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NRCL National Qualifies

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35 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 18 Nov 2025 to 20 Nov 2025 in Mzuzu, Malawi. Top 10 Elo average was 1859, and top seed was Ibrahim Jonathan (🇲🇼 MAW, 1931).

Shaba Martin (🇲🇼 MAW, 1874) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Longwe Winston (6.5) and Chirwa Innocent (6.5). Martin shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Mwakikunga Boniface (1678) beat Ibrahim Jonathan (1931), a +253-point gap.

Location
🇲🇼Mzuzu, Malawi
Dates
18 Nov 2025 → 20 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 120 minutes for game
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇲🇼Ibrahim Jonathan1931
Avg top 10
1,859
Participants
35
Federations · 1 represented
🇲🇼Malawi×31
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Shaba Martin led from R9; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 9 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders
12
4
1
9
3
2
3
2
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Martin takes lead
Martin7.5Jonathan6.5Winston6.5Innocent6.5Rumbani6Joseph6— ex-leaders:Orbetled R3, #9
R9 · LEADER CHANGE23 Nov

Shaba Martin takes the sole lead (7.5/9).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Ibrahim Jonathan 3 wins (R4–R6)Longwe Winston 4 wins (R3–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Shaba Martin*
½
1
2Ibrahim Jonathan*
1
3Longwe Winston
½
0
*
4Chirwa Innocent
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Shaba Martin1874MAW+20B=17N+5B=7N+22N+9B=2N+3B+10B7.543.046.037.752022+24.8
2Longwe Winston1879MAW+26B5N+28B+10N+6B+21N=1B+9N4N6.542.545.028.751942+13.4
3Chirwa Innocent1736MAW+18B11N+31B+12N=7B+6N+21B1N+9B6.541.543.528.251943+39.8
4Ibrahim Jonathan1931MAW23B+34B22N+25N+14B+16N=11B+21N+2B6.534.034.526.002014+13.4
5Mkamanga Rumbani1810MAW+27B+2B1N+18N=21B=7N+8B10N+11B6.042.545.528.501880+14.0
6Jere Joseph1825MAW+25N9B+30N+13B2N3B+22N+18B+15N6.038.040.022.001692-18.0
7Sanga Lusayo1900MAW=8N+13B+17N=1B=3N=5B10N=11N+21B5.545.048.528.251852-20.8
8Phiri Juzza1670MAW=7B28N+29B+24N12B+17N5N+22B+14N5.534.536.520.251855+35.0
9Mhango Orbet0MAW+10B+6N+11B21N+28B1N+12B2B3N5.045.047.523.501835+47.6
10Msowoya Emmanuel1806MAW9N+35B+20N2B+13NF+7B+5B1N5.042.042.020.501812+1.0
11Soko Seko1852MAW+29N+3B9N22B+23N+15B=4N=7B5N5.040.542.522.501863+2.8
12Chingati Wilson1877MAW+19N+15B21N3B+8N+22B9N14B+18N5.038.541.521.501694-34.8
13Mukawa Takondwa0MAW+14B7N+23B6N10B+29N16B+25N+19N5.036.538.517.001753+30.4
14White Chisomo1760MAW13N+25B24N+30B4N+20B+19N+12N8B5.036.038.018.001628-21.2
15Msendema Willard1800MAW+30B12N18B+31N+24B11N+23B+16N6B5.033.035.015.001787-2.4
16Kanyinji Overton1810MAWFF+32N+19B+18N4B+13N15B+27N5.028.528.517.001774-3.8
17Mkandawire Moses1686MAW+31N=1B7B28N+29N8B18N+24B+30N4.532.034.012.751736+6.2
18Mphande Samuel0MAW3N+19B+15N5B16B+26N+17B6N12B4.042.045.016.5017160.0
19Chisunkha Emanuel0MAW12B18N+27B16N+25B+24N14B+23N13B4.033.036.012.001622-9.8
20Mwenecho Harawa0MAW1N+33B10B23N+31B14N24B+32N+26B4.029.530.57.0014600.0
21Kalua Emmanuel1831MAWF+23N+12B+9B=5N2B3N4B7N3.544.044.016.001774-12.6
22Bushiri Fortune0MAWF+27N+4B+11N1B12N6B8N31B3.040.540.514.5017130.0
23Mwakikunga Boniface1678MAW+4N21B13N+20B11BF15N19B+29N3.035.037.012.501605-14.8
24Nyirenda Sunny0MAWF+26N+14B8B15N19B+20N17N25B3.034.034.012.001576-32.4
25Kadammanja praise0MAW6B14NF4B19N+32B+31N13B+24N3.032.532.56.0014870.0
26Mtambo chancy1606MAW2N24B+33N29B+32N18B+28N27B20N3.026.027.04.50905-45.2
27Kondowe Stuart0MAW5N22B19N32BF+33N+30B+26N16B3.025.025.06.0015340.0
28Nkolola Gift0MAW=34N+8B2N+17B9NF26BFF2.532.032.010.2516510.0
29Gerald Ibrahim0MAW11BF8N+26N17B13B+33NF23B2.029.529.54.001422-38.0
30FIDE 20511973015N+32B6B14N+33BF27NF17B2.028.528.52.009680.0
31FIDE 20511990017BF3N15B20NF25B+33B+22N2.027.027.04.009410.0
32FIDE 205119650F30N16B+27N26B25NF20B33N1.021.021.03.009070.0
33Wilson wycliff0MAWF20N26BF30N27B29B31N+32B1.017.017.01.007820.0
34Phiri Vincent1681MAW=28B4NFFFFFFF0.59.09.01.251131-3.8
35FIDE 205101790F10NFFFFFFF0.08.58.50.0010060.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets