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PCZ FLOWERS OPEN 4th Edition - Combined Section

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22 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 06 Mar 2026 to 08 Mar 2026 in Livinstone, Zambia. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1654, and top seed was siameja amolly (🇿🇲 ZAM, 1697).

siameja amolly (🇿🇲 ZAM, 1697) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Laone Phoebe Moshoboro (6.5) and Priyanshu Dinodia (6.0). amolly shared the lead from round 7 and won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Longwe Nthanda (1499) beat Laone Phoebe Moshoboro (WCM, 1697), a +198-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
🇿🇲siameja amolly1697
Avg top 10
1,654
Participants
22
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇿🇲Zambia×12
🇧🇼Botswana×6
🇿🇼Zimbabwe×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

siameja amolly led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 7 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.

Co-leaders
9
2
1
7
2
2
2
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9amolly takes lead
R8 · LEADER CHANGE08 Mar

siameja amolly takes the sole lead (6.0/8).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

siameja amolly 3 wins (R7–R9)Priyanshu Dinodia 4 wins (R1–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1siameja amolly1697ZAM+20N4B+13N+7B=5N=3B+6N+9B+10N7.041.043.531.751806+44.8
2Moshoboro, Laone PhoebeWCM1697BOT+14B+6N9N+4B11N+8B+3N=10B+5B6.541.045.033.751746+23.6
3Priyanshu Dinodia1680ZAM+11NF+10B+9N+6B=1N2B+12B=4N6.042.542.529.501821+50.1
4Niza Chilingwe1612ZAM+15B+1N+12B2N=9B6N+17B+11N=3B6.042.045.528.751688+15.2
5Chipanama Alinaswe1461ZAM+16B10N+15B+12N=1B9N+7B+6B2N5.541.044.525.501689+96.8
6Stephen Kakole1618ZAM+17N2B+8N+16B3N+4B1B5N+15B5.043.547.022.001570-18.8
7Obriel Nkomo1600ZIM+21B12N+18B1N16N+20B5N+19B+17N5.033.535.515.001347-63.6
8Kaboyaone Karl Amour1541BOT13NF6B+22N+19B2N+14B+16B+9N5.031.531.515.501639+32.4
9Pande Munashe1628BOTF+18N+2B3B=4N+5B+11N1N8B4.544.044.023.001626+1.2
10Ilunga Samson1623ZAMF+5B3N+20B+13N=11B=12N=2N1B4.541.041.020.251624+0.8
11Longwe Nthanda1499ZAM3B+21N+14B+19N+2B=10N9B4B12N4.539.541.518.251533+7.8
12Limande Misheck1651ZAMF+7B4N5B+20N+16B=10B3N+11B4.537.537.517.751590-22.8
13Katongo George1682ZAM+8B=19N1B+14N10B17N16N+22B+21N4.533.033.012.751541-38.4
14Maruatona Onthatile1556BOT2N+17B11N13B+21N+15B8N18B+22N4.033.533.59.50779-94.4
15Nkando Muyoba0ZAM4N20B5N+21N+18B14N+22B+17B6N4.032.032.09.0013050.0
16Ndala Adonai1653ZAM5NF+19B6N+7B12N+13B8N=18N3.536.536.514.751473-68.4
17Mutale Mumba Janelle0ZAM6B14N=21B+18N+22B+13B4N15N7B3.534.034.09.0014660.0
18Moshoboro Adeola1476BOTF9B7N17B15N+19N+20B+14N=16B3.530.530.511.751522+8.4
19FIDE 87363080+22N=13B16N11B8N18B+21N7N+20B3.530.530.56.7511740.0
20Kaboyaone Kael Vanya1548BOT1B+15N+22B10N12B7N18N=21B19N2.534.034.05.008090.0
21FIDE 872889507N11B=17N15B14B+22N19B=20N13B2.031.531.53.007850.0
22FIDE 8735670019BF20N8B17N21B15N13N14B0.029.029.00.007930.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets