2025 ZONE 4.5 AFRICA CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS WOMEN

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18 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 21 Oct 2025 to 28 Oct 2025 in Soyo, Angola. 9 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1869, and top seed was Esperanca Caxita (🇦🇴 ANG, WIM, 1963).

Esperanca Caxita (🇦🇴 ANG, WIM, 1963) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Ednasia Junior (7.0) and Banda Natalie Katlo (7.0). Caxita shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 6.

Location

🇦🇴Soyo, Angola

Dates

21 Oct 2025 → 28 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇴WIMEsperanca Caxita1963

Avg top 10

1,869

Participants

Titled players · 9

WIM×3

WFM×5

WCM×1

Federations · 7 represented

🇦🇴Angola×7

🇿🇦South Africa×1

🇧🇼Botswana×1

🇳🇦Namibia×1

🇲🇿Mozambique×1

🇿🇼Zimbabwe×1

🇿🇲Zambia×1

Top 3

🥇
WIMEsperanca Caxita
🇦🇴ANG·1963
7.5pts·2132perf+35.2
🥈
WFMEdnasia Junior
🇦🇴ANG·1866
7.0pts·2072perf+43.0
🥉
WFMBanda Natalie Katlo
🇧🇼BOT·1910
7.0pts·2027perf+58.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

WIM Esperanca Caxita 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

Caxita7.5Katlo7Junior7Pires6.5Makwena6Paulo5.5

R6 · LEADER CHANGE29 Oct

WIM Esperanca Caxita takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WIM Esperanca Caxita drew with WFM Banda Natalie Katlo (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

WIM Esperanca Caxita 3 wins (R4–R6)WFM Ednasia Junior 4 wins (R3–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1WIMEsperanca Caxita	*	½	1	1
2WFMBanda Natalie Katlo	½	*	0	1
3WFMEdnasia Junior	0	1	*	½
4WFMLuzia Pires	0	0	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Caxita, EsperancaWIM	1963	ANG	+8B	+2N	=3B	+4N	+5B	+7N	=6B	+9N	=10B	7.5	46.5	51.0	42.50	2132	+35.2
2	Junior, EdnasiaWFM	1866	ANG	+15N	−1B	+10N	+7B	+8N	+3N	=4B	=5B	+6N	7.0	47.0	49.5	35.75	2072	+43.0
3	Banda Natalie KatloWFM	1910	BOT	+13N	+7B	=1N	+6B	+4N	−2B	=5N	+8B	+12N	7.0	46.5	50.5	36.75	2027	+58.8
4	Pires, LuziaWFM	1950	ANG	+10N	+5B	+6N	−1B	−3B	+9N	=2N	+11B	+13N	6.5	46.5	50.5	32.50	1979	+10.4
5	Makwena, Christine	1886	ZIM	+12B	−4N	+11B	+9N	−1N	+8B	=3B	=2N	+14B	6.0	46.0	49.0	28.00	1895	+4.2
6	Paulo, JemimaWFM	1940	ANG	+11B	+9N	−4B	−3N	+12B	+10N	=1N	+7B	−2B	5.5	46.5	50.5	26.25	1889	-17.2
7	Vilhete, Vania Fausto Da T.WIM	1843	MOZ	+18B	−3N	+12B	−2N	+11B	−1B	+13N	−6N	+15B	5.0	42.0	43.0	16.00	1707	-22.6
8	Domingos, Maria MWIM	1778	ANG	−1N	+15B	+14N	+13B	−2B	−5N	+12B	−3N	+16N	5.0	41.0	43.0	15.50	1641	-20.0
9	Mbatha, ConstanceWFM	1793	ZAM	+16N	−6B	+13N	−5B	+10N	−4B	=11N	−1B	+17N	4.5	40.5	42.0	14.25	1709	-16.0
10	Antonio, Renelsa Taiane	1761	ANG	−4B	+14N	−2B	+16N	−9B	−6B	+18N	+17B	=1N	4.5	37.5	38.5	11.25	1537	-21.2
11	Nepando, JollyWCM	1650	NAM	−6N	+17B	−5N	+14B	−7N	+15B	=9B	−4N	+18N	4.5	34.5	35.5	10.25	1517	-11.6
12	Petlele, Motheo	1444	RSA	−5N	+16B	−7N	+17B	−6N	+14B	−8N	+18B	−3B	4.0	35.0	36.0	7.50	1031	-8.8
13	Mutumbulua, Rosalina Nahambo	1526	ANG	−3B	+18N	−9B	−8N	+16B	+17N	−7B	+15N	−4B	4.0	34.0	35.0	7.00	1050	-13.4
14	FIDE 10123776	0	—	+17N	−10B	−8B	−11N	+18B	−12N	−15N	+16B	−5N	3.0	30.0	31.0	4.50	904	0.0
15	FIDE 10121803	0	—	−2B	−8N	−16B	+18N	=17B	−11N	+14B	−13B	−7N	2.5	32.0	33.0	4.75	933	0.0
16	FIDE 10121820	0	—	−9B	−12N	+15N	−10B	−13N	−18B	+17N	−14N	−8B	2.0	29.0	30.0	4.00	860	0.0
17	FIDE 10121838	0	—	−14B	−11N	+18B	−12N	=15N	−13B	−16B	−10N	−9B	1.5	29.0	30.0	2.25	835	0.0
18	FIDE 10123784	0	—	−7N	−13B	−17N	−15B	−14N	+16N	−10B	−12N	−11B	1.0	29.5	31.0	2.00	845	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Banda Natalie KatloWFMBOT
+58.8
7.0 pts · #2
2Junior, EdnasiaWFMANG
+43.0
7.0 pts · #4
3Caxita, EsperancaWIMANG
+35.2
7.5 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Vilhete, Vania Fausto Da T.WIMMOZ
-22.6
5.0 pts · #7
2Antonio, Renelsa TaianeANG
-21.2
4.5 pts · #11
3Domingos, Maria MWIMANG
-20.0
5.0 pts · #9