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Kenya National Chess Championship 2025 - Ladies Section

Round-RobinStandard

11 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 26 Dec 2025 to 31 Dec 2025 in Nairobi, Kenya. 5 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1808, and top seed was Joyce Nyaruai Ndirangu (🇰🇪 KEN, WFM, 1889).

Jully Mutisya (🇰🇪 KEN, WCM, 1864) won with 8.0/11, ahead of Sasha Mongeli (8.0) and Nicole Albright (7.0). Mutisya shared the lead from round 9, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Ether Karanja (1633) beat Joyce Nyaruai Ndirangu (WFM, 1889), a +256-point gap.

Location
🇰🇪Nairobi, Kenya
Dates
26 Dec 2025 → 31 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 11 rounds
Top seed
🇰🇪WFMJoyce Nyaruai Ndirangu1889
Avg top 10
1,808
Participants
11
Titled players · 5
WFM×3
WCM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇪Kenya×11
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 11 · 11 rounds

WFM Sasha Mongeli led from R2 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.

Co-leaders
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
2
#1#2#6#11R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11Maina takes leadAlbright takes lead
R3 · LEADER CHANGE27 Dec

WFM Elizabeth Cassidy Maina takes the sole lead (2.5/3).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WFM Sasha Mongeli drew with WCM Jully Mutisya (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

WFM Sasha Mongeli 3 wins (R9–R11)WCM Jully Mutisya 3 wins (R9–R11)Nicole Albright 4 wins (R1–R5)

Cross-table

#PlayerElo1234567891011PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
2🇰🇪WCMMutisya, Jully1864*½11110½1118.037.7547.0+39.42029
1🇰🇪WFMMongeli, Sasha1862½*½½½1111118.033.7547.0+41.02029
3🇰🇪Nicole Albright17440½*1½1½½1117.029.7548.0+55.01950
4🇰🇪Kaloki, Zuri18480½0*01111½16.022.7549.0+7.61862
6🇰🇪WFMElizabeth Cassidy Maina17820½½1*01½0115.523.2549.5+25.61833
5🇰🇪Madelta Glenda172600001*½11115.518.7549.5+30.21839
10🇰🇪WCMNashipae Bella187210½00½*100½3.518.2551.5-107.61678
9🇰🇪Jumba, Gloria1789½0½0½00*1013.514.7551.5-29.61686
7🇰🇪Karanja, Ether163300001010*1½3.513.0051.5+15.61702
8🇰🇪WFMNdirangu, Joyce Nyaruai1889000½00110*13.511.0051.5-57.81676
11🇰🇪Kimani wanjiru1708000000½0½0*1.03.5054.0-56.61438

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets