Eastern Cape Inter-Regional Individual Chess Championship 2025 (U16G)
Open SwissStandard
12 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 10 Jul 2025 to 11 Jul 2025 in Alice, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 588, and top seed was Lavanya Maziena (🇿🇦 RSA, 1507).
Jaculene Bothma (🇿🇦 RSA, 1410) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Alaina George (4.5) and Viha Beecum (4.0). Bothma shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇿🇦Alice, South Africa
Dates
10 Jul 2025 → 11 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 55 Min. Incr. 5 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×10
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 4.5/6, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R3 · LEADER CHANGE12 Jul
Lavanya Maziena takes the sole lead (2.5/3).
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 4.5/6. Bothma takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (17.0).
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Alaina George drew with Jaculene Bothma (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alaina George | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2Jaculene Bothma | ½ | * | 1 | — |
| 3Viha Beecum | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Onako Sidlayi | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bothma, Jaculene | 1410 | RSA | F | +9N | =2B | +3N | +6B | +7B | 4.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 14.75 | 2281 | +47.6 |
| 2 | George, Alaina | 0 | RSA | F | +6B | =1N | +5B | +7N | +9B | 4.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 13.75 | 1504 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Beecum, Viha | 1486 | RSA | +12N | +7B | −5N | −1B | +11N | +10B | 4.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 8.00 | 659 | -42.8 |
| 4 | Sidlayi, Onako | 0 | RSA | +11N | =5B | −6N | −10B | +8B | +?N | 3.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 6.50 | 1298 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Maziena, Lavanya | 1507 | RSA | +8B | =4N | +3B | −2N | −9B | =6N | 3.0 | 18.0 | 20.5 | 10.25 | 1674 | +17.2 |
| 6 | Gie, Mckenzie | 1475 | RSA | +10B | −2N | +4B | =9N | −1N | =5B | 3.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 8.25 | 1266 | -22.0 |
| 7 | August, Siyolise | 0 | RSA | +?B | −3N | +?B | +8N | −2B | −1N | 3.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 3.00 | 648 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Clarke, Gerda | 0 | RSA | −5N | +11B | +10N | −7B | −4N | +12B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 5.00 | 707 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Ndumndum, Eyabo | 0 | RSA | +?N | −1B | F | =6B | +5N | −2N | 2.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 4.50 | 1464 | 0.0 |
| 10 | FIDE 534021205 | 0 | — | −6N | F | −8B | +4N | +?B | −3N | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 3.50 | 681 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Gosha, Samantha | 0 | RSA | −4B | −8N | +?B | +12N | −3B | F | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.00 | 686 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 534028900 | 0 | — | −3B | +?N | F | −11B | F | −8N | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 686 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Bothma, JaculeneRSA+47.64.5 pts · #2
- 2Maziena, LavanyaRSA+17.23.0 pts · #3
- 3George, AlainaRSA0.04.5 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Beecum, VihaRSA-42.84.0 pts · #11
- 2Gie, MckenzieRSA-22.03.0 pts · #5
- 3George, AlainaRSA0.04.5 pts · #1