
0
*
4Sebastian Kapp
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Nevin, TylerCM0RSA+19B+7N+4B+2N+3B5.014.516.516.502593+27.0
2Peter, NeathanCM0RSA+12N+9B+10N1B+7N4.014.017.012.001939+1.6
3Lagardien, Ismaeel0RSA+21B+20N+8B+5N1N4.013.515.510.501858+9.2
4Kapp, Sebastian0RSA+16N+17B1N+14B=6N3.513.516.09.251820+32.0
5Perring, Mekhail0RSA+28N=13B+9N3B+15N3.512.013.07.751632+7.6
6Mavayi, Usindiso0RSA10N+?B+21N+8N=4B3.511.511.56.7516860.0
7Booysen, Jait0RSA+24N1B+13N+26B2B3.013.014.05.001703-4.8
8Banda, Benjamin0RSA+23N+29B3N6B+22N3.011.512.04.501644-1.2
9NELL, Chelsea Jane0RSA+25B2N5B+27N+19B3.011.012.04.50919-16.8
10Strydom, Jean-Pierre0RSA+6B+26N2B+20NF3.010.510.56.501731-0.4
11Van Heerden, Claude0RSA18N+14B+16N+22BF3.010.012.07.001679-14.0
12Schoeman, Devan0RSA2B+27N26B+30N+20B3.08.08.03.001697+18.0
13Step, Nicholas0RSA+15B=5N7B+17NF2.512.014.56.751627+2.8
14Kapp, Jacinto0RSA+30B11N+18B4N=16B2.511.511.53.751495-22.0
15Tiry, Muhammad Hasan0RSA13N+31B=17N+19N5B2.510.510.53.2513140.0
16DU PREEZ, Dillon0RSA4B+30N11B+28N=14N2.510.010.02.251403-1.8
17Brown, Nathan0RSA+27B4N=15B13B+26N2.59.510.53.25837-33.2
18Mangcotwya, Lihle0RSA+11BF14N=24B+29N2.57.57.54.251683+21.2
19FIDE 1437663601N+23B+29N15B9N2.012.513.02.508900.0
20Coetzee, Schalk0RSA+31N3B+24N10B12N2.011.511.51.50884-34.8
21FIDE 53402938903N24B6B+?N+30B2.09.09.00.0010260.0
22Hall, Joshua0RSAF+25N+28B11N8B2.08.58.52.50915-15.6
23FIDE 53402934608B19NF+31B+25N2.06.56.51.508570.0
24Mvakalelwa, Abongile0RSA7B+21N20B=18NF1.59.59.53.2512940.0
25FIDE 53402932009N22B+31N=29B23B1.57.57.50.256600.0
26Plaatjies, Christopher0RSAF10B+12N7N17B1.011.511.53.0014390.0
27FIDE 534029370017N12B+?N9B28B1.09.59.50.007070.0
28FIDE 1436960505BF22N16B+27N1.09.09.01.006870.0
29Bowkers, Delcine0RSAF8N19B=25N18B0.59.09.00.757630.0
30FIDE 534004386014N16BF12B21N0.010.010.00.007010.0
31FIDE 14390990020B15N25B23NF0.08.08.00.007060.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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