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2025 Botswana International Youths and Cadets Chess Championships -U12 & 14 Open

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23 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 25 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025 in Gaborone, Botswana. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 464, and top seed was Maruatona Onthatile (🇧🇼 BOT, 1661).

Ananda Hariharan (🇧🇼 BOT, 1585) won with 5.0/6. Hariharan won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

Location
🇧🇼Gaborone, Botswana
Dates
25 Oct 2025 → 26 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 60 Min. 05 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Avg top 10
464
Participants
23
Federations · 3 represented
🇧🇼Botswana×4
🇿🇼Zimbabwe×2
🇱🇸Lesotho×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 3 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
27
14
7
5
2
3
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 5.0/6. Hariharan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Ananda Hariharan 5 wins (R1–R6)CHANYEKA DARYL 3 wins (R1–R3)FIDE 11028580 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Ananda Hariharan*
1
2CHANYEKA DARYL*
3FIDE 11028580*
4Moorosi Thato
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ananda Hariharan1585BOT+15B+6N+7BF+5N+4N5.019.519.519.502329+34.0
2FIDE 110285800+?B+?N5B+?N+?B+6N5.08.58.54.008100.0
3CHANYEKA DARYL0ZIM+?N+?B+?N=?N+?B=?B5.00.00.00.0015350.0
4Moorosi Thato1448LES+8N+9B+10N=5N+16B1B4.520.022.515.251405-4.4
5Mogomotsi Kefentse1610BOT+11N+17B+2N=4B1B+14N4.520.022.515.251324-29.6
6MAPIYE ENOCH0ZIM+?N1B+?N+?B+?N2B4.010.010.00.0015900.0
7FIDE 110170580+?B+?N1N+10BF+?N4.08.08.03.007850.0
8FIDE 1133277804BF+?B+?N+?B+?N4.04.54.50.006480.0
9FIDE 113319920+?B4N+?BF+?N=?B3.54.54.50.0013620.0
10FIDE 113329050+?B+?N4B7NF+11B3.011.511.53.006480.0
11FIDE 1133276005B?N+?B+?N+?B10N3.07.57.50.008100.0
12FIDE 113327940+?N=?B?N+?B?N=20B3.02.02.01.007630.0
13Liu Shengpei0BOT+?N+?B+?N?B?NF3.00.00.00.0016820.0
14Mukisa Samuel Nkuba0BOTF+?N?B=?B+20N5B2.56.56.52.0012630.0
15FIDE 1103103401NF+?B?B+?N=?B2.55.05.00.007850.0
16FIDE 113305890+?B=?N+?BF4N?B2.54.54.50.006560.0
17FIDE 113318440+?B5N+?BF=?BF2.54.54.50.008100.0
18FIDE 113298310?B+?N?B+?NF=?N2.50.00.00.007350.0
19FIDE 113329130?NF+?B+?B=?N?B2.50.00.00.007350.0
20FIDE 113327510?NF=?B+?N14B=12N2.05.55.51.508620.0
21FIDE 113327860F?N?B?N=?B+?N1.50.00.00.007350.0
22FIDE 113328160?N?BFF?N=?B0.50.00.00.007630.0
23FIDE 110336900?BF?NFFF0.00.00.00.006630.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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