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Western Cape Women's Chess Championship 2025 (Junior U14)

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23 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 08 Aug 2025 to 10 Aug 2025 in Langebaan, South Africa. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 587, and top seed was Palesa Pfukwa (🇿🇦 RSA, 1530).

Charles Paul Nel (🇿🇦 RSA, 0) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Ben Klopper (4.0) and Christiaan De Villiers (4.0). Nel broke clear in the final round.

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 · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇦Palesa Pfukwa1530
Avg top 10
587
Participants
23
Federations · 2 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×8
🇿🇼Zimbabwe×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Charles Paul Nel led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
21
10
4
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Charles Paul Nel never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Charles Paul Nel beat Ben Klopper (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Charles Paul Nel 5 wins (R1–R5)Ben Klopper 4 wins (R1–R4)FIDE 534005099 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Charles Paul Nel*
1
1
2Ben Klopper
0
*
3FIDE 534005099
0
*
4Adiaan Vlok*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Nel, Charles Paul0RSA+17B+11N+?B+4N+2B5.013.013.013.0014950.0
2Klopper, Ben1492RSA+15N+6B+10N+7B1N4.016.019.014.002331+22.0
3De Villiers, Christiaan1411RSA+19N+13B=8N=5B+11N4.013.515.511.751439+1.6
4FIDE 5340050990+?N+14B+?N1B+8N4.011.511.56.5014590.0
5Vlok, Adiaan0RSA+?B+?N=9B=3N+16B4.09.59.55.7514110.0
6FIDE 5340051960+?B2N+?B+12N+?B4.07.07.03.006920.0
7FIDE 5340187510+?B+?N+?B2N+?B4.04.04.00.006920.0
8Louw, Lukas1439RSA+22B+18N=3B+9N4B3.513.514.58.501411-1.6
9Meissenheimer, Kyle0RSA+?N+16B=5N8B+?N3.59.59.54.006390.0
10Pfukwa, Palesa1530RSA+23B+12N2B16N+17B3.011.011.05.00692-22.0
11FIDE 143507420+?N1B+?N+20B3B3.011.011.02.006110.0
12FIDE 5340306540+?N10B+?N6B+22N3.08.08.01.007310.0
13FIDE 143855700+?B3N+21B+?N?B3.06.06.02.006150.0
14Waldeck, Aaron0RSA+?B4N+18B?N+?B3.06.06.02.006180.0
15FIDE 53402323202B+?NF+?B+?N3.04.04.00.006920.0
16Gupta, Priyanshi0ZIM+?B9NF+10B5N2.010.510.53.0015510.0
17FIDE 53402321601N?B+?N+?B10N2.08.08.00.007310.0
18FIDE 110325700+?N8B14N?B+?N2.06.56.50.006390.0
19FIDE 53402325903B+?N+?B?N?B2.04.04.00.006110.0
20FIDE 5340051020+?B?N+?B11N?B2.03.03.00.006180.0
21FIDE 5340047000?B+?N13N?B+?N2.03.03.00.006180.0
22FIDE 53403069708N?BF+?N12B1.06.56.50.006390.0
23FIDE 534030689010NFFFF0.03.03.00.007310.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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