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Buffalo City Chess Clubs League 2025 (B)

Open SwissStandard

22 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 20 Sept 2025 to 27 Sept 2025 in East London, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 309, and top seed was Ethan Pearson (🇿🇦 RSA, 1728).

Amyoli Nyali (🇿🇦 RSA, 1563) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Lunjalo Halana (5.5). Nyali broke clear in the final round.

Location
🇿🇦East London, South Africa
Dates
20 Sept 2025 → 27 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Avg top 10
309
Participants
22
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×11
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Amyoli Nyali led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
20
7
6
2
2
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
R6–R6 · LEAD HELD

Amyoli Nyali held the sole lead from R6 through R6 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Amyoli Nyali 6 wins (R1–R6)Lunjalo Halana 5 wins (R1–R5)FIDE 534020837 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Amyoli Nyali*
1
2Lunjalo Halana*
3FIDE 534020837
0
*
4Anisha Jikijela*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Nyali, Amyoli1563RSA+7N+5B+18B+20N+6N+3B6.09.59.59.502323+18.0
2Halana, Lunjalo0RSA+?N+?N+?N+?B+?N=13B5.51.51.50.7515590.0
3FIDE 5340208370+?B+?N+?NFFF3.00.00.00.007620.0
4Jikijela, Anisha0RSA6NF=?N+5B+19N?N2.54.04.02.0016250.0
5Sidlayi, Onako1523RSA+19B1N=7B4NF=6B2.012.512.52.00762-18.0
6Weng, Junjie0RSA+4B=18N?B?N1B=5N2.011.011.03.7513310.0
7Lin, Yifan0RSA1BF=5N?N+?B=?N2.08.08.01.0014090.0
8FIDE 143929090+?B13N?N10B?B+19N2.03.53.50.0017340.0
9Willem, Mawande0RSAFFFF+3B+?B2.03.03.03.0015740.0
10FIDE 5340205190?BF+?B+8N?BF2.02.02.02.009260.0
11FIDE 143823690?N+15B+?BFFF2.01.01.01.007390.0
12Petzer, Jayden0RSA+16B?BFF?N+?N2.01.01.01.00717-19.2
13FIDE 5340346680F+8B?NFF=2N1.57.57.54.759140.0
14Mafukidze, Arnold0RSA+15N=?NFFFF1.51.01.01.0015390.0
15Nyengule, Unako0RSA14B11N?B?NF+?B1.03.53.50.007390.0
16FIDE 14394766012N+?B?N?BFF1.02.02.00.007170.0
17FIDE 143735800?NF+?N?B?NF1.00.00.00.009140.0
18FIDE 143853500?B=6B1NFFF0.58.08.01.007620.0
19Lin, Yihang0RSA5NFFF4B8B0.06.56.50.007230.0
20FIDE 5340288620FFF1B?NF0.06.06.00.007580.0
21FIDE 143760750FFF?NFF0.00.00.00.009140.0
22FIDE 143473690?NFF?NF?B0.00.00.00.009140.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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