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West Rand Closed 2025 (U20)

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7 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 18 Oct 2025 in Randfontein, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 678, and top seed was Moloko Visi (🇿🇦 RSA, 1631).

Moloko Visi (🇿🇦 RSA, 1631) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Unathi Maseko (3.5) and Adriaan Philemon (2.0). Visi won solo starting round 2.

Location
🇿🇦Randfontein, South Africa
Dates
18 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 55 Min. Incr. 5 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇦Moloko Visi1631
Avg top 10
678
Participants
7
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×7
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Moloko Visi led from R2; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
3
1
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Visi4.5Maseko3.5Philemon2Lekoma2Rasakanya2Chidi1
R2–R5 · LEAD HELD

Moloko Visi never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Moloko Visi drew with Unathi Maseko (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Moloko Visi 4 wins (R1–R4)Unathi Maseko 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Moloko Visi*
½
1
1
2Unathi Maseko
½
*
0
1
3Adriaan Philemon
0
1
*—
4Amogelang Lekoma
0
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Visi, Moloko1631RSA+5N+6B+4N+3B=2N4.59.510.58.751713+7.6
2Maseko, Unathi1627RSA−3B+7N+5B+4N=1B3.510.510.56.251766+13.6
3Philemon, Adriaan0RSA+2N−4B+6N−1NF2.011.011.04.5015800.0
4Rasakanya, Maabu Ephraim0RSAF+3N−1B−2B+7N2.010.010.02.0014690.0
5Lekoma, Amogelang0RSA−1BF−2N+7B+6N2.09.09.01.0015460.0
6Chidi, Junior0RSA+7B−1N−3BF−5B1.08.58.50.001573+17.6
7Ngobeni, Ntumbuluko1487RSA−6N−2BF−5N−4B0.08.58.50.00720-38.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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