Kraaifontein Open Chess Championships 2025 (Advanced)

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54 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held on 06 Dec 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 1643, and top seed was Aldrich V. Van Wyk (🇿🇦 RSA, 1691).

Daniel Matulizo (🇿🇦 RSA, 0) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Munashe Mhembere (5.0) and Roy Mutunhire (5.0). Matulizo shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Xavier Leeman (1515) beat Njabulo Dlamini (1638), a +123-point gap.

Location

🇿🇦Cape Town, South Africa

Dates

06 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇿🇦Aldrich V. Van Wyk1691

Avg top 10

1,643

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇿🇦South Africa×47

Top 3

🥇
Daniel Matulizo
🇿🇦RSA
5.5pts·1681perf0.0
🥈
Munashe Mhembere
🇿🇦RSA·1602
5.0pts·1942perf+25.6
🥉
Roy Mutunhire
🇿🇦RSA·1618
5.0pts·2366perf+51.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Daniel Matulizo led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Matulizo5.5Mutunhire5Mhembere5Chichava5Ntukela4.5Van Wyk4.5

R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

Daniel Matulizo held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Daniel Matulizo beat Roy Mutunhire (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Daniel Matulizo 5 wins (R1–R5)Roy Mutunhire 4 wins (R1–R4)Munashe Mhembere 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Daniel Matulizo	*	1	½	—
2Roy Mutunhire	0	*	—	—
3Munashe Mhembere	½	—	*	—
4Bongani Chichava	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Matulizo, Daniel	0	RSA	+39B	+32N	+17N	+22B	+3B	=2N	5.5	19.0	21.0	18.50	1681	0.0
2	Mhembere, Munashe	1602	RSA	+51B	+24N	+6N	=8B	+15N	=1B	5.0	20.5	21.5	16.75	1942	+25.6
3	Mutunhire, Roy	1618	RSA	+44N	+34B	+16N	+5B	−1N	+8B	5.0	20.0	22.0	16.50	2366	+51.2
4	Chichava, Bongani	0	RSA	+11N	=15B	+48N	+24B	=8N	+22B	5.0	17.5	19.0	15.25	1660	0.0
5	Adolf, Feraydo	1541	RSA	+46B	+7N	+9B	−3N	=18B	+29N	4.5	20.0	22.0	15.25	1734	+41.6
6	Van Wyk, Aldrich V.	1691	RSA	+25B	+14N	−2B	=23N	+33B	+18N	4.5	18.0	20.5	14.00	1707	+4.8
7	Ntukela, Amzolele	1656	RSA	+40N	−5B	+41N	=16B	+23N	+14B	4.5	16.5	18.5	12.25	1659	+0.6
8	November, Edwin J.	1643	RSA	+35B	+28N	+23B	=2N	=4B	−3N	4.0	21.0	23.5	13.50	1697	+7.2
9	Jonkers, Tristan	1657	RSA	+41N	+33B	−5N	+12B	−22N	+25B	4.0	17.0	19.0	11.50	1514	-30.4
10	Mansfield-Scaddan, Sefton	1623	RSA	+47B	F	+43N	−14N	+27B	+30N	4.0	15.0	17.0	10.00	740	-24.4
11	Siwela, Sphamandla Thal	0	RSA	−4B	−25N	+?B	+42B	+43N	+32N	4.0	14.5	14.5	6.50	1554	0.0
12	Pape, Joshua	0	RSA	−14B	+?N	+28B	−9N	+?B	+24N	4.0	13.5	13.5	6.00	1586	0.0
13	Hangana, Anethemba	0	RSA	+?B	F	+?N	−18N	+44B	+26B	4.0	11.5	11.5	5.00	1563	0.0
14	Engelbrecht, Deoren	1540	RSA	+12N	−6B	+34N	+10B	=17B	−7N	3.5	20.5	23.0	12.25	1552	+1.2
15	Underwood, Alexander	1674	RSA	+37B	=4N	+27B	+20N	−2B	−17N	3.5	20.0	22.5	11.50	794	-48.8
16	Leeman, Xavier	1515	RSA	+45N	F	−3B	=7N	+32B	+19B	3.5	19.5	21.5	10.25	1722	+44.4
17	Hagan, Bianca	1585	RSA	+29B	+31N	−1B	F	=14N	+15B	3.5	19.0	22.0	11.25	1800	+22.4
18	Somai, Ruhan	1623	RSA	+42N	−21B	+52N	+13B	=5N	−6B	3.5	18.5	19.5	9.25	1622	0.0
19	Dlamini, Njabulo	1638	RSA	+52B	−23N	=35B	+29N	+20B	−16N	3.5	15.5	16.5	8.75	1399	-52.4
20	Adriaanse, Jordan	0	RSA	=26N	+?B	+49N	−15B	−19N	+36B	3.5	14.0	14.0	5.50	1484	0.0
21	King, Vicario	0	RSA	+?B	+18N	−22N	F	=?B	+37N	3.5	12.5	12.5	6.00	1615	0.0
22	Watson, Cole	1605	RSA	+43N	F	+21B	−1N	+9B	−4N	3.0	22.0	24.0	9.50	2458	+23.2
23	Budge, Benjamin	1536	RSA	+53N	+19B	−8N	=6B	−7B	=27N	3.0	19.5	20.0	7.75	1570	+6.4
24	FIDE 534036687	0	—	+54N	−2B	+25N	−4N	+34B	−12B	3.0	19.5	20.0	6.00	1547	0.0
25	Shelton, Brian	1491	RSA	−6N	+11B	−24B	+51N	+31B	−9N	3.0	18.5	19.5	8.00	875	-20.8
26	De Villiers, Christiaan	1413	RSA	=20B	−27N	+39B	+35N	=30B	−13N	3.0	16.0	18.0	7.75	2264	+22.8
27	Brown, Deon	0	RSA	=?N	+26B	−15N	+36B	−10N	=23B	3.0	16.0	16.0	7.00	1489	0.0
28	Resnekov, Oliver	1518	RSA	+38N	−8B	−12N	−43B	+48N	+45B	3.0	14.5	16.0	6.00	843	-13.2
29	Calitz, Steyn	0	RSA	−17N	+54B	+?N	−19B	+39N	−5B	3.0	14.0	14.0	2.50	1397	0.0
30	Hagan, Tristin	0	RSA	−33N	=50B	+?N	+40B	=26N	−10B	3.0	13.0	13.0	4.25	1325	0.0
31	Balia, Shekhinah	0	RSA	+?N	−17B	=33N	=?B	−25N	+42B	3.0	11.0	11.0	3.25	1523	0.0
32	Sun, Haojia	1595	RSA	+50N	−1B	=40N	+38B	−16N	−11B	2.5	17.5	19.0	5.00	715	-24.4
33	Ruiters, Cade	0	RSA	+30B	−9N	=31B	+48B	−6N	−?N	2.5	16.0	16.0	6.00	835	0.0
34	Sarr, Eliman	0	RSA	+?B	−3N	−14B	+41B	−24N	=40B	2.5	15.5	15.5	3.00	1540	0.0
35	Gebu, Sisipho	1464	RSA	−8N	+53B	=19N	−26B	−36N	+49B	2.5	14.5	15.0	3.75	1292	-24.4
36	Faure, Douglas	0	RSA	=48B	−49N	+50B	−27N	+35B	−20N	2.5	12.0	13.5	4.75	1484	0.0
37	Meissenheimer, Kyle	0	RSA	−15N	=38B	−?N	+53B	+49N	−21B	2.5	11.5	11.5	3.25	816	0.0
38	Underwood, Stephen	0	RSA	−28B	=37N	+?B	−32N	+40N	−?B	2.5	10.0	10.0	3.25	1365	0.0
39	FIDE 534036644	0	—	−1N	+42B	−26N	F	−29B	+47N	2.0	15.5	16.5	4.00	1432	0.0
40	Geduld, Connor Seth	0	RSA	−7B	+51N	=32B	−30N	−38B	=34N	2.0	15.0	16.0	3.50	1433	0.0
41	Srivastava, Prakhar	1419	RSA	−9B	+46N	−7B	−34N	−47B	+51N	2.0	15.0	16.0	3.00	857	-16.0
42	Solomon, William C.	1450	RSA	−18B	−39N	+46B	−11N	+50B	−31N	2.0	14.5	16.0	3.50	823	-10.8
43	Hamdulay, Dillon	0	RSA	−22B	+?N	−10B	+28N	−11B	−?N	2.0	14.0	14.0	3.00	1513	0.0
44	Green, Lyndon	0	RSA	−3B	F	+45N	+?B	−13N	−?B	2.0	11.0	11.0	2.00	1576	0.0
45	Nkohla, Yanga	0	RSA	−16B	−52N	−44B	+?N	+53B	−28N	2.0	10.0	10.0	0.50	1318	0.0
46	FIDE 14350912	0	—	−5N	−41B	−42N	+54B	−?N	+53N	2.0	9.5	9.5	1.00	670	0.0
47	Muller, Helgard	0	RSA	−10N	−?B	=53N	=?B	+41N	−39B	2.0	8.5	8.5	2.25	1437	0.0
48	Woolf, Jessika	0	RSA	=36N	+?B	−4B	−33N	−28B	−?N	1.5	13.0	13.0	1.25	719	0.0
49	FIDE 534036628	0	—	=?N	+36B	−20B	−?N	−37B	−35N	1.5	11.0	11.0	2.50	730	0.0
50	FIDE 534009370	0	—	−32B	=30N	−36N	=?B	−42N	=54N	1.5	10.5	10.5	1.75	723	0.0
51	FIDE 14385570	0	—	−2N	−40B	+54N	−25B	−?N	−41B	1.0	12.5	12.5	0.50	712	0.0
52	Copley, Murray	1426	RSA	−19N	+45B	−18B	F	F	F	1.0	11.0	11.0	2.00	831	-19.2
53	FIDE 14360284	0	—	−23B	−35N	=47B	−37N	−45N	−46B	0.5	12.0	14.0	1.00	700	0.0
54	Isaacs, Tyrique	0	RSA	−24B	−29N	−51B	−46N	−?N	=50B	0.5	10.5	10.5	0.75	720	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Mutunhire, RoyRSA
+51.2
5.0 pts · #6
2Leeman, XavierRSA
+44.4
3.5 pts · #13
3Adolf, FeraydoRSA
+41.6
4.5 pts · #10

Top rating losers

1Dlamini, NjabuloRSA
-52.4
3.5 pts · #22
2Underwood, AlexanderRSA
-48.8
3.5 pts · #42
3Jonkers, TristanRSA
-30.4
4.0 pts · #15

Biggest upsets

R6+123 Elo gap
Leeman, Xavier1515 beat Dlamini, Njabulo1638
R3+116 Elo gap
Adolf, Feraydo1541 beat Jonkers, Tristan1657
R2+115 Elo gap
Adolf, Feraydo1541 beat Ntukela, Amzolele1656