Eastern Cape Closed 2025 (U16 Open)

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39 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 06 Sept 2025 to 07 Sept 2025 in Gqeberha, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 1620, and top seed was Jared CHIPUNZA (🇿🇦 RSA, 1688).

Spiro Clainos (🇿🇦 RSA, 1676) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Samuel Chang (5.0) and Jared CHIPUNZA (5.0). Clainos shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Joshua Hall (1445) beat Kungawo Toko (1590), a +145-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

Top seed

🇿🇦Jared CHIPUNZA1688

Avg top 10

1,620

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇿🇦South Africa×35

Top 3

🥇
Spiro Clainos
🇿🇦RSA·1676
5.0pts·1816perf+33.6
🥈
Samuel Chang
🇿🇦RSA·1662
5.0pts·1851perf+54.0
🥉
Jared CHIPUNZA
🇿🇦RSA·1688
5.0pts·1828perf+33.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 3 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Chang5Clainos5CHIPUNZA5Dugmore4.5Banda4.5Ackerdien4.5

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 5.0/6. Clainos takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (20.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Spiro Clainos 3 wins (R1–R3)Jared CHIPUNZA 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Samuel Chang	*	—	½	—
2Spiro Clainos	—	*	½	—
3Jared CHIPUNZA	½	½	*	—
4Deacon Dugmore	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Clainos, Spiro	1676	RSA	+19B	+18N	+9B	=3N	+5B	=4N	5.0	20.5	23.5	18.75	1816	+33.6
2	Chang, Samuel	1662	RSA	+25B	+14N	=10B	+4N	=3B	+9N	5.0	20.0	22.5	18.25	1851	+54.0
3	CHIPUNZA, Jared	1688	RSA	+36N	+34B	+7N	=1B	=2N	+18B	5.0	18.5	19.5	14.50	1828	+33.6
4	Banda, Benjamin	1656	RSA	+30N	+8B	+21N	−2B	+13N	=1B	4.5	20.5	23.0	15.50	1704	+14.4
5	Ackerdien, Saud	1549	RSA	+22B	=11N	+28B	+10N	−1N	+16B	4.5	18.5	21.0	14.25	1680	+28.0
6	Dugmore, Deacon	1629	RSA	+26B	=28N	=11B	=25N	+27B	+12N	4.5	14.5	17.0	12.75	1675	+12.8
7	Botha, Tyler	1607	RSA	+15B	+12N	−3B	−19N	+25B	+22N	4.0	18.0	20.5	12.50	1678	+11.6
8	Coetzee, Samual	1515	RSA	+31B	−4N	=15B	=27N	+24B	+19N	4.0	16.5	18.5	11.00	1525	+1.6
9	Stuurman, Pedro Caleb	1493	RSA	+20N	+13B	−1N	=12B	+15N	−2B	3.5	20.5	23.5	11.75	1547	+14.0
10	Mangala, Sibonelo	1605	RSA	+32N	+17B	=2N	−5B	−12N	+29B	3.5	19.0	21.0	10.50	1444	-36.0
11	Moolman, Anrico	1467	RSA	+24N	=5B	=6N	−13B	=20N	+26B	3.5	18.5	21.0	11.50	1561	+31.6
12	Coetzee, Schalk	1471	RSA	+33N	−7B	+32N	=9N	+10B	−6B	3.5	17.5	19.5	9.25	1498	+4.0
13	Blandy, Levi	1495	RSA	+35B	−9N	+26B	+11N	−4B	=14N	3.5	17.5	19.0	9.25	1514	+4.8
14	Murray, Jaydon	1523	RSA	+37N	−2B	=30N	=20B	+32N	=13B	3.5	16.0	17.0	7.50	1418	-24.4
15	Ndabambi, Awothando	0	RSA	−7N	+37B	=8N	+34B	−9B	+27N	3.5	15.5	16.5	7.00	1511	0.0
16	Oosthuizen, Stefan	0	RSA	F	=20B	+29N	+28N	+23B	−5N	3.5	15.5	15.5	9.50	1552	0.0
17	Nkolongo, Okuhle	0	RSA	+?B	−10N	−27B	+31N	=26B	+25N	3.5	13.0	13.0	5.75	1406	0.0
18	De Jager, Jaeden	1494	RSA	+39N	−1B	+24N	+21B	F	−3N	3.0	19.0	19.0	6.00	1491	-1.2
19	Mjanyana, Kazimla	0	RSA	−1N	+29B	+?N	+7B	F	−8B	3.0	18.5	18.5	6.50	1561	0.0
20	Sonti, Kamvalethu	1433	RSA	−9B	=16N	+22B	=14N	=11B	=23N	3.0	17.0	20.0	9.75	1419	-4.0
21	Kingon, Jonah	0	RSA	+?B	+23N	−4B	−18N	−22B	+31N	3.0	15.5	15.5	5.00	1439	0.0
22	FIDE 14394928	0	—	−5N	+36B	−20N	+?B	+21N	−7B	3.0	15.5	15.5	4.00	730	0.0
23	Brown, Nathan	1541	RSA	=29N	−21B	+36N	+30B	−16N	=20B	3.0	14.5	15.5	6.25	1562	+2.8
24	Cona, Shaunwin	1483	RSA	−11B	+31N	−18B	+35N	−8N	+38B	3.0	14.0	14.0	3.50	692	-58.4
25	Magwa, Sanele	1500	RSA	−2N	+39B	+34N	=6B	−7N	−17B	2.5	18.5	18.5	3.75	1514	+1.2
26	Barry, Tyler	1429	RSA	−6N	+33B	−13N	+37B	=17N	−11N	2.5	17.0	18.0	4.75	731	-44.0
27	Norris, Nathan	1435	RSA	−34N	+38B	+17N	=8B	−6N	−15B	2.5	17.0	17.0	5.50	1277	-21.6
28	Toko, Kungawo	1590	RSA	+38N	=6B	−5N	−16B	−29N	+35B	2.5	16.5	16.5	3.75	1269	-48.0
29	Hall, Joshua	1445	RSA	=23B	−19N	−16B	+39N	+28B	−10N	2.5	15.5	15.5	4.00	1580	+21.6
30	Bain, Caden	1431	RSA	−4B	+35N	=14B	−23N	−31B	+34B	2.5	14.5	16.0	4.75	1469	+6.4
31	Zumani, Liyanda	0	RSA	−8N	−24B	+33N	−17B	+30N	−21B	2.0	16.0	18.0	4.50	1351	0.0
32	Sombeselele, Inako	0	RSA	−10B	+?N	−12B	+38N	−14B	−33N	2.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	734	0.0
33	Siswana, Andiphile	0	RSA	−12B	−26N	−31B	F	+36N	+32B	2.0	11.0	11.0	3.00	650	0.0
34	TWIGG, Garen	1504	RSA	+27B	−3N	−25B	−15N	=35B	−30N	1.5	16.0	17.5	3.25	1321	-38.4
35	FIDE 534011552	0	—	−13N	−30B	+39N	−24B	=34N	−28N	1.5	13.0	13.0	0.75	1135	0.0
36	GROVE, Jacques	0	RSA	−3B	−22N	−23B	+?N	−33B	F	1.0	13.0	13.0	0.00	815	0.0
37	FIDE 14369010	0	—	−14B	−15N	+?B	−26N	F	F	1.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	676	0.0
38	FIDE 534031804	0	—	−28B	−27N	F	−32B	F	−24N	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	703	0.0
39	Hendricks, Zeno	0	RSA	−18B	−25N	−35B	−29B	F	F	0.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	680	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Chang, SamuelRSA
+54.0
5.0 pts · #1
2CHIPUNZA, JaredRSA
+33.6
5.0 pts · #4
3Clainos, SpiroRSA
+33.6
5.0 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Cona, ShaunwinRSA
-58.4
3.0 pts · #32
2Toko, KungawoRSA
-48.0
2.5 pts · #29
3Barry, TylerRSA
-44.0
2.5 pts · #31

Biggest upsets

R5+145 Elo gap
Hall, Joshua1445 beat Toko, Kungawo1590
R5+134 Elo gap
Coetzee, Schalk1471 beat Mangala, Sibonelo1605