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2025 African Junior Chess Championship - Open

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19 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 17 Sept 2025 to 25 Sept 2025 in Cidade Velha, Cape Verde. 6 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2125, and top seed was Hamed Wafa (🇪🇬 EGY, IM, 2353).

Hamed Wafa (🇪🇬 EGY, IM, 2353) won with 8.0/9, ahead of David George Samir (6.5) and Xavier Mompel Ferruz (5.5). Wafa won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Leopoldino Costa (1915) beat Xavier Mompel Ferruz (FM, 2334), a +419-point gap.

Location
🇨🇻Cidade Velha, Cape Verde
Dates
17 Sept 2025 → 25 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇪🇬IMHamed Wafa2353
Avg top 10
2,125
Participants
19
Titled players · 6
IM×2
FM×3
CM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇦🇴Angola×5
🇨🇻Cape Verde×4
🇿🇦South Africa×2
🇩🇿Algeria×2
🇪🇬Egypt×2
🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea×1
🇧🇼Botswana×1
🇰🇪Kenya×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

IM Hamed Wafa led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Wafa8George Samir6.5Mompel Ferruz5.5Jadon5.5Thuto5Braaf5
R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

IM Hamed Wafa never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Hamed Wafa drew with IM David George Samir (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM Hamed Wafa 3 wins (R4–R6)FM Xavier Mompel Ferruz 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMHamed Wafa*
½
½
1
2IMDavid George Samir
½
*
1
½
3FMXavier Mompel Ferruz
½
0
*
½
4FMSimiyu Jadon
0
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Wafa, HamedIM2353EGY+10N+11B=2N+6B+8N+4B=3N+7B+5N8.042.046.040.002459+20.0
2George Samir, DavidIM2349EGY+13B+7N=1B=4N+3B=10N+6B=9B=11N6.542.546.533.002249-12.6
3Mompel Ferruz, XavierFM2334GEQ−11N+5B+9N+12B−2N+6B=1B=4N=8B5.544.048.028.252176-27.4
4Simiyu JadonFM2136KEN+9N+19B−6N=2B+5N−1N+11B=3B=7N5.544.045.524.002139+7.2
5Braaf, Jiraan1929RSA=14B−3N+16B+7N−4B+12N=8B+10N−1B5.041.543.520.002032+18.8
6Santos, LutherFM2125ANG+15B=12N+4B−1N+11B−3N−2N=13B+19N5.039.541.017.002070-9.0
7Mpene ThutoCM2003BOT+18N−2B=11N−5B+15B+14N+10B−1N=4B5.039.541.016.751984-3.8
8Mnyasta, Charlton2172RSA−12B+14N+18B+13N−1B−11N=5N+16B=3N5.036.538.016.751978-34.2
9Tchilulo, Celio1762ANG−4B+16N−3B+18N−12N+17B+15B=2N=10B5.032.033.513.001874+26.8
10Lupossa, Helio Gomes1925ANG−1B+15N=12B+14N+13B=2B−7N−5B=9N4.541.543.517.751920-3.2
11Costa, Leopoldino1915ANG+3B−1N=7B+15N−6N+8B−4NF=2B4.042.542.518.252129+77.2
12Hansali, Ibrahim KHALIL1828ALG+8N=6B=10N−3N+9B−5B=13N=14BF4.038.038.018.751950+45.6
13Hanachi, Abderahmane1922ALG−2N+17B+19N−8B−10NF=12B=6N+18B4.030.030.09.501871-20.0
14Wela, Nsimba1533ANG=5N−8B+17N−10B+19N−7BF=12N+16B4.029.029.010.001670+21.2
15Lopes, Ruben Cesar Gomes1652CPV−6N−10BF−11B−7N+19B−9N+18N−17B2.028.528.53.001604-18.4
16Pires, Pedro Joao0CPVF−9B−5N=19BF=18N+17B−8N−14N2.024.024.03.5014350.0
17Pires da Luz, Marcio Alexandre0CPVF−13N−14BF+18B−9N−16N−19B+15N2.020.020.03.5016230.0
18Spinola, David1604CPV−7BF−8N−9B−17N=16B+19N−15B−13N1.526.526.52.501069-40.4
19FIDE 148094940—F−4N−13B=16N−14B−15N−18B+17N−6B1.526.026.03.0010290.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
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