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UCT OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 (Championship)

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20 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 10 Oct 2025 to 12 Oct 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1955, and top seed was Charlton Mnyasta (🇿🇦 RSA, 2134).

Charlton Mnyasta (🇿🇦 RSA, 2134) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Tezihano Mnyasta (4.5) and Harrison Scherzer (4.5). Mnyasta clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Harrison Scherzer (1789) beat Lwazi Selepe (2070), a +281-point gap.

Location
🇿🇦Cape Town, South Africa
Dates
10 Oct 2025 → 12 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇦Charlton Mnyasta2134
Avg top 10
1,955
Participants
20
Federations · 3 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×18
🇿🇼Zimbabwe×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Charlton Mnyasta 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
8
3
1
2
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Scherzer takes leadMnyasta takes lead
Mnyasta5Mnyasta4.5Scherzer4.5Totose4Weideman3.5Rogov3.5— ex-leaders:Aguirreled R3, #7
R5 · LEADER CHANGE12 Oct

Harrison Scherzer takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Charlton Mnyasta beat Tezihano Mnyasta (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Charlton Mnyasta 4 wins (R3–R6)Harrison Scherzer 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Charlton Mnyasta*
1
1
—
2Tezihano Mnyasta
0
*
½
—
3Harrison Scherzer
0
½
*—
4Zimi Totose———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mnyasta, Charlton2134RSA+7N−12B+15N+11B+2N+3N5.017.519.517.0021200.0
2Mnyasta, Tezihano2005RSA+15B=3N+11B+6N−1B+5N4.519.021.013.752098+14.4
3Scherzer, Harrison1789RSA+5N=2B+16N+12B+8N−1B4.518.520.012.752163+113.2
4Totose, Zimi1813RSA−8N=5B+14N+16B=11N+9B4.014.516.010.001958+22.8
5Rogov, Timofey1909RUS−3B=4N+17B+13N+6B−2B3.519.020.59.501927+4.8
6Aguirre, Bryan1967RSA+18N+9B+12N−2B−5N=7B3.517.018.58.751906-8.6
7Weideman, Janko X1786RSA−1B+17N+10B−8B+16N=6N3.516.017.57.752047+80.0
8Selepe, Lwazi2070RSA+4B−11N+13B+7N−3B−15N3.017.019.010.001781-41.0
9Bell, Luke1757RSA+10B−6N+19BF+12N−4N3.014.014.06.501896+38.4
10McInnes, Andrew1907RSA−9N+18B−7N+14BF+11B3.013.515.06.501820-10.4
11Selema, Thato1820RSA+17B+8B−2N−1N=4B−10N2.519.521.06.501937+15.8
12Salimu, Chase1872RSA+20B+1N−6B−3N−9B=17N2.517.518.56.751849-10.8
13Rogov, Evgeniy1614RSA=16N+14B−8N−5B−17N+19B2.512.013.04.251766+35.6
14Manning, Callan1612RSA=19B−13N−4B−10N+20N+16B2.512.013.03.001690+20.4
15Ntuli, Senzo1809RSA−2NF−1B+18NF+8B2.017.017.04.501994+35.2
16Singh, Shaurya1829RSA=13B+19N−3B−4N−7B−14N1.517.018.02.251503-100.0
17Amini, Daud2033ZIM−11N−7B−5NF+13B=12B1.514.514.53.751655-47.6
18Ressel, Tane1766RSA−6B−10NF−15B=19N+20N1.510.510.51.501651-15.4
19Stern, Mason Jesse1562RSA=14N−16B−9N−20B=18B−13N1.011.012.02.001449-31.2
20Van Schaik, Michael1755RSA−12NFF+19N−14B−18B1.07.57.51.001510-25.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
UCT OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 (Championship) — Cape Town, South Africa | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats