Kireka Open Chess Championship 2025 - Juniors

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64 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 30 Dec 2025 to 31 Dec 2025 in Kampala, Uganda. Top 10 Elo average was 1679, and top seed was Tulinaye Osborn (🇺🇬 UGA, 1870).

Tulinaye Osborn (🇺🇬 UGA, 1870) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Tumukunde Trevor (6.0) and Kazibwe Jovan (5.0). Osborn shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Ssempijja George (1605) beat Edel Edwin (1828), a +223-point gap.

Location

🇺🇬Kampala, Uganda

Dates

30 Dec 2025 → 31 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇬Tulinaye Osborn1870

Avg top 10

1,679

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇺🇬Uganda×37

Top 3

🥇
Tulinaye Osborn
🇺🇬UGA·1870
6.0pts·2447perf+35.6
🥈
Tumukunde Trevor
🇺🇬UGA·1610
6.0pts·2436perf+84.8
🥉
Kazibwe Jovan
🇺🇬UGA·1736
5.0pts·1756perf+4.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 6.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Osborn6Trevor6Messiah5Augustine5George5Abel5

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/6. Osborn takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (21.5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Tulinaye Osborn 6 wins (R1–R6)Tumukunde Trevor 6 wins (R1–R6)Naturinda Messiah 3 wins (R1–R3)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Tulinaye Osborn	1870	UGA	+25N	+12B	+9N	+24B	+13N	+3B	6.0	21.5	25.5	25.50	2447	+35.6
2	Tumukunde Trevor	1610	UGA	+15N	+16B	+47N	+26B	+4N	+11B	6.0	21.0	23.0	23.00	2436	+84.8
3	Kazibwe Jovan	1736	UGA	+17N	+6B	+18N	+31B	+7N	−1N	5.0	24.0	27.0	21.00	1756	+4.8
4	Kyagambiddwa Abel	1706	UGA	+28B	+23N	+10B	+48N	−2B	+21N	5.0	22.5	24.5	18.50	1609	-12.4
5	Ssempijja George	1605	UGA	+29N	+14B	+11N	−7B	+30N	+19B	5.0	21.0	24.5	19.50	2430	+42.0
6	Jethro Mawejje Mulungi	1440	UGA	+53N	−3N	+42B	+45B	+17N	+26B	5.0	18.5	20.5	15.50	937	-6.0
7	Turyatemba Augustine	0	UGA	+?B	+60N	+?B	+5N	−3B	+14B	5.0	15.0	15.0	10.00	1611	0.0
8	Naturinda Messiah	0	UGA	+?N	+61B	+?N	−13B	+12N	+18B	5.0	13.0	13.0	9.00	1653	0.0
9	Oyang Sankara	1609	UGA	+63B	+39N	−1B	+41N	+38B	=10N	4.5	19.5	19.5	11.25	1070	-7.2
10	Namukobe Suzan	0	UGA	+?N	+?B	−4N	+?B	+31N	=9B	4.5	12.5	12.5	5.25	1646	0.0
11	Edel Edwin	1828	UGA	+22B	+20N	−5B	+36N	+34B	−2N	4.0	22.0	25.0	14.00	1460	-56.0
12	Muganzi Ruth Thelma Lukanga	1563	UGA	+40B	−1N	+28B	+50N	−8B	+34N	4.0	21.0	23.0	12.00	1070	-5.6
13	Siima Zion Kazoora	1680	UGA	F	+32N	+36B	+8N	−1B	+25B	4.0	21.0	21.0	15.00	1656	-1.0
14	Nakawunde Rebecca	1432	UGA	+57B	−5N	+39B	+33N	+27B	−7N	4.0	20.0	22.0	12.00	805	-10.8
15	FIDE 10024794	0	—	−2B	+38N	+23B	−27N	+54B	+?N	4.0	19.0	19.0	9.00	1522	0.0
16	Kagoda Mwesigwa Aaron	1448	UGA	+34B	−2N	+40B	−38N	+33B	+49N	4.0	18.0	20.0	11.00	810	-11.2
17	Ankunda Shantelle	0	UGA	−3B	+59N	+20B	+?N	−6B	+48N	4.0	17.0	17.0	7.00	1447	0.0
18	Birungi Shekinah Adnah	1583	UGA	+64B	+49N	−3B	+35N	+48B	−8N	4.0	17.0	17.0	7.00	937	-11.6
19	Ndamukenzi Joshua Uwimana	0	UGA	+50B	−34N	+59B	+46N	+22B	−5N	4.0	16.5	17.5	9.50	805	0.0
20	Ninsiima Patricia	1538	UGA	+37N	−11B	−17N	+51B	+50N	+36B	4.0	16.0	18.0	10.00	1028	-6.4
21	Shaun Adriel Agaba	1408	UGA	+60B	F	+53N	+43B	+24N	−4B	4.0	16.0	17.0	10.00	906	-6.0
22	FIDE 10053956	0	—	−11N	+51B	+44N	+?B	−19N	+31B	4.0	16.0	16.0	8.00	1028	0.0
23	Musenze Calton	1434	UGA	+61N	−4B	−15N	+59B	+45N	+35B	4.0	15.5	16.5	7.50	906	-6.8
24	Naija Hellen	0	UGA	+?B	+63N	+46B	−1N	−21B	+32N	4.0	15.5	15.5	5.50	1448	0.0
25	FIDE 10061479	0	—	−1B	+35N	+49B	+?N	+?B	−13N	4.0	15.0	15.0	5.00	975	0.0
26	Pradyot Dobhal	0	UGA	+62B	+?N	+33B	−2N	+?B	−6N	4.0	15.0	15.0	4.00	725	0.0
27	FIDE 10038361	0	—	−31N	+?B	+?N	+15B	−14N	+37B	4.0	14.0	14.0	7.00	632	0.0
28	FIDE 10046682	0	—	−4N	+45B	−12N	+?B	+?N	+?B	4.0	11.5	11.5	2.50	835	0.0
29	Edinansi Melisa	0	UGA	−5B	−33N	+60B	+?N	+?B	+?N	4.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	805	0.0
30	Twebaze Xavier	0	UGA	+52B	=?B	+51N	+47N	−5B	−?B	3.5	11.0	11.0	6.00	1473	0.0
31	FIDE 10081011	0	—	+27B	+64N	+41B	−3N	−10B	−22N	3.0	20.5	20.5	7.00	937	0.0
32	Lakica Elna Mercy	1441	UGA	+44N	−13B	−37N	+62B	+43N	−24B	3.0	17.0	18.0	7.00	880	-8.0
33	FIDE 10078231	0	—	+?N	+29B	−26N	−14B	−16N	+?B	3.0	16.0	16.0	4.00	640	0.0
34	FIDE 10084231	0	—	−16N	+19B	+?N	+?B	−11N	−12B	3.0	16.0	16.0	4.00	813	0.0
35	FIDE 10059520	0	—	+?N	−25B	+?N	−18B	+47B	−23N	3.0	14.0	14.0	2.00	1402	0.0
36	FIDE 10052038	0	—	+?N	+56B	−13N	−11B	+?B	−20N	3.0	14.0	14.0	2.00	882	0.0
37	Gonzaga Atugonza	0	UGA	−20B	+55N	+32B	−?N	+?B	−27N	3.0	13.0	13.0	5.00	1490	0.0
38	Lwazi Marius Kinsambwe	0	UGA	+?N	−15B	+?N	+16B	−9N	−?B	3.0	12.5	12.5	4.00	1528	0.0
39	Jonathan Lubega	0	UGA	+?N	−9B	−14N	+?B	−?N	+52B	3.0	10.5	10.5	2.00	1373	0.0
40	Garikapati Srivalli	0	UGA	−12N	+54B	−16N	+?B	−?N	+?B	3.0	10.0	10.0	2.00	705	0.0
41	FIDE 10067205	0	—	+?N	+?B	−31N	−9B	−?N	+?B	3.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	817	0.0
42	FIDE 10023089	0	—	−?N	+?B	−6N	+?B	+52N	−?B	3.0	7.0	7.0	2.00	733	0.0
43	Musenze Charline	0	UGA	−?B	+?N	+?B	−21N	−32B	+?N	3.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	625	0.0
44	Katusabe Irene	0	UGA	−32B	+?N	−22B	−?N	+?B	+?N	3.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	641	0.0
45	Lukanga Tabitha	0	UGA	+?B	−28N	+?B	−6N	−23B	=?N	2.5	13.0	13.0	0.00	637	0.0
46	Abigaba Abba	0	UGA	=56N	+?B	−24N	−19B	+?N	−?N	2.5	10.0	10.0	1.00	1475	0.0
47	Ocaya Mark	1563	UGA	+58N	F	−2B	−30B	−35N	+55N	2.0	18.5	20.5	4.00	810	-17.2
48	FIDE 10084061	0	—	+?B	F	+?N	−4B	−18N	−17B	2.0	13.0	13.0	0.00	845	0.0
49	FIDE 10038795	0	—	+?N	−18B	−25N	F	+?B	−16B	2.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	715	0.0
50	Lugemwa Kevin	0	UGA	−19N	+?B	+?N	−12B	−20B	F	2.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	751	0.0
51	FIDE 10084355	0	—	+?B	−22N	−30B	−20N	−?N	+?B	2.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	739	0.0
52	Nambi Flavia	0	UGA	−30N	−?B	+?N	+?B	−42B	−39N	2.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	1475	0.0
53	FIDE 10032266	0	—	−6B	+?N	−21B	+?N	−?B	−?N	2.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	624	0.0
54	FIDE 10084290	0	—	+?B	−40N	−?N	+?B	−15N	−?B	2.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	655	0.0
55	FIDE 10040552	0	—	+?N	−37B	−?N	−?B	+61N	−47B	2.0	6.0	6.0	1.00	794	0.0
56	FIDE 10078215	0	—	=46B	−36N	+?B	−?B	−?N	=?N	2.0	5.5	5.5	1.25	655	0.0
57	FIDE 10058621	0	—	−14N	−?B	−?N	+?B	−?N	+59B	2.0	5.0	5.0	1.00	644	0.0
58	FIDE 10073094	0	—	−47B	−?N	+63B	−?N	+62N	−?B	2.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	763	0.0
59	FIDE 10084053	0	—	+?B	−17B	−19N	−23N	−?B	−57N	1.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	634	0.0
60	FIDE 10023186	0	—	−21N	−7B	−29N	+63N	−?B	F	1.0	13.0	13.0	0.00	608	0.0
61	FIDE 10084371	0	—	−23B	−8N	+64B	−?N	−55B	−62N	1.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	634	0.0
62	FIDE 10084304	0	—	−26N	−?B	F	−32N	−58B	+61B	1.0	10.0	10.0	1.00	641	0.0
63	FIDE 10084223	0	—	−9N	−24B	−58N	−60B	−?N	F	0.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	808	0.0
64	FIDE 10084070	0	—	−18N	−31B	−61N	−?B	F	−?B	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	783	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Tumukunde TrevorUGA
+84.8
6.0 pts · #2
2Ssempijja GeorgeUGA
+42.0
5.0 pts · #5
3Tulinaye OsbornUGA
+35.6
6.0 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Edel EdwinUGA
-56.0
4.0 pts · #10
2Ocaya MarkUGA
-17.2
2.0 pts · #55
3Kyagambiddwa AbelUGA
-12.4
5.0 pts · #6

Biggest upsets

R3+223 Elo gap
Ssempijja George1605 beat Edel Edwin1828
R6+218 Elo gap
Tumukunde Trevor1610 beat Edel Edwin1828