2025 BCF Youth Chess Championships- Under 14 Boys Section
12 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 13 Sept 2025 to 14 Sept 2025 in Mogoditshane, Botswana. Top 10 Elo average was 622, and top seed was Mogomotsi Kefentse (🇧🇼 BOT, 1610).
Rankwane Cleopatra Keaobaka (🇧🇼 BOT, 0) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Wu Zeyin (5.5) and Suresh Babu Goutham (4.0). Keaobaka shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Wu Zeyin (1463) beat Ananda Hariharan (1585), a +122-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsRankwane Cleopatra Keaobaka led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.
Rankwane Cleopatra Keaobaka takes the sole lead (6.0/7).
Rankwane Cleopatra Keaobaka lost to Wu Zeyin (Black).
Rankwane Cleopatra Keaobaka won 6 in a row (R2–R7).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rankwane Cleopatra Keaobaka | * | 0 | 1 | — |
| 2Wu Zeyin | 1 | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3Suresh Babu Goutham | 0 | ½ | * | 1 |
| 4Liu Shengpei | — | ½ | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rankwane Cleopatra Keaobaka | 0 | BOT | −2N | +6B | +11N | +?B | +7N | +3B | +4N | 6.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 14.00 | 1565 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Wu Zeyin | 1463 | BOT | +1B | =5N | +4B | =3N | +10N | +7B | =6B | 5.5 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 18.50 | 1710 | +40.0 |
| 3 | Suresh Babu Goutham | 1561 | BOT | +7B | +12N | =10N | =2B | +5B | −1N | F | 4.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 9.00 | 1524 | -4.0 |
| 4 | FIDE 11330830 | 0 | — | =?B | F | −2N | +9B | +8N | +5N | −1B | 3.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 7.50 | 663 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Liu Shengpei | 0 | BOT | F | =2B | +?N | +10B | −3N | −4B | +8B | 3.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 6.25 | 1536 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Mogomotsi Kefentse | 1610 | BOT | −8B | −1N | F | +11B | +12N | +10B | =2N | 3.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 5.25 | 1717 | +10.8 |
| 7 | Subramanian Kaarthick | 0 | BOT | −3N | F | +12B | +8N | −1B | −2N | −?B | 2.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 2.00 | 712 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Mukisa Samuel Nkuba | 0 | BOT | +6N | −10B | +9N | −7B | −4B | F | −5N | 2.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 5.50 | 1598 | 0.0 |
| 9 | FIDE 11332425 | 0 | — | +11B | −?N | −8B | −4N | F | F | +10N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.50 | 1605 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Ananda Hariharan | 1585 | BOT | F | +8N | =3B | −5N | −2B | −6N | −9B | 1.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 4.00 | 1272 | -46.8 |
| 11 | FIDE 11332433 | 0 | — | −9N | F | −1B | −6N | F | F | +12B | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 810 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 11332441 | 0 | — | F | −3B | −7N | F | −6B | −?N | −11N | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 786 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Wu ZeyinBOT+40.05.5 pts · #2
- 2Mogomotsi KefentseBOT+10.83.5 pts · #4
- 3Rankwane Cleopatra KeaobakaBOT0.06.0 pts · #1
- 1Ananda HariharanBOT-46.81.5 pts · #8
- 2Suresh Babu GouthamBOT-4.04.0 pts · #6
- 3Mukisa Samuel NkubaBOT0.02.0 pts · #5
- R5+122 Elo gap