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Lusaka Open 2025 Chess Championship - Ladies Section

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25 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Aug 2025 to 04 Aug 2025 in Lusaka - NIPA Main Campus, Zambia. 2 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1772, and top seed was Tanaka Dziyanyi (🇿🇼 ZIM, 1966).

Naomi Mwale (🇿🇲 ZAM, 1798) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Tanaka Dziyanyi (7.0) and Lubuuto Bwalya Mulwale (6.5). Mwale won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Naomi Mwale (1798) beat Tanaka Dziyanyi (1966), a +168-point gap.

Location
🇿🇲Lusaka - NIPA Main Campus, Zambia
Dates
02 Aug 2025 → 04 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇼Tanaka Dziyanyi1966
Avg top 10
1,772
Participants
25
Titled players · 2
WFM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇿🇲Zambia×21
🇿🇼Zimbabwe×2
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Naomi Mwale led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
10
3
6
3
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Mwale7.5Dziyanyi7Bwalya Mulwale6.5Mbatha5.5Namakau5.5Margret5.5
R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

Naomi Mwale held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Naomi Mwale beat Tanaka Dziyanyi (Black).

R3–R5 · WIN STREAK

Naomi Mwale won 3 in a row (R3–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Naomi Mwale*
1
1
½
2Tanaka Dziyanyi
0
*
1
1
3WCMLubuuto Bwalya Mulwale
0
0
*
1
4WFMConstance Mbatha
½
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mwale, Naomi1798ZAM+21B=8N+11B+3N+2N=4B+7N+10B=5N7.545.047.539.252003+45.2
2Tanaka Dziyanyi1966ZIM+16B=6N+4B+15N−1B+5N+3B=9B+10N7.044.548.035.001942-2.2
3Bwalya Mulwale, LubuutoWCM1931ZAM+18N+7B=5N−1B+10B+6N−2N+13B+4B6.546.049.031.751901-4.0
4Mbatha, ConstanceWFM1774ZAM+17N+14B−2N+12B+5N=1N−10B+6B−3N5.546.049.527.251808+10.0
5Bwalya Margret1765ZAM+12B+23N=3B+6N−4B−2B+15N=11N=1B5.544.546.024.251757-0.8
6Likando Namakau1756ZAM+19N=2B+8N−5B+15N−3B+12B−4N+11B5.542.545.524.501742-1.4
7Banda Maria1747ZAM+22B−3N−15B+20N+18B+11N−1B=12N+16B5.536.038.518.751706-5.0
8Namwai Alinuswe V1574ZAM+20N=1B−6B−11N=13N+22B=16N+21B+12B5.535.538.020.251618+12.8
9Sauti Nilla1668ZAM=15B−10N+19N+13B=11B−12N+20B=2N+18N5.535.038.021.001638-5.8
10Mututubanya, Portiah1737ZAM−13N+9B+25N+17B−3N+16B+4N−1N−2B5.043.543.518.001794+11.0
11Chitula Agatha1557ZAM=24N+13B−1N+8B=9N−7B+14N=5B−6N4.544.045.020.501645+15.0
12Mary, Mashane1520ZAM−5N+18B+14N−4N+21B+9B−6N=7B−8N4.540.543.018.251656+31.4
13Inonge Siluka0ZAM+10B−11N=21B−9N=8B+18N+19B−3N=22B4.535.538.016.2516300.0
14Chemba Joana1561ZAM+25B−4N−12B+21N−19B=17N−11B+23N+24B4.526.026.06.751375-29.6
15Jayathunge, J P H Kawmadi0SRI=9N+24B+7N−2B−6B+19N−5B−16N−17N3.539.040.012.2515440.0
16Mweetwa Victoria1550ZAM−2N−19B+24NF+17B−10N=8B+15B−7N3.534.034.010.751480-26.4
17Vankhedekar Nikhil Nitya1521ZAM−4B+22N+23B−10N−16N=14B−21NF+15B3.528.528.59.751263-52.4
18Mwansa Natasha1537ZAM−3B−12N+22B+24N−7N−13BF+19N−9B3.033.033.06.501435-27.6
19Zulu Asiya1509ZAM−6B+16N−9B+23N+14N−15B−13N−18BF3.031.531.59.501543+3.8
20Kazhila Bertha0ZAM−8B−21NF−7B+25N+24B−9N−22N+23B3.024.024.02.508280.0
21MUNYIMANI SANDRA1524ZIM−1N+20B=13N−14B−12NF+17B−8NF2.533.033.08.751355-42.4
22Bwalya Diana0ZAM−7N−17B−18NF+23B−8NF+20B=13N2.526.526.56.757950.0
23Tukuza Tembo0ZAMF−5B−17N−19B−22N+25B=24N−14B−20N1.523.023.00.507890.0
24FIDE 87305040—=11B−15N−16B−18BF−20N=23BF−14N1.023.523.53.0012300.0
25Changwe Masebo Demetria0ZAM−14NF−10BF−20B−23NFFF0.023.523.50.008490.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets