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2025 African Amateurs Individual Chess Championship Under 2000, 1700 Ladies

Round-RobinStandard

9 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 18 Aug 2025 to 25 Aug 2025 in Bujumbura Mairie, Burundi. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 539, and top seed was Constance Mbatha (🇿🇲 ZAM, WFM, 1774).

Constance Mbatha (🇿🇲 ZAM, WFM, 1774) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Mirembe Merceline (7.0) and Kwizera Benissa (5.0). Mbatha won solo starting round 8.

Location
🇧🇮Bujumbura Mairie, Burundi
Dates
18 Aug 2025 → 25 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇲WFMConstance Mbatha1774
Avg top 10
539
Participants
9
Titled players · 1
WFM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇧🇮Burundi×3
🇺🇬Uganda×2
🇿🇲Zambia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 9 · 9 rounds

WFM Constance Mbatha led from R4 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.

Co-leaders
4
3
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
#1#2#5#9R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Mbatha#2Merceline#1Pauline#4Benissa#5Keys#3Kaze#8#6#7#9
R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

WFM Constance Mbatha never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WFM Constance Mbatha beat Mirembe Merceline (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

WFM Constance Mbatha 8 wins (R1–R9)Mirembe Merceline 5 wins (R4–R9)Biyinzika Pauline 3 wins (R1–R3)

Cross-table

#PlayerElo123456789PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
2🇿🇲WFMMbatha, Constance1774*111111118.027.0027.0+9.02339
1🇺🇬Mirembe Merceline00*11111117.020.0028.00.01637
5🇧🇮Kwizera Benissa000*1101115.012.0030.00.01492
4🇺🇬Biyinzika Pauline1659000*111115.010.0030.0-5.61597
3🇧🇮Mucowinganji M.E Alicia Keys00000*11114.06.0031.00.01492
8🇧🇮Kelly Karelle Kaze141900100*11—3.08.0032.0-12.4917
6FIDE 203006620000000*112.01.0033.00.0817
7FIDE 2030101400000000*11.00.0034.00.0817
9FIDE 20301006000000—00*0.00.0035.00.0917

Key insights

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