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Silverest Open Chess Championship - Elite Section

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21 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 07 Jan 2026 to 11 Jan 2026 in Lusaka - NIPA MAIN CAMPUS, Zambia. 13 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2319, and top seed was Petr Kiriakov ( FID, GM, 2495).

Bilel Bellahcene (🇩🇿 ALG, GM, 2489) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Gillan Bwalya (6.5) and Petr Kiriakov (6.0). Bellahcene shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Kantalamba Mushota (2091) beat Nase Lungu (FM, 2243), a +152-point gap.

Location
🇿🇲Lusaka - NIPA MAIN CAMPUS, Zambia
Dates
07 Jan 2026 → 11 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
GMPetr Kiriakov2495
Avg top 10
2,319
Participants
21
Titled players · 13
GM×2
IM×5
FM×5
CM×1
Federations · 7 represented
🇿🇲Zambia×14
🇿🇦South Africa×2
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇲🇼Malawi×1
🇩🇿Algeria×1
🇳🇦Namibia×1
🇿🇼Zimbabwe×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Bilel Bellahcene led from R7; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Bellahcene takes lead
Bellahcene7.5Bwalya6.5Kiriakov6Munenga5.5Phiri5.5Beukes5.5
R7 · LEADER CHANGE10 Jan

GM Bilel Bellahcene takes the sole lead (5.5/7).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Bilel Bellahcene beat IM Gillan Bwalya (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Bilel Bellahcene 3 wins (R7–R9)IM Gillan Bwalya 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMBilel Bellahcene*
1
½
½
2IMGillan Bwalya
0
*
½
—
3GMPetr Kiriakov
½
½
*
½
4FMDouglas D Munenga
½
—
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Bellahcene, BilelGM2489ALG+17N=4B=5N+8B+2N=3B+6N+7B+12B7.543.046.538.002555+7.2
2Bwalya, GillanIM2314ZAM+14N+8B+12B=4N−1B=6N=3N+13B+7N6.542.546.530.502445+16.0
3Kiriakov, PetrGM2495FID+20B=7N=6B+15N+4B=1N=2B=5N=9B6.044.545.528.002406-9.0
4Beukes, Dante MIM2259NAM+16B=1N+7B=2B−3N=13B=5N=9N+11B5.544.047.527.252358+24.2
5Munenga, Douglas DFM2284ZAM+11B=6N=1B=13N=7B=10N=4B=3B+18N5.542.546.027.002346+15.0
6Phiri, RichmondIM2251ZAM+18N=5B=3N+12B=13N=2B−1B=11N+10B5.542.546.025.252363+27.2
7Mwale, JosephFM2278MAW+19N=3B−4N+14B=5N+8B+10N−1N−2B5.044.545.520.252324+10.4
8Mtonga Augustine2110ZAM+10B−2N+11B−1N+15B−7N+16B−12N+14B5.040.043.520.502306+44.4
9Lungu, NaseFM2243ZAM+21B−12N−13B=18N+19B=14N+15N=4B=3N5.032.033.015.502267+4.4
10Mhango, BaneleFM2227RSA−8N=15B+19N=16B+12N=5B−7B+17N−6N4.536.037.015.002221-1.6
11Simpson, MichaelIM2161RSA−5N+18B−8N+21B=16N+17B=13N=6B−4N4.536.037.014.502178+4.0
12Mwali, ChitumboIM2348ZAMF+9B−2N−6N−10B+16N+14B+8B−1N4.041.541.517.502247-21.0
13Kantalamba Mushota2091ZAM=15N=17B+9N=5B=6B=4N=11B−2NF4.040.040.019.252240+31.4
14Daka, Justin2195ZAM−2B=16N+20B−7N+21N=9B−12N+19B−8N4.031.032.07.252171-5.8
15Zulu, ThomasCM2206ZAM=13B=10N+21N−3B−8NF−9B+20B+19N4.027.527.57.252206-1.4
16Masango, Spencer2147ZIM−4N=14B+17N=10N=11B−12B−8NF+20N3.532.032.011.002170+4.4
17Kabwe Timothy2202ZAM−1B=13N−16B+20N+18B−11NF−10B+21N3.529.529.57.502154-12.4
18Chisopa Dalitso2139ZAM−6B−11NF=9B−17N+20B+19N+21N−5B3.527.027.05.502160+3.8
19Kaoma, Micheal2159ZAM−7B=20N−10BF−9N=21B−18B−14N−15B1.028.028.01.001879-50.6
20Luanja, GeoffreyFM2202ZAM−3N=19B−14N−17BF−18N=21B−15N−16B1.026.526.51.001886-59.8
21Lemmy, Chishala2122ZAM−9NF−15B−11N−14B=19N=20N−18B−17B1.026.526.51.001867-45.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets