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EC Students league 2025 (Open)

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32 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 23 Aug 2025 to 24 Aug 2025 in Makhanda, South Africa. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1641, and top seed was Romeo Tokoyi (🇿🇦 RSA, 1763).

Siyamamkela Ntsunguzi ( FID, 1571) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Inga Tshozi (6.0) and Likhona Bonani (4.5). Ntsunguzi shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Raphadu Ramasindi (1566) beat Wellington Murambiwa (1760), a +194-point gap.

Location
🇿🇦Makhanda, South Africa
Dates
23 Aug 2025 → 24 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 60 Min. Incr. 5 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇦Romeo Tokoyi1763
Avg top 10
1,641
Participants
32
Federations · 2 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×18
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
16
6
4
2
5
2
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Ntsunguzi6Tshozi6Mqadi4.5Bonani4.5Solomon4.5Sahluko4
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Ntsunguzi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (22.5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Siyamamkela Ntsunguzi 5 wins (R3–R7)Inga Tshozi 6 wins (R2–R7)Lindokuhle Mqadi 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Siyamamkela Ntsunguzi*——
1
2Inga Tshozi—*
1
—
3Lindokuhle Mqadi—
0
*
—
½
4Likhona Bonani
0
—
—
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ntsunguzi, Siyamamkela1571FID+26B−20N+18B+6N+9B+7N+3B6.022.523.520.502400+64.8
2Tshozi, Inga1689RSA−8N+16B+22N+5B+17N+15B+4N6.022.025.021.002387+43.6
3Bonani, Likhona1665RSA+14B+23N+9B+20NF=4B−1N4.526.029.016.251675+0.8
4Mqadi, Lindokuhle1633RSA+22N+15B+10N+17BF=3N−2B4.525.028.015.251683+10.8
5Solomon, Simamkele1570RSA+28B=24N+25B−2N−6B+11B+21N4.521.522.511.251737+13.2
6Vulani, Luthando0RSA+11N−12B+?N−1B+5N+16B−10B4.025.525.511.5013490.0
7Selepe, Kabelo1571RSA+16N−17B+11N+10B+12N−1B−9B4.025.028.015.001541-6.4
8Cungu, Olenje0RSA+2B−18N+30B−9N+13B−10N+19B4.024.025.014.0015710.0
9Ramasindi, Raphadu1566RSAF+25B−3N+8B−1N+21B+7N4.023.523.513.001642+16.4
10Mzizi, Olwethu1441RSA+13B+30N−4B−7NF+8B+6N4.023.024.013.001474+2.6
11Dos Santos, Zavier0RSA−6B+19N−7B+30N+14B−5N+18B4.022.523.511.0014520.0
12Sahluko, Emihle1593RSA+19B+6N−20B+23N−7BF+15N4.020.023.013.001686+7.6
13FIDE 5340300770—−10N+32B+21N−15B−8N+27B+16N4.018.018.07.007000.0
14FIDE 5340301310—−3N+29B−15N+?B−11N+26B+31N4.013.513.52.008130.0
15Kopano, Mogadime1561RSA+31B−4N+14B+13NF−2N−12B3.025.525.58.00837-47.6
16FIDE 5340062140—−7B−2N+19B+28N+18B−6N−13B3.024.025.07.008300.0
17Kalimashe, Vuyo0RSA+27B+7N+24B−4N−2BFF3.022.022.07.5016640.0
18FIDE 5340179170—−25N+8B−1N+27B−16N+?B−11N3.020.020.05.008660.0
19FIDE 5340161710—−12N−11B−16N+32B+27N+22B−8N3.019.019.04.007900.0
20Mofekeng, Gift0RSA+?N+1B+12N−3BFFF3.017.517.510.0016280.0
21FIDE 1231106320—−24B+28N−13B+26N+29B−9N−5B3.017.018.03.008320.0
22FIDE 5340061090—−4B+31N−2B−24N+28B−19N+32N3.017.017.01.008950.0
23Doubell, Jared1551RSA+29N−3B+27N−12BFF+26N3.011.511.53.00827-32.0
24Tokoyi, Romeo1763RSA+21N=5B−17N+22BFFF2.517.517.58.251568-5.0
25Murambiwa, Wellington1760RSA+18B−9N−5N+31BFFF2.012.512.53.00766-60.0
26FIDE 5340301150—−1N−?B+29N−21BF−14N−23B1.019.019.01.007610.0
27FIDE 5340301230—−17NF−23B−18N−19B−13N+28B1.017.017.01.007510.0
28FIDE 5340061410—−5N−21B+32N−16B−22N−29B−27N1.015.515.50.007680.0
29FIDE 5340061250—−23B−14N−26BF−21N+28N−?B1.012.012.01.007510.0
30Sifatyi, Inam1592RSA+32N−10B−8N−11BFFF1.012.012.00.00639-28.0
31FIDE 5340061330—−15N−22BF−25NFF−14B0.016.016.00.008610.0
32FIDE 5340301070—−30B−13N−28B−19N−?NF−22B0.012.012.00.007920.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets