Eastern Cape Closed 2025 (U16 Girls)

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23 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 1506, and top seed was Sarah Moller (🇿🇦 RSA, 1643).

Viha Beecum (🇿🇦 RSA, 1490) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Aishwarya Ranjith (5.0) and Eyabo Ndumndum (4.5). Beecum shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Viha Beecum (1490) beat Sarah Moller (1643), a +153-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

🇿🇦Sarah Moller1643

Avg top 10

1,506

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇿🇦South Africa×12

Top 3

🥇
Viha Beecum
🇿🇦RSA·1490
5.0pts·1749perf+64.8
🥈
Aishwarya Ranjith
🇿🇦RSA·1574
5.0pts·1742perf+40.0
🥉
Eyabo Ndumndum
🇿🇦RSA·1484
4.5pts·1515perf+4.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Beecum5Ranjith5Ndumndum4.5Moller4August4George4

R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

Viha Beecum held the sole lead from R4 through R6 without losing it.

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Beecum takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (21.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Viha Beecum drew with Aishwarya Ranjith (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Viha Beecum	*	½	½	1
2Aishwarya Ranjith	½	*	—	—
3Eyabo Ndumndum	½	—	*	0
4Sarah Moller	0	—	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Beecum, Viha	1490	RSA	+6B	+8N	+5B	+4N	=2B	=3N	5.0	21.5	25.0	20.25	1749	+64.8
2	Ranjith, Aishwarya	1574	RSA	+15N	=11B	+9N	+7B	=1N	+8B	5.0	19.0	21.0	17.00	1742	+40.0
3	Ndumndum, Eyabo	1484	RSA	+18B	−4N	+6B	+15N	+5B	=1B	4.5	19.0	20.5	14.00	1515	+4.8
4	Moller, Sarah	1643	RSA	+12N	+3B	+7N	−1B	=8N	=9B	4.0	20.5	23.5	15.00	1566	-19.2
5	August, Siyolise	1413	RSA	+13N	+10B	−1N	+11B	−3N	+16B	4.0	18.5	20.5	11.00	1483	+15.6
6	FIDE 534021205	0	—	−1N	+20B	−3N	+19B	+13N	+14B	4.0	16.0	17.5	8.00	687	0.0
7	George, Alaina	1540	RSA	+16B	+22N	−4B	−2N	+15B	+11N	4.0	16.0	17.0	8.00	1455	-13.2
8	Bothma, Jaculene	1432	RSA	+20N	−1B	+12N	+16B	=4B	−2N	3.5	19.0	20.5	8.50	1296	-18.4
9	Maziena, Lavanya	1524	RSA	+17B	=14N	−2B	+22N	=11B	=4N	3.5	16.5	17.5	7.75	1455	-10.8
10	Gie, Mckenzie	1433	RSA	+19B	−5N	−15B	=18N	+21B	+13N	3.5	11.5	13.0	6.25	613	-21.2
11	Sidlayi, Onako	1523	RSA	+23B	=2N	+14B	−5N	=9N	−7B	3.0	19.0	20.0	7.75	1320	-42.4
12	FIDE 534019782	0	—	−4B	+18N	−8B	+17N	−16N	+22B	3.0	13.0	14.0	4.50	738	0.0
13	FIDE 534021949	0	—	−5B	+19N	=17B	+14N	−6B	−10B	2.5	16.0	17.5	5.00	623	0.0
14	Clarke, Gerda	0	RSA	+21N	=9B	−11N	−13B	+18N	−6N	2.5	14.5	16.0	4.75	1331	0.0
15	Gosha, Samantha	0	RSA	−2B	+23N	+10N	−3B	−7N	−17B	2.0	19.0	20.0	4.50	1315	0.0
16	FIDE 534032037	0	—	−7N	F	+22B	−8N	+12B	−5N	2.0	15.5	15.5	4.00	662	0.0
17	FIDE 534015531	0	—	−9N	=21B	=13N	−12B	F	+15N	2.0	12.5	12.5	4.00	724	0.0
18	FIDE 14399059	0	—	−3N	−12B	+21N	=10B	−14B	−20N	1.5	15.0	16.5	3.25	1266	0.0
19	FIDE 14390655	0	—	−10N	−13B	F	−6N	=20B	+21N	1.5	13.0	13.0	2.25	633	0.0
20	FIDE 534016953	0	—	−8B	−6N	−23B	F	=19N	+18B	1.5	11.5	11.5	2.25	632	0.0
21	FIDE 534032029	0	—	−14B	=17N	−18B	+23N	−10N	−19B	1.5	11.0	12.0	2.00	633	0.0
22	FIDE 14384540	0	—	F	−7B	−16N	−9B	+23N	−12N	1.0	13.5	13.5	1.00	732	0.0
23	FIDE 534032045	0	—	−11N	−15B	+20N	−21B	−22B	F	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.50	723	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Beecum, VihaRSA
+64.8
5.0 pts · #1
2Ranjith, AishwaryaRSA
+40.0
5.0 pts · #2
3August, SiyoliseRSA
+15.6
4.0 pts · #4

Top rating losers

1Sidlayi, OnakoRSA
-42.4
3.0 pts · #7
2Gie, MckenzieRSA
-21.2
3.5 pts · #16
3Moller, SarahRSA
-19.2
4.0 pts · #3

Biggest upsets

R4+153 Elo gap
Beecum, Viha1490 beat Moller, Sarah1643
R4+110 Elo gap
August, Siyolise1413 beat Sidlayi, Onako1523