2025 Lardies Open Chess Tournament (B)
Open SwissStandard
17 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 18 Oct 2025 in Pretoria, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 592, and top seed was Nova Louw (🇿🇦 RSA, 1501).
Tumelo Mabala (🇿🇦 RSA, 0) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Kabelo Manala (4.5) and Museera Meeran (4.0). Mabala shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇿🇦Pretoria, South Africa
Dates
18 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 55 Min. Incr. 5 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×11
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
12
5
3
2
2
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 4.5/5. Mabala takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (11.0).
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Kabelo Manala drew with Tumelo Mabala (White).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Kabelo Manala 4 wins (R1–R4)Tumelo Mabala 4 wins (R1–R4)Ismael Sekomane 4 wins (R2–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kabelo Manala | * | ½ | — | 1 |
| 2Tumelo Mabala | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Ismael Sekomane | — | — | * | — |
| 4Museera Meeran | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mabala, Tumelo | 0 | RSA | +?N | +?B | +5N | +7B | =2N | 4.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 8.75 | 1512 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Manala, Kabelo | 0 | RSA | +?B | +?N | +3B | +?N | =1B | 4.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 6.25 | 1523 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Meeran, Museera | 1498 | RSA | +14N | +9B | −2N | +12B | +7N | 4.0 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 9.50 | 2292 | +20.8 |
| 4 | Sekomane, Ismael | 0 | RSA | −10N | +?B | +11N | +?B | +8B | 4.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 5.00 | 1504 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Jansen, Alexia | 0 | RSA | =?B | +?N | −1B | +?N | +10B | 3.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.50 | 1476 | 0.0 |
| 6 | FIDE 534003827 | 0 | — | +?N | =10B | −?N | +14B | +?N | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.75 | 1469 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Bloem, James | 1493 | RSA | +12N | +13B | +8B | −1N | −3B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 7.00 | 1453 | -4.4 |
| 8 | Theron, Carla | 1429 | RSA | +15N | +11B | −7N | +9B | −4N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 6.50 | 1496 | +7.6 |
| 9 | FIDE 14371901 | 0 | — | +?B | −3N | +16B | −8N | +?B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.00 | 1331 | 0.0 |
| 10 | FIDE 534012478 | 0 | — | +4B | =6N | −?B | +13B | −5N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 7.75 | 649 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Louw, Nova | 1501 | RSA | +17N | −8N | −4B | +16N | F | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 628 | -24.0 |
| 12 | Wabanie, Jason | 0 | RSA | −7B | +?N | +?B | −3N | F | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 685 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Vorster, Wian | 0 | RSA | +16B | −7N | +?B | −10N | −?N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 692 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Jadezweni, Thato | 0 | RSA | −3B | +?N | =?B | −6N | F | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 1277 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 14389274 | 0 | — | −8B | −?N | +?B | F | =?N | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 639 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 534017453 | 0 | — | −13N | +?B | −9N | −11B | F | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 700 | 0.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 534033203 | 0 | — | −11B | −?N | −?B | −?N | −?B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 681 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Meeran, MuseeraRSA+20.84.0 pts · #8
- 2Theron, CarlaRSA+7.63.0 pts · #4
- 3Jansen, AlexiaRSA0.03.5 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Louw, NovaRSA-24.02.0 pts · #14
- 2Bloem, JamesRSA-4.43.0 pts · #7
- 3Jansen, AlexiaRSA0.03.5 pts · #3