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2025 African Junior Chess Championship - Girls

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17 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 17 Sept 2025 to 25 Sept 2025 in Cidade Velha, Cape Verde. 8 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1840, and top seed was Jana Mohamed Zaki (🇪🇬 EGY, WIM, 2010).

Jana Mohamed Zaki (🇪🇬 EGY, WIM, 2010) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Sana Omprakash Kayyar (6.5) and Zuri Kaloki (6.5). Mohamed Zaki won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Elsje Jacobs (1566) beat Zuri Kaloki (WFM, 1832), a +266-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
🇪🇬WIMJana Mohamed Zaki2010
Avg top 10
1,840
Participants
17
Titled players · 8
WIM×2
WFM×5
WCM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇦🇴Angola×5
🇨🇻Cape Verde×4
🇩🇿Algeria×2
🇧🇼Botswana×1
🇰🇪Kenya×1
🇪🇬Egypt×1
🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe×1
🇺🇬Uganda×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

WIM Jana Mohamed Zaki led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Mohamed Zaki7.5Kaloki6.5Kayyar6.5Katlo5.5Antonio5.5Nassr5.5
R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

WIM Jana Mohamed Zaki never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WIM Jana Mohamed Zaki drew with WFM Zuri Kaloki (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

WIM Jana Mohamed Zaki 5 wins (R1–R5)WIM Sana Omprakash Kayyar 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R6–R8)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WIMJana Mohamed Zaki*
½
1
½
2WFMZuri Kaloki
½
*
0
1
3WIMSana Omprakash Kayyar
0
1
*
0
4WFMBanda Natalie Katlo
½
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mohamed Zaki, JanaWIM2010EGY+16N+8B+7N+2B+5N=4B=3N+6B=9B7.544.045.036.752102+43.2
2Sana Omprakash KayyarWIM1965UGA+10N+6B+3N−1N−4B+12B+8N+5B=7N6.544.548.032.251990+22.0
3Kaloki, ZuriWFM1832KEN+17N+16B−2B−10N+9B+13N=1B+8N+4B6.536.536.522.251874+31.6
4Banda Natalie KatloWFM1899BOT+15N=5B−8N+6B+2N=1N+10B=7B−3N5.545.547.527.251907+12.0
5Paulo, JemimaWFM1970ANG+12B=4N+11B+7N−1B=8B=6N−2N+15B5.542.544.522.751875-29.2
6Antonio, Renelsa Taiane1736ANG+14B−2N+9B−4N+11B+10N=5B−1N+8B5.542.045.022.751835+24.8
7Nassr, RymaWFM1952ALG+11B+9N−1B−5B=12N+14N+13B=4N=2B5.540.043.022.251816-42.0
8Djerroud, ChahrazadWFM1889ALG+13B−1N+4B+12N+10B=5N−2B−3B−6N4.544.547.518.751784-20.4
9Almeida, Ariette1462STPF−7B−6N+16B−3N+17B+11N+12B=1N4.533.533.512.251729+101.6
10Jacobs, Elsje1566RSA−2B+13N+15B+3B−8N−6B−4N+17NF4.033.533.511.501731+29.6
11Santana, Daniela1558ANG−7N+17B−5N+14B−6NF−9B+15N+16N4.027.027.06.001648+29.2
12Andre, Claudia Vandunen1566ANG−5N+15B+14N−8B=7B−2NF−9N+17B3.531.531.57.751673+28.4
13Spinola, Divania1514CPV−8N−10B+16N+17B+15N−3B−7NF−14B3.026.526.53.001572+5.8
14Antonio, Resiane Kendres Ariel1483ANG−6NF−12B−11N+17N−7B−15N+16B+13N3.024.524.54.001519+7.2
15Moreno, AkianeWCM1520CPV−4B−12N−10NF−13B+16N+14B−11B−5N2.029.529.54.001442-39.2
16Martins, Katlene Jussara1576CPV−1B−3N−13B−9NF−15B+17N−14N−11B1.030.530.50.001283-114.4
17Moreno, Viviane1494CPV−3B−11NF−13N−14B−9N−16B−10B−12N0.029.529.50.00770-130.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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