Eastern Cape Closed 2025 (U14 Open)
Open SwissStandard
36 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 06 Sept 2025 to 07 Sept 2025 in Gqeberha, South Africa. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1609, and top seed was Jonah Beukman (🇿🇦 RSA, 1714).
Nicholas Step (🇿🇦 RSA, 1613) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Jedidiah Panashe Mabhera (5.0) and Samuel DRISCOLL (5.0). Step won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Leon Fricke (1500) beat Sebastian Kapp (1694), a +194-point gap.
Location
🇿🇦Gqeberha, South Africa
Dates
06 Sept 2025 → 07 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 70 minutes for the game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Federations · 3 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×27
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇿🇼Zimbabwe×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 3 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R5 · LEADER CHANGE07 Sept
Ethan Mazikana takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 5.0/6. Step takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (20.5).
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Samuel DRISCOLL lost to Nicholas Step (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Samuel DRISCOLL | * | 0 | — | — |
| 2Nicholas Step | 1 | * | 0 | 1 |
| 3Jedidiah Panashe Mabhera | — | 1 | * | 0 |
| 4Ethan Mazikana | — | 0 | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Step, Nicholas | 1613 | RSA | +24B | +15N | +3B | −2B | +16N | +4N | 5.0 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 17.50 | 1823 | +43.6 |
| 2 | Mabhera, Jedidiah Panashe | 1581 | ZIM | +33B | +17N | +14B | +1N | −4B | +6N | 5.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 17.50 | 1824 | +51.6 |
| 3 | DRISCOLL, Samuel | 1657 | RSA | +29N | +12B | −1N | +17B | +13N | +7B | 5.0 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 16.50 | 1782 | +30.0 |
| 4 | Mazikana, Ethan | 1576 | RSA | +35B | +16N | +13B | =5N | +2N | −1B | 4.5 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 15.25 | 1619 | +10.0 |
| 5 | Claassen, Enrique | 1491 | RSA | +30N | +11B | +27N | =4B | =7N | =10B | 4.5 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 14.25 | 1632 | +22.8 |
| 6 | Kapp, Sebastian | 1694 | RSA | +21N | +32B | −7N | +11N | +8B | −2B | 4.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 13.00 | 1385 | -48.4 |
| 7 | Fricke, Leon | 1500 | FID | +26B | +25N | +6B | =8N | =5B | −3N | 4.0 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 12.25 | 1668 | +35.2 |
| 8 | Adams, Chezhaan Ethan | 0 | RSA | =9B | +?N | +12B | =7B | −6N | +15N | 4.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 11.00 | 1620 | 0.0 |
| 9 | CHIPUNZA, Jaden | 1526 | RSA | =8N | +19B | =10N | =14B | +21N | =13B | 4.0 | 18.0 | 21.0 | 13.50 | 1413 | -6.0 |
| 10 | Goliath, Caron | 0 | RSA | +?B | −14N | =9B | +22N | +19B | =5N | 4.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 9.75 | 1509 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Arries, Jayde | 1452 | RSA | +36B | −5N | +18N | −6B | +26N | +20B | 4.0 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 8.50 | 1544 | +18.4 |
| 12 | Masoeu, Senogo | 1540 | RSA | +18B | −3N | −8N | +28B | +24B | +25N | 4.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 9.00 | 856 | -13.6 |
| 13 | McLachlan, Geoffrey | 1413 | RSA | +28N | +23B | −4N | +26B | −3B | =9N | 3.5 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 8.50 | 1463 | +8.4 |
| 14 | Canham, Ethan | 0 | RSA | F | +10B | −2N | =9N | +15B | +27B | 3.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 11.00 | 1606 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Beukman, Jonah | 1714 | RSA | +34N | −1B | +20N | +27B | −14N | −8B | 3.0 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 7.00 | 813 | -25.6 |
| 16 | Fleurs, Eli | 0 | RSA | +20N | −4B | +28N | +25B | −1B | −18N | 3.0 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 7.00 | 791 | 0.0 |
| 17 | George, Panashe | 1645 | RSA | +22N | −2B | +31N | −3N | −18B | +28B | 3.0 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 6.50 | 818 | -42.8 |
| 18 | Vilo, Sibabalwe | 0 | RSA | −12N | F | −11B | +23B | +17N | +16B | 3.0 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 8.50 | 1421 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Van Zyl, Erick | 0 | RSA | =?B | −9N | +35B | +30N | −10N | =21B | 3.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 5.00 | 1323 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 534020764 | 0 | — | −16B | +33N | −15B | +?N | +29B | −11N | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 4.00 | 784 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Arries, Keaton | 0 | RSA | −6B | +?N | =22B | +?N | −9B | =19N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 2.75 | 1451 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 534021078 | 0 | — | −17B | +24N | =21N | −10B | −?B | +?N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.50 | 776 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 14384086 | 0 | — | +?B | −13N | −25B | −18N | =?B | +35N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.50 | 613 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Petzer, Jayden | 0 | RSA | −1N | −22B | +36N | +34B | −12N | −33B | 2.0 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 2.50 | 1440 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Rudolph, Kevin-Clark | 0 | RSA | F | −7B | +23N | −16N | +32B | −12B | 2.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 4.50 | 719 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Bownes, Fabian | 1447 | RSA | −7N | F | +32B | −13N | −11B | +29N | 2.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 4.00 | 655 | -58.8 |
| 27 | FIDE 14384019 | 0 | — | +31N | F | −5B | −15N | +30B | −14N | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 4.00 | 803 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Sonti, Khwezi | 0 | RSA | −13B | +?N | −16B | −12N | +?B | −17N | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 0.00 | 732 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Cewuka, Lunje | 0 | RSA | −3B | F | +?B | +?N | −20N | −26B | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 752 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 14384051 | 0 | — | −5B | +36N | +?N | −19B | −27N | −31B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.50 | 1517 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Hendricks, Zayden | 0 | RSA | −27B | +35N | −17B | −32N | F | +30N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.50 | 845 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Prinsloo, Liam | 0 | RSA | +?B | −6N | −26N | +31B | −25N | −?B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 749 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 534020837 | 0 | — | −2N | −20B | −?N | F | +?B | +24N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 779 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 14362740 | 0 | — | −15B | +?N | −?B | −24N | =35B | =36N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1314 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Lin, Yihang | 0 | RSA | −4N | −31B | −19N | +36B | =34N | −23B | 1.5 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 1.50 | 1556 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Bosch, Rayhaan | 1542 | RSA | −11N | −30B | −24B | −35N | F | =34B | 0.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.00 | 654 | -24.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Mabhera, Jedidiah PanasheZIM+51.65.0 pts · #4
- 2Step, NicholasRSA+43.65.0 pts · #3
- 3Fricke, LeonFID+35.24.0 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Bownes, FabianRSA-58.82.0 pts · #21
- 2Kapp, SebastianRSA-48.44.0 pts · #13
- 3George, PanasheRSA-42.83.0 pts · #36
Biggest upsets
- R3+194 Elo gap
- R6+113 Elo gap
- R2+101 Elo gap