2025 JR MAWERE NATIONAL U20 CHESS OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
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45 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 18 Jul 2025 to 20 Jul 2025 in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe. Top 10 Elo average was 1851, and top seed was machengedzero tafadzwa alms (🇿🇼 ZIM, 1960).
RABVU EMMANUEL (🇿🇼 ZIM, 1948) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Tembo Kudakwashe (6.0) and Samboko Knowledge (5.5). EMMANUEL shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Tembo Kudakwashe (1689) beat machengedzero tafadzwa alms (1960), a +271-point gap.
Location
🇿🇼Kwekwe, Zimbabwe
Dates
18 Jul 2025 → 20 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇼Zimbabwe×29
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
22
10
3
5
3
2
2
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 6.0/7. EMMANUEL takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (26.5).
R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Tembo Kudakwashe drew with RABVU EMMANUEL (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Tembo Kudakwashe 3 wins (R4–R6)RABVU EMMANUEL 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tembo Kudakwashe | * | ½ | — | 1 |
| 2RABVU EMMANUEL | ½ | * | — | ½ |
| 3MUKOMBEDZA TAFADZWA | — | — | * | — |
| 4machengedzero tafadzwa alms | 0 | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RABVU EMMANUEL | 1948 | ZIM | +40B | +39N | +14B | =4N | +16B | +3N | =2B | 6.0 | 26.5 | 28.5 | 22.75 | 2054 | +13.0 |
| 2 | Tembo Kudakwashe | 1689 | ZIM | +30N | +44B | =6B | +24N | +4B | +19N | =1N | 6.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 20.50 | 2126 | +109.2 |
| 3 | Samboko Knowledge | 1874 | ZIM | +34B | =25N | +9B | +17N | +5B | −1B | +11N | 5.5 | 27.5 | 30.5 | 23.00 | 1982 | +17.2 |
| 4 | machengedzero tafadzwa alms | 1960 | ZIM | +21N | +36B | +18N | =1B | −2N | +31B | +8N | 5.5 | 27.0 | 29.5 | 20.50 | 1883 | -7.2 |
| 5 | MUKOMBEDZA TAFADZWA | 0 | ZIM | +?B | =16N | +11B | +6N | −3N | +24B | +17N | 5.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 17.75 | 1900 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Sibanda Tafadzwa | 1872 | ZIM | +29N | +15B | =2N | −5B | +25N | +18B | =10N | 5.0 | 27.0 | 30.0 | 19.00 | 1897 | +2.0 |
| 7 | Nyathi Fortune Wadzanai | 1748 | ZIM | +10B | −9N | +41B | +25N | −14B | +29N | +28N | 5.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 16.00 | 898 | -22.8 |
| 8 | FAZILAHAMED GRAIG | 1696 | ZIM | −12B | +27B | +38N | +34N | +24B | +14N | −4B | 5.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 15.00 | 1990 | +47.6 |
| 9 | MUPOPERI LAWRENCE | 0 | ZIM | +?N | +7B | −3N | +28B | −19N | +15B | +?N | 5.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 12.00 | 1791 | 0.0 |
| 10 | MANDIPE TANAKA | 0 | ZIM | −7N | +?B | +36N | +?B | =18N | +17B | =6B | 5.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 10.25 | 1784 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Mutero Tadisa K | 1753 | ZIM | +35N | =37B | −5N | +20B | +12N | +16B | −3B | 4.5 | 25.5 | 28.0 | 15.75 | 1861 | +9.2 |
| 12 | Mbabvu Blessing | 0 | ZIM | +8N | +?B | =17B | −16N | −11B | +39N | +18N | 4.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 12.25 | 1803 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 11031620 | 0 | — | =27N | +?B | −16B | =29N | +26B | +33N | =19B | 4.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 10.75 | 1588 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Chiutsi Dardley | 1698 | ZIM | +38N | +31B | −1N | +42B | +7N | −8B | F | 4.0 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 11.00 | 1667 | -6.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 11027550 | 0 | — | +?B | −6N | +26B | −18B | +38N | −9N | +29B | 4.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 8.00 | 995 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Mapwashike, Promise | 1848 | ZIM | F | =5B | +13N | +12B | −1N | −11N | +37B | 3.5 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 14.25 | 1063 | -38.4 |
| 17 | Koropi Ashley | 1847 | ZIM | +41N | +20B | =12N | −3B | +37B | −10N | −5B | 3.5 | 26.5 | 28.5 | 10.25 | 1074 | -18.4 |
| 18 | Marima Arnold | 1718 | ZIM | +45N | +42B | −4B | +15N | =10B | −6N | −12B | 3.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 7.50 | 1116 | -19.6 |
| 19 | MAHATA DUNCAN | 1713 | ZIM | F | +26N | −24B | +33N | +9B | −2B | =13N | 3.5 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 13.25 | 1014 | -30.0 |
| 20 | MUSHANINGA TRISTAN | 0 | ZIM | +33B | −17N | =?B | −11N | −27B | +26N | +40B | 3.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 8.00 | 1463 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 11031638 | 0 | — | −4B | −30N | +?B | +32N | −?B | +35N | =23B | 3.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 7.75 | 1160 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 11031654 | 0 | — | −24B | −32N | +?B | −26N | +?B | =?N | +27B | 3.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.00 | 1138 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 11013818 | 0 | — | −?N | −38B | +45N | +30B | +?N | −?B | =21N | 3.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.75 | 1030 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Kasema Kudzaishe | 1938 | ZIM | +22N | +28B | +19N | −2B | −8N | −5N | F | 3.0 | 27.5 | 30.5 | 10.00 | 1569 | -28.2 |
| 25 | GACHIRA LEONARD | 0 | ZIM | +?N | =3B | +37N | −7B | −6B | =27N | −?B | 3.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 6.75 | 1558 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 11031786 | 0 | — | +?N | −19B | −15N | +22B | −13N | −20B | +38N | 3.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 5.50 | 913 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Zunzanyika Denzel | 0 | ZIM | =13B | −8N | +?B | −?N | +20N | =25B | −22N | 3.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 7.25 | 832 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 11031530 | 0 | — | F | −24N | +32B | −9N | +35B | +?N | −7B | 3.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 6.00 | 1043 | 0.0 |
| 29 | MAISIRI ASHLEY | 0 | ZIM | −6B | +?N | =?N | =13B | +?N | −7B | −15N | 3.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 2.25 | 1544 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 11031735 | 0 | — | −2B | +21B | −?N | −23N | −40B | +?N | +39B | 3.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 5.50 | 889 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Zunzanyika Denver | 0 | ZIM | F | −14N | +40B | =?B | +?N | −4N | =36B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 3.25 | 1669 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 11031743 | 0 | — | −36N | +22B | −28N | −21B | +45N | −?B | +43N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 4.50 | 834 | 0.0 |
| 33 | CHIGU ARTHUR | 0 | ZIM | −20N | +45B | +?N | −19B | +42N | −13B | −?N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 1.00 | 913 | 0.0 |
| 34 | MAGURI NENYASHA | 0 | ZIM | −3N | +?B | +44N | −8B | −?N | +42B | −?N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.00 | 994 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 11031697 | 0 | — | −11B | −?N | +?B | +44N | −28N | −21B | +?N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 881 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Tafadzwa Rufaro Muriro | 1634 | ZIM | +32B | −4N | −10B | −37N | F | +38B | =31N | 2.5 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 6.50 | 1160 | -5.2 |
| 37 | RIVETE DEVINE | 0 | ZIM | F | =11N | −25B | +36B | −17N | +?B | −16N | 2.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 4.75 | 1738 | 0.0 |
| 38 | FIDE 11031727 | 0 | — | −14B | +23N | −8B | +39N | −15B | −36N | −26B | 2.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 5.50 | 870 | 0.0 |
| 39 | FIDE 11031565 | 0 | — | +?N | −1B | −42N | −38B | +43N | −12B | −30N | 2.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 1.00 | 1148 | 0.0 |
| 40 | KUNAKA BELIEVE | 0 | ZIM | −1N | +?B | −31N | −?B | +30N | −?B | −20N | 2.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 3.00 | 1148 | 0.0 |
| 41 | FIDE 11031670 | 0 | — | −17B | +?N | −7N | −?B | −?N | −?B | +45N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 998 | 0.0 |
| 42 | FIDE 11031824 | 0 | — | F | −18N | +39B | −14N | −33B | −34N | −?B | 1.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 2.00 | 908 | 0.0 |
| 43 | MAKUVACHUMA TREY | 0 | ZIM | −?N | −?B | −?N | +?N | −39B | F | −32B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1030 | 0.0 |
| 44 | FIDE 11031840 | 0 | — | F | −2N | −34B | −35B | F | F | F | 0.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0.00 | 889 | 0.0 |
| 45 | FIDE 11031700 | 0 | — | −18B | −33N | −23B | −?N | −32B | −?N | −41B | 0.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0.00 | 918 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Tembo KudakwasheZIM+109.26.0 pts · #2
- 2FAZILAHAMED GRAIGZIM+47.65.0 pts · #9
- 3Samboko KnowledgeZIM+17.25.5 pts · #10
Top rating losers
- 1Mapwashike, PromiseZIM-38.43.5 pts · #26
- 2MAHATA DUNCANZIM-30.03.5 pts · #41
- 3Kasema KudzaisheZIM-28.23.0 pts · #13
Biggest upsets
- R5+271 Elo gap
- R4+249 Elo gap
- R5+242 Elo gap