West Rand Closed 2025 (U14)
Open SwissStandard
16 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 18 Oct 2025 in Randfontein, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 0.
Tshireletso Kalimashe (🇿🇦 RSA, 0) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Tshiamo Maseko (4.0) and Edward White (4.0). Kalimashe won solo starting round 4.
Location
🇿🇦Randfontein, South Africa
Dates
18 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 55 Min. Incr. 5 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Avg top 10
0
Participants
16
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×8
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTshireletso Kalimashe led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
11
6
3
1
1
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD
Tshireletso Kalimashe never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Tshireletso Kalimashe beat Tshiamo Maseko (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Tshireletso Kalimashe 5 wins (R1–R5)Edward White 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tshireletso Kalimashe | * | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2Tshiamo Maseko | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3Edward White | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Nkosingiphile Magagula | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kalimashe, Tshireletso | 0 | RSA | +10N | +5B | +2N | +4B | +8N | 5.0 | 14.0 | 17.0 | 17.00 | 2303 | +24.8 |
| 2 | Maseko, Tshiamo | 0 | RSA | +14N | +9B | −1B | +3N | +7B | 4.0 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 12.00 | 1679 | +41.2 |
| 3 | White, Edward | 0 | RSA | +11N | +13B | +8N | −2B | +9N | 4.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 11.00 | 617 | -26.4 |
| 4 | Magagula, Nkosingiphile | 0 | RSA | +15B | +12N | +7B | −1N | =5B | 3.5 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 8.25 | 1562 | -2.8 |
| 5 | Chemane, Sean Cheslin | 0 | RSA | +?B | −1N | +?B | +?N | =4N | 3.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.75 | 1427 | 0.0 |
| 6 | FIDE 14399946 | 0 | — | +?B | −7N | =15B | +12N | +?B | 3.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.75 | 672 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Songoane, Sifiso | 0 | RSA | +16N | +6B | −4N | +11B | −2N | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 6.50 | 703 | -36.8 |
| 8 | FIDE 14399881 | 0 | — | +?B | +?N | −3B | +10N | −1B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.00 | 795 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Molefe, Tshegofatso | 0 | RSA | +?B | −2N | +12B | +15N | −3B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 678 | 0.0 |
| 10 | FIDE 14399903 | 0 | — | −1B | +?N | +?B | −8B | +?N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 851 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Teitge, James | 0 | RSA | −3B | +?N | +?B | −7N | +?N | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 705 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 14399784 | 0 | — | +?N | −4B | −9N | −6B | +?N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 788 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 14399350 | 0 | — | F | −3N | −?B | +?N | +?B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 738 | 0.0 |
| 14 | FIDE 14399326 | 0 | — | −2B | −?N | +?B | −?N | +?B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 617 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 14399377 | 0 | — | −4N | +?B | =6N | −9B | −?N | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.75 | 788 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 534013083 | 0 | — | −7B | −?N | −?B | F | −?N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 672 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Maseko, TshiamoRSA+41.24.0 pts · #2
- 2Kalimashe, TshireletsoRSA+24.85.0 pts · #1
- 3Molefe, TshegofatsoRSA0.03.0 pts · #15
Top rating losers
- 1Songoane, SifisoRSA-36.83.0 pts · #9
- 2White, EdwardRSA-26.44.0 pts · #16
- 3Magagula, NkosingiphileRSA-2.83.5 pts · #3