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Eastern Cape Inter-Regional Individual Chess Championship 2025 (U16B)

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18 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 1508, and top seed was Jared CHIPUNZA (🇿🇦 RSA, 1680).

Nathan Brown (🇿🇦 RSA, 1470) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Jared CHIPUNZA (4.5) and Samual Coetzee (4.0). Brown took the lead from round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Nathan Brown (1470) beat Jared CHIPUNZA (1680), a +210-point gap.

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
Top seed
🇿🇦Jared CHIPUNZA1680
Avg top 10
1,508
Participants
18
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×16
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Nathan Brown led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
3
1
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Brown takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE12 Jul

Nathan Brown takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Nathan Brown beat Jared CHIPUNZA (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Nathan Brown 3 wins (R3–R5)Jared CHIPUNZA 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Nathan Brown*
1
½
2Jared CHIPUNZA
0
*
½
1
3Samual Coetzee
½
½
*
4Kungawo Toko
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Brown, Nathan1470RSA+11B=3N+13B+6N+2N=5B5.018.521.017.251770+76.0
2CHIPUNZA, Jared1680RSA+6B+8N+4B+7N1B=3N4.520.023.516.501631-11.2
3Coetzee, Samual1511RSA+9N=1B=7N=5B+12N=2B4.020.022.514.251644+41.6
4Toko, Kungawo0RSA+5N+9B2N=12B=8N+10B4.018.020.513.0015470.0
5Coetzee, Schalk1505RSA4B+11N+14B=3N=7B=1N3.519.522.011.751580+15.6
6De Jager, Jaeden1454RSA2N+10B+16N1B=9N+12B3.518.520.59.251442-4.4
7Magwa, Sanele1491RSA+18B+14N=3B2B=5N=8N3.518.018.58.501530+10.4
8Ackerdien, Saud1483RSA+10N2B=12N+13N=4B=7B3.517.520.010.501535+10.8
9Blandy, Levi1499RSA3B4N+18B+15N=6B+13N3.516.016.56.751489-1.6
10Hendricks, Zeno0RSA8B6N+15B+14N+11B4N3.016.518.57.5013440.0
11Koutsouvelis, Joshua0RSA1N5B+17N+16B10N+15B3.015.516.55.0013460.0
12Sonti, Kamvalethu1465RSA+15B=13N=8B=4N3B6N2.517.519.57.001295-35.6
13Barry, Tyler1502RSA+17N=12B1N8B+16N9B2.516.517.54.251322-48.4
14Bain, Caden1469RSA+16N7B5N10B=17N+18B2.513.013.53.001205-38.4
15Mnyaka, Isiphile0RSA12N+17B10N9B+18N11N2.013.013.51.5013420.0
16FIDE 14394928014B+18N6B11N13B+17B2.012.513.01.5012730.0
17Botlhole, Erato1437RSA13B15N11B=18N=14B16N1.012.012.51.501293-14.8
18FIDE 53401463207N16B9N=17B15B14N0.513.514.50.5011520.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets