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2025 NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP - WOMAN

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20 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 19 Dec 2025 to 22 Dec 2025 in Mzuzu, Malawi. 4 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1582, and top seed was Tupokiwe Msukwa (🇲🇼 MAW, WCM, 1700).

Tupokiwe Msukwa (🇲🇼 MAW, WCM, 1700) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Ellen Mpinganjira (6.5) and George Anny (6.5). Msukwa shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Chisale Mary (1416) beat Caroline Trapence (1624), a +208-point gap.

Location
🇲🇼Mzuzu, Malawi
Dates
19 Dec 2025 → 22 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for the whole game
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇲🇼WCMTupokiwe Msukwa1700
Avg top 10
1,582
Participants
20
Titled players · 4
WFM×1
WCM×3
Federations · 1 represented
🇲🇼Malawi×18
Top 3
  • 🥇
    WCMTupokiwe Msukwa
    🇲🇼MAW·1700
    6.5pts·1775perf+13.4
  • 🥈
    WCMEllen Mpinganjira
    🇲🇼MAW·1543
    6.5pts·1711perf+35.8
  • 🥉
    George Anny
    🇲🇼MAW·1545
    6.5pts·1646perf+20.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 3 players tied at 6.5/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
8
4
2
1
1
1
1
2
3
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Msukwa6.5Mpinganjira6.5Anny6.5Rachel6Tamara5.5Martha5.5
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 6.5/9. Msukwa takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (43.5).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WCM Tupokiwe Msukwa drew with WCM Ellen Mpinganjira (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

WCM Tupokiwe Msukwa 3 wins (R6–R8)George Anny 5 wins (R1–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WCMTupokiwe Msukwa*
½
1
—
2WCMEllen Mpinganjira
½
*
0
½
3George Anny
0
1
*
0
4WCMJailos Rachel—
½
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Msukwa, TupokiweWCM1700MAW+8B=2N+13BF=10N+6B+3N+7B=5N6.543.548.034.751775+13.4
2Mpinganjira, EllenWCM1543MAW+14N=1B+11N+16B−3N+5B=7B+10N=4B6.542.546.030.751711+35.8
3George Anny1545MAW+18B+19N+10B+5N+2B=7N−1B−4N+9B6.541.042.027.001646+20.0
4Jailos RachelWCM1629MAW−10N+9B−6N+15B+11N+8B=5N+3B=2N6.043.047.031.001628-0.8
5Kaliwo Tamara1463MAW+13B+12N+16B−3B+8N−2N=4B=6N=1B5.545.048.526.501644+88.0
6Kapalamula Martha1465MAW−11N+20B+4B+12N−7B−1N+16N=5B+14N5.539.540.021.251582+21.6
7Kapende Shalom1575MAW+15B−10N+19BF+6N=3B=2N−1N+12B5.044.545.521.501584+2.0
8Biziwiki Elizabeth1531MAW−1N+14B+15N+10B−5B−4N−11N+16B+17B5.038.542.019.501506-10.4
9Chisale Mary1416MAW=12B−4N−17N+19B+14N+13B=10N+11B−3N5.038.039.018.501569+48.8
10Tadeyo Charity1488MAW+4B+7B−3N−8N=1B+12N=9B−2B=11N4.545.049.523.501567+19.2
11Caroline Trapence1624MAW+6B−16N−2B+14N−4B+18N+8B−9N=10B4.540.042.018.751413-40.2
12Kumwenda Temwa1560MAW=9N−5B+18N−6B+17N−10B+20B+13N−7N4.535.536.013.001305-75.6
13Jambo, LindaWFM1579MAW−5N+18B−1N=17B+16N−9N+15B−12B+20N4.534.535.011.751394-30.0
14Chimeta Lucie0MAW−2B−8N+20N−11B−9B+19N+18B+17N−6B4.033.033.57.007150.0
15Banda Naomi1453MAW−7N+17B−8B−4N+20N−16B−13N+18B+19N4.030.531.07.00770-68.0
16Banda Tapiwa1536MAW+20B+11B−5N−2N−13B+15N−6B−8N=18N3.537.538.010.001364-32.8
17Nkhachani Sitchenjiwe0MAWF−15N+9B=13N−12B+20N+19B−14B−8N3.528.528.58.7513560.0
18FIDE 205116630—−3N−13N−12B+20B=19N−11B−14N−15N=16B2.032.533.02.7511460.0
19Kaunda Deborah0MAWF−3B−7N−9N=18B−14B−17N=20N−15B1.030.530.51.256970.0
20FIDE 205073800—−16N−6N−14B−18N−15B−17B−12N=19B−13B0.531.532.50.507160.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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