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Western Cape Women's Chess Championship 2025 (Elite)

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30 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 08 Aug 2025 to 10 Aug 2025 in Langebaan, South Africa. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1670, and top seed was Sizakele Masango (🇿🇦 RSA, 1882).

Jacqui Grobbelaar (🇿🇦 RSA, 1730) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Sizakele Masango (5.0) and Mbalenhle Cindi (5.0). Grobbelaar broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Marilene Van Den Bergh (1561) beat Sizakele Masango (1882), a +321-point gap.

Location
🇿🇦Langebaan, South Africa
Dates
08 Aug 2025 → 10 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇦Sizakele Masango1882
Avg top 10
1,670
Participants
30
Titled players · 2
WIM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×20
🇿🇼Zimbabwe×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Jacqui Grobbelaar led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
14
7
4
2
2
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Grobbelaar5.5Masango5Cindi5Laubscher4.5Van Den Bergh4Joya4
R6–R6 · LEAD HELD

Jacqui Grobbelaar held the sole lead from R6 through R6 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Jacqui Grobbelaar 4 wins (R1–R4)Sizakele Masango 3 wins (R4–R6)Mbalenhle Cindi 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Jacqui Grobbelaar*——
½
2Sizakele Masango—*—
1
3Mbalenhle Cindi——*
0
4WIMAnzel Laubscher
½
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Grobbelaar, Jacqui1730RSA+20B+8N+15B+5N=4B+6N5.519.522.019.751990+27.4
2Masango, Sizakele1882RSA+26B+10N−5B+7N+8B+4N5.020.522.018.001890+3.0
3Cindi, Mbalenhle1619RSA+29B+22N−4B+24N+5B+11N5.016.017.012.501749+10.2
4Laubscher, AnzelWIM1823RSA+13N+7B+3N+12B=1N−2B4.522.525.517.751835+4.2
5Van Den Bergh, Marilene1561RSA+18B+6N+2N−1B−3N+13B4.022.525.515.001751+48.8
6Joya, Imkhita1751RSA+17N−5B+26N+14B+12N−1B4.018.520.010.501598-31.6
7Woolf, CharneWFM1651RSA+28N−4N+23B−2B+14N+12B4.017.519.09.501625-2.4
8Thorpe, Claire1582RSA+27N−1B+29N+16B−2N+19B4.017.518.58.001006-18.0
9Liu, Amy1468RSA+14N−12B+17N−13B+19N+15B4.015.017.511.50679-38.8
10Van Zyl, Mea1528RSA+30N−2B−14N+22B+24N+16B4.015.015.57.501082-4.4
11Van Niekerk, Nina1490RSA=19N+21B−12N+26B+13N−3B3.516.017.58.251585+26.0
12Mitchells, Jamie-Lee1545RSA+25B+9N+11B−4N−6B−7N3.020.022.09.501564+0.8
13Fani, Khazimla1412RSA−4B+19B+22N+9N−11B−5N3.018.520.58.501390-7.6
14Fillies, Keshe0RSA−9B+25N+10B−6N−7B+24B3.018.020.08.0014070.0
15FIDE 143790580—+24N+16B−1N−19B+23N−9N3.017.019.07.007990.0
16Kujinga, Tawanayasha0RSA+23B−15N+20B−8N+18B−10N3.016.518.57.5013800.0
17Ntabeni, Phelisa0RSA−6B+18N−9B−23N+21N+22B3.015.517.57.5014250.0
18FIDE 110325960—−5N−17B+27N+29B−16N+23B3.013.514.54.507610.0
19FIDE 143594640—=11B−13N+28B+15N−9B−8N2.517.519.06.2511660.0
20Galant, Rozaan1404RSA−1N+30B−16N=21B−22N+26B2.514.515.03.251573+24.4
21Love, Celine1432RSA−22B−11N+25B=20N−17B+28N2.513.014.54.751254-18.4
22Ndemera Joyce0ZIM+21N−3B−13B−10N+20B−17N2.017.520.05.0014070.0
23Titus, Sonay0RSA−16N+27B−7N+17B−15B−18N2.016.017.54.508510.0
24FIDE 110326340—−15B+29N+30N−3B−10B−14N2.016.016.51.507740.0
25FIDE 110326000—−12N−14B−21N=30B=26N+27B2.011.512.02.5012380.0
26Chauke, Kate1560RSA−2N+28B−6B−11N=25B−20N1.517.018.52.50832-66.8
27FIDE 110185500—−8B−23N−18B=28N+29B−25N1.512.513.51.757820.0
28FIDE 110326420—−7B−26N−19N=27B+30N−21B1.512.012.51.257460.0
29FIDE 110326690—−3N−24B−8B−18N−27N+30B1.015.516.00.508010.0
30FIDE 110326260—−10B−20N−24B=25N−28B−29N0.512.013.01.006670.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets