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2026 BCF National Youth Chess Championships- Under 18 & 16 Girls Section

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6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 07 Feb 2026 to 08 Feb 2026 in Mogoditshane, Botswana. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1372, and top seed was Nalamalpu Eesha Reddy (🇧🇼 BOT, WCM, 1780).

Otimile Maya (🇧🇼 BOT, WCM, 1755) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Nalamalpu Eesha Reddy (4.0) and Laone Phoebe Moshoboro (3.0). Maya shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

Location
🇧🇼Mogoditshane, Botswana
Dates
07 Feb 2026 → 08 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇼WCMNalamalpu Eesha Reddy1780
Avg top 10
1,372
Participants
6
Titled players · 3
WCM×3
Federations · 1 represented
🇧🇼Botswana×5
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
3
3
2
3
2
#1#2#3#6R1R2R3R4R5
Reddy#1Maya#2Moshoboro#3#4Nthale#5Fatima#6
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WCM Nalamalpu Eesha Reddy lost to WCM Otimile Maya (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

WCM Otimile Maya 4 wins (R1–R5)WCM Laone Phoebe Moshoboro 3 wins (R1–R3)

Cross-table

#PlayerElo123456PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
2🇧🇼WCMOtimile Maya1755*1111—4.07.007.0+46.02468
1🇧🇼WCMNalamalpu Eesha Reddy17800*11114.03.007.0+6.81807
3🇧🇼WCMMoshoboro, Laone Phoebe167100*1113.00.008.0-5.61641
4FIDE 113314450000*——0.00.0011.00.0936
5🇧🇼Bonno Nthale1550000—*—0.00.0011.0-31.6936
6🇧🇼Toor Noor Fatima1477—00——*0.00.0011.0-15.6926

Key insights

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