2025 Mzansi Individual Championships (U16 Girls)
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40 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 17 Dec 2025 to 20 Dec 2025 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 1547, and top seed was Kajol Naidoo (🇿🇦 RSA, 1771).
Kayla Nel (🇿🇦 RSA, 0) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Aishwarya Ranjith (5.0) and Kajol Naidoo (5.0). Nel shared the lead from round 5 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Arya Maharaj (1514) beat Kajol Naidoo (1771), a +257-point gap.
Location
🇿🇦Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Dates
17 Dec 2025 → 20 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×25
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsKayla Nel led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 6 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
Co-leaders
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9
4
6
2
1
R6–R6 · LEAD HELD
Kayla Nel held the sole lead from R6 through R6 without losing it.
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Kayla Nel 3 wins (R1–R3)Kajol Naidoo 3 wins (R4–R6)Aishwarya Ranjith 3 wins (R2–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kayla Nel | * | — | — | — |
| 2Kajol Naidoo | — | * | — | — |
| 3Aishwarya Ranjith | — | — | * | 1 |
| 4Sarah Moller | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nel, Kayla | 0 | RSA | +22B | +?N | +13B | =8N | +5B | +4N | 5.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 17.50 | 1540 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Ranjith, Aishwarya | 1528 | RSA | =32N | +12B | +11N | +6B | =7B | +10N | 5.0 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 19.50 | 1833 | +44.0 |
| 3 | Naidoo, Kajol | 1771 | RSA | +17N | +25B | −4N | +20B | +11N | +7B | 5.0 | 19.0 | 21.5 | 17.00 | 1656 | -16.8 |
| 4 | Maharaj, Arya | 1514 | RSA | +24B | +21N | +3B | =7N | +8B | −1B | 4.5 | 21.5 | 24.5 | 17.00 | 1794 | +28.0 |
| 5 | Dikolomela, Tlhogi | 1438 | RSA | +27N | =6B | +14N | +9B | −1N | +16B | 4.5 | 21.0 | 23.5 | 15.75 | 1809 | +55.2 |
| 6 | Moller, Sarah | 1624 | RSA | +26B | =5N | +19B | −2N | +15B | +13N | 4.5 | 19.5 | 22.0 | 14.75 | 1617 | -0.4 |
| 7 | Ramonyai, Motshabo | 1433 | RSA | +40B | +15N | +10B | =4B | =2N | −3N | 4.0 | 22.0 | 22.5 | 12.75 | 1662 | +59.6 |
| 8 | Ebrahim, Nabeelah | 0 | RSA | +?N | +34B | +9N | =1B | −4N | =14B | 4.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 10.50 | 1321 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Fourie, Lesia | 0 | RSA | +18B | +?N | −8B | −5N | +23B | +20N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 9.50 | 1442 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Sinigisi, Emihle | 1624 | RSA | +36N | +16B | −7N | +34B | +21N | −2B | 4.0 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 10.00 | 1354 | -43.2 |
| 11 | Diedericks, Caylah | 0 | RSA | +30B | +37N | −2B | +?N | −3B | +19N | 4.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 7.00 | 1458 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Moraba, Reabetswe | 0 | RSA | =15B | −2N | +26B | =19N | +36B | +?N | 4.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 7.25 | 1498 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Coetzee, Kara | 0 | RSA | +?N | +20B | −1N | +17B | =16N | −6B | 3.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 8.25 | 1513 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Maziena, Lavanya | 1514 | RSA | +23B | =19N | −5B | +18N | =25B | =8N | 3.5 | 18.0 | 20.5 | 11.25 | 1323 | -30.8 |
| 15 | Strauss, Lune | 1514 | RSA | =12N | −7B | +29N | +36B | −6N | +21B | 3.5 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 9.00 | 729 | -38.4 |
| 16 | Adamson, Amani | 1474 | RSA | +28B | −10N | +24B | +32N | =13B | −5N | 3.5 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 9.25 | 731 | -33.2 |
| 17 | Bothma, Jaculene | 0 | RSA | −3B | +35N | +31B | −13N | =?B | +30N | 3.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 7.00 | 969 | -14.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 14397200 | 0 | — | −9N | =29B | +?N | −14B | +?N | +25N | 3.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 3.75 | 1486 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Campher, Hannah | 1446 | RSA | +39N | =14B | −6N | =12B | +22N | −11B | 3.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 7.75 | 1376 | -7.2 |
| 20 | Koen, Kaylee-Jane | 1447 | RSA | +31B | −13N | +30B | −3N | +32B | −9B | 3.0 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 7.00 | 969 | -5.2 |
| 21 | Mkhasibe, Nobuhle | 0 | RSA | +?N | −4B | +33N | +25B | −10B | −15N | 3.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 4.50 | 1334 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 534008080 | 0 | — | −1N | +38B | −25N | +27N | −19B | +33B | 3.0 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 6.00 | 653 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 534017429 | 0 | — | −14N | −33B | +39N | +28B | −9N | +32B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 5.50 | 713 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Netshimbupfe, Yoanda | 0 | RSA | −4N | +39B | −16N | =33B | =37N | +34B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 4.75 | 692 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Raubenheimer, Charne | 1460 | RSA | +35B | −3N | +22B | −21N | =14N | −18B | 2.5 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 6.75 | 1448 | -2.4 |
| 26 | Gie, Mckenzie | 1413 | RSA | −6N | =32B | −12N | +38B | =33N | =37B | 2.5 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 4.25 | 824 | -9.2 |
| 27 | FIDE 14384540 | 0 | — | −5B | +40N | −34N | −22B | =28N | +?B | 2.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 1.75 | 638 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 534032037 | 0 | — | −16N | −36B | +?N | −23N | =27B | +38B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.75 | 670 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 534008381 | 0 | — | −?B | =18N | −15B | +40N | −31B | +36N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.75 | 712 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 534039112 | 0 | — | −11N | +?B | −20N | =?B | +?N | −17B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 646 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 14394588 | 0 | — | −20N | +?B | −17N | =?B | +29N | −?N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.50 | 646 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Steyn, Anneke | 0 | RSA | =2B | =26N | +?B | −16B | −20N | −23N | 2.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 3.75 | 1398 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 534039295 | 0 | — | F | +23N | −21B | =24N | =26B | −22N | 2.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 5.75 | 1412 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Monare, Oratilwe | 0 | RSA | +?B | −8N | +27B | −10N | −?B | −24N | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 2.50 | 757 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 534019782 | 0 | — | −25N | −17B | −?N | +?B | +?N | −?B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 659 | 0.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 14377020 | 0 | — | −10B | +28N | =37B | −15N | −12N | −29B | 1.5 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 3.25 | 768 | 0.0 |
| 37 | FIDE 14390655 | 0 | — | F | −11B | =36N | −?N | =24B | =26N | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.50 | 1258 | 0.0 |
| 38 | FIDE 14333210 | 0 | — | −?B | −22N | =40B | −26N | +39B | −28N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.25 | 651 | 0.0 |
| 39 | FIDE 534039147 | 0 | — | −19B | −24N | −23B | −?B | −38N | +40N | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.50 | 646 | 0.0 |
| 40 | FIDE 534016953 | 0 | — | −7N | −27B | =38N | −29B | −?N | −39B | 0.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.75 | 633 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Ramonyai, MotshaboRSA+59.64.0 pts · #3
- 2Dikolomela, TlhogiRSA+55.24.5 pts · #7
- 3Ranjith, AishwaryaRSA+44.05.0 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Sinigisi, EmihleRSA-43.24.0 pts · #11
- 2Strauss, LuneRSA-38.43.5 pts · #39
- 3Adamson, AmaniRSA-33.23.5 pts · #27
Biggest upsets
- R3+257 Elo gap
- R3+191 Elo gap