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2025 MALAWI OPEN Chess Championship - Women

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14 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 04 Jul 2025 to 08 Jul 2025 in Sigelege Beach Resort, Salima, Malawi. 6 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1697, and top seed was Colletta Wakuruwarewa (🇿🇼 ZIM, 1828).

Linda Dalitso Shaba (🇿🇼 ZIM, WFM, 1827) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Tanaka Dziyanyi (8.0) and Constance Mbatha (6.5). Shaba won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Jailos Rachel (WCM, 1560) beat Colletta Wakuruwarewa (1828), a +268-point gap.

Location
🇲🇼Sigelege Beach Resort, Salima, Malawi
Dates
04 Jul 2025 → 08 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for the whole game
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇼Colletta Wakuruwarewa1828
Avg top 10
1,697
Participants
14
Titled players · 6
WFM×3
WCM×3
Federations · 4 represented
🇲🇼Malawi×6
🇿🇼Zimbabwe×3
🇿🇲Zambia×2
🇲🇿Mozambique×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

WFM Linda Dalitso Shaba led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
6
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Shaba8.5Dziyanyi8Mbatha6.5Margret6Rachel5Temwa4.5
R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

WFM Linda Dalitso Shaba held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WFM Linda Dalitso Shaba beat Tanaka Dziyanyi (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

WFM Linda Dalitso Shaba 3+5 wins (R1–R3, R5–R9)Tanaka Dziyanyi 6 wins (R4–R9)WFM Constance Mbatha 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R7–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WFMLinda Dalitso Shaba*
1
½
1
2Tanaka Dziyanyi
0
*
1
1
3WFMConstance Mbatha
½
0
*
0
4Bwalya Margret
0
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Shaba, Linda DalitsoWFM1827ZIM+5N+4B+2N=3B+7N+6B+8B+10N+9B8.542.045.542.252119+45.6
2Tanaka Dziyanyi1819ZIM+9B+11N−1B+5N+3N+7B+4N+6N+8B8.042.545.537.002023+51.8
3Mbatha, ConstanceWFM1799ZAM+14N+8B+6N=1N−2B−4N+5B+9N+13B6.540.541.523.251804+3.2
4Bwalya Margret1722ZAM+12B−1N−9B+10N+8N+3B−2B+5N+6B6.043.545.525.501792+28.8
5Jailos RachelWCM1560MAW−1B+13N+8N−2B+10B+9N−3N−4B+12B5.042.043.014.001684+41.6
6Kumwenda Temwa1625MAW+13B=10N−3B+12N+9B−1N+14N−2B−4N4.539.040.09.251525-25.6
7Jambo, LindaWFM1645MAWF+12N+11B=9N−1B−2N−10B+13B+14N4.532.533.58.751375-20.2
8Wakuruwarewa, Colletta1828ZIM+10B−3N−5B+11N−4B+12B−1N+14B−2N4.042.543.59.501445-56.4
9Mpinganjira, EllenWCM1556MAW−2N+14B+4N=7B−6N−5B+13N−3B−1N3.544.045.010.251474-14.0
10Sandramo, Chineva RufinoWCM1586MOZ−8N=6B+14N−4B−5N+13B+7N−1B−11N3.536.537.58.751497-28.0
11Mwafulirwa Miranda0MAWF−2B−7N−8B+13N−14BF+12N+10B3.029.530.56.5015150.0
12FIDE 205087000—−4N−7B+13N−6B+14B−8NF−11B−5N2.031.032.02.008630.0
13FIDE 205114000—−6N−5B−12B+14N−11B−10N−9B−7N−3N1.032.533.51.008170.0
14Chimeta Lucie0MAW−3B−9N−10B−13B−12N+11N−6B−8N−7B1.031.532.53.008620.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets