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PCZ FLOWERS OPEN 4th Edition - Elite Section

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10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 06 Mar 2026 to 08 Mar 2026 in Livinstone, Zambia. 7 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2146, and top seed was Douglas D Munenga (🇿🇲 ZAM, FM, 2299).

Kabwe Timothy (🇿🇲 ZAM, 2190) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Charles Hapaku (7.5) and Geoffrey Luanja (6.5). Timothy shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Charles Hapaku (CM, 2063) beat Douglas D Munenga (FM, 2299), a +236-point gap.

Location
🇿🇲Livinstone, Zambia
Dates
06 Mar 2026 → 08 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇲FMDouglas D Munenga2299
Avg top 10
2,146
Participants
10
Titled players · 7
IM×1
FM×3
CM×3
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇲Zambia×10
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
5
1
3
1
1
1
1
2
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Timothy takes lead
Hapaku7.5Timothy7.5Luanja6.5Munenga5.5Nyambe4.5Mushota3
R4 · LEADER CHANGE07 Mar

Kabwe Timothy takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Timothy takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (33.0).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Charles Hapaku drew with Kabwe Timothy (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMCharles Hapaku*
½
½
1
2Kabwe Timothy
½
*
½
1
3FMGeoffrey Luanja
½
½
*
½
4FMDouglas D Munenga
0
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kabwe Timothy2190ZAM+10B=2N+4B+8N+9B+7B=3N=6B+5N7.533.034.526.002414+48.2
2Hapaku, CharlesCM2063ZAM+8N=1B+7N=3B+6N=5B+10N+9N+4B7.533.034.525.252428+82.0
3Luanja, GeoffreyFM2142ZAM+6B+5N=10B=2N=4B+8N=1B+7N=9B6.534.035.523.752312+41.0
4Munenga, Douglas DFM2299ZAM+9B=8B−1N=7B=3N+6B+5N+10B−2N5.535.036.516.002209-19.2
5Nyambe, MaketoCM2139ZAM+7N−3B+6N+9N+10B=2N−4BF−1B4.536.037.512.252173+7.8
6Kantalamba Mushota2122ZAM−3N=9N−5B+10N−2B−4NF=1N+7B3.037.539.08.502046-17.4
7Musonda CholaFM2168ZAM−5B+10N−2B=4N−8B−1N+9B−3B−6N2.538.039.55.751978-46.0
8Phiri, RichmondIM2278ZAM−2B=4N=9B−1B+7N−3BFFF2.038.540.06.002029-39.4
9Dimba, JamesCM2065ZAM−4N=6B=8N−5B−1N−10B−7N−2B=3N1.539.040.55.751882-38.8
10Mubita, Mwangelwa1996ZAM−1N−7B=3N−6B−5N+9N−2B−4NF1.539.040.54.751897-18.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets