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2025 Alekhine Open Chess Tournament (B)

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24 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 06 Sept 2025 to 07 Sept 2025 in Pretoria, South Africa. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1609, and top seed was Junior Tseka (🇿🇦 RSA, 1641).

Junior Tseka (🇿🇦 RSA, 1641) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Tshepang Tlamama (4.5) and Kutlwano Khalo (4.0). Tseka shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Ingrid Anne-Christie Conradie (1422) beat Justin James Rishworth (1547), a +125-point gap.

Location
🇿🇦Pretoria, South Africa
Dates
06 Sept 2025 → 07 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇦Junior Tseka1641
Avg top 10
1,609
Participants
24
Federations · 4 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×21
🇸🇪Sweden×1
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇱🇸Lesotho×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
10
4
2
4
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Tseka4.5Tlamama4.5Khalo4Makumbila3.5Baloyi3.5Mann3
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Tseka takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Junior Tseka drew with Tshepang Tlamama (White).

R2–R5 · WIN STREAK

Kutlwano Khalo won 4 in a row (R2–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Junior Tseka*
½
—
1
2Tshepang Tlamama
½
*——
3Kutlwano Khalo——*—
4Blessing Makumbila
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Tseka, Junior1641RSA+21B+6N=2B+7N+4B4.514.015.012.751949+64.0
2Tlamama, Tshepang1612RSA+16N+11B=1N+13B+5N4.512.514.011.751937+68.8
3Khalo, Kutlwano0RSAF+21N+6B+17N+19B4.07.07.07.0016540.0
4Makumbila, Blessing1521RSA+14N+13B+8N=5B−1N3.513.015.08.751736+29.0
5Baloyi, Boikanyo1603RSA+24B+22N+17B=4N−2B3.510.511.04.751689+20.8
6Ngobeni, Njabulo1585RSA+12N−1B−3N+20B+14N3.013.014.56.001711+10.2
7Kgotse, Thoriso1610RSA−11N+16B+12N−1B+13N3.011.513.06.001566-13.2
8Yang, Daniel1457RSA+18B=9N−4B=14B+16N3.010.011.55.501632+44.4
9Mann, Iowan1580RSA=15N=8B=14N+22B=10N3.010.011.06.001658+28.0
10Rasebeshela, Mutshidzi1567RSA−22B+24N+23B=19N=9B3.06.57.03.751589+4.8
11Wallace, Amy1517RSA+7B−2N−13N=15B+18B2.511.513.05.501614+26.8
12Conradie, Ingrid Anne-Christie1422RSA−6B+18N−7B+23N=17B2.59.010.03.2516090.0
13Tissot Van Patot, Anton1605RSA+20B−4N+11B−2N−7B2.013.515.04.001481-17.2
14Janse Van Rensburg, Gerrit1604RSA−4B+20N=9B=8N−6B2.012.514.04.501453-23.8
15Marais, Nathan0RSA=9B−23N−18B=11N+21B2.08.09.03.751503-35.6
16Sorensen, Peter1502SWE−2B−7N+24B=18N−8B1.512.012.51.251254-43.6
17Kwanaite, Evance1615RSAF+19B−5N−3B=12N1.511.511.52.751561-5.6
18Rishworth, Justin James1547RSA−8N−12B+15N=16B−11N1.510.011.52.751443-17.2
19Mahlangu, Nkosinathi Phil1482RSA+23B−17NF=10B−3N1.59.510.52.501603+12.0
20Pretorius, Sarel1469RSA−13N−14B+21B−6N=24N1.58.08.51.251404-16.8
21Hlwathika, Thandolwenkosi0RSA−1N−3B−20N+24B−15N1.012.012.50.50788-57.2
22Kananelo Nkalimeng1635LES+10N−5BF−9NF1.011.012.03.001447-15.2
23Mogobiyane, Lefa0FID−19N+15B−10N−12BF1.09.010.02.001452-29.2
24Rakubutu, Pabatso0RSA−5N−10B−16N−21N=20B0.59.510.50.7511780.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets