2025 Etienne Lewis CLOSED Chess Tournament (U20)
Open SwissStandard
8 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 08 Aug 2025 to 10 Aug 2025 in Pretoria, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 914, and top seed was Thabang Mathe (🇿🇦 RSA, 1559).
Gladys Mutungwazi (🇿🇦 RSA, 0) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Isagoentle Lodi (4.5) and Reese Swindell (3.5). Mutungwazi won solo starting round 5.
Location
🇿🇦Pretoria, 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
Avg top 10
914
Participants
8
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×8
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsGladys Mutungwazi 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
2
1
2
2
1
1
R5 · LEADER CHANGE10 Aug
Gladys Mutungwazi takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Gladys Mutungwazi beat Isagoentle Lodi (Black).
R2–R6 · WIN STREAK
Gladys Mutungwazi won 5 in a row (R2–R6).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gladys Mutungwazi | * | 1 | ½ | 1 |
| 2Isagoentle Lodi | 0 | * | — | ½ |
| 3Reese Swindell | ½ | — | * | ½ |
| 4Noxolo Mnisi | 0 | ½ | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mutungwazi, Gladys | 0 | RSA | =3B | +7N | +6B | +4N | +2N | +8B | 5.5 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 12.75 | 1530 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Lodi, Isagoentle | 1474 | RSA | +7B | +8N | =4B | +5N | −1B | +6B | 4.5 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 8.00 | 2246 | +55.6 |
| 3 | Swindell, Reese | 1493 | RSA | =1N | −5B | =7N | +8B | +6N | =4B | 3.5 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 7.00 | 1571 | +12.0 |
| 4 | Mnisi, Noxolo | 0 | RSA | F | +6B | =2N | −1B | +5B | =3N | 3.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 8.50 | 1510 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Mokone, Oratile | 1425 | RSA | −6N | +3N | +8B | −2B | −4N | +7N | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 5.50 | 1470 | +10.8 |
| 6 | Nale, Junior | 1493 | RSA | +5B | −4N | −1N | =7B | −3B | −2N | 1.5 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 3.75 | 1338 | -25.2 |
| 7 | Acker, Steven | 0 | RSA | −2N | −1B | =3B | =6N | =8N | −5B | 1.5 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 2.75 | 1312 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Grahan, Chie-Ann | 1423 | RSA | F | −2B | −5N | −3N | =7B | −1N | 0.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 0.75 | 663 | -53.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Lodi, IsagoentleRSA+55.64.5 pts · #2
- 2Swindell, ReeseRSA+12.03.5 pts · #4
- 3Mokone, OratileRSA+10.83.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Grahan, Chie-AnnRSA-53.20.5 pts · #8
- 2Nale, JuniorRSA-25.21.5 pts · #7
- 3Acker, StevenRSA0.01.5 pts · #6