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2025 National Individual Chess Championship

Open SwissStandard

24 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 13 Feb 2026 to 22 Feb 2026 in Monrovia, Liberia. 4 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1866, and top seed was Tondo James (🇱🇷 LBR, 1921).

David Leroy Debblay (🇱🇷 LBR, 1910) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Jallah Jacob (6.0) and Joe M. Wawoe (6.0). Debblay clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Prince Karpeh (1673) beat Jerrus Diggs (1857), a +184-point gap.

Location
🇱🇷Monrovia, Liberia
Dates
13 Feb 2026 → 22 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇱🇷Tondo James1921
Avg top 10
1,866
Participants
24
Titled players · 4
FM×1
CM×3
Federations · 1 represented
🇱🇷Liberia×24
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

David Leroy Debblay led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders
7
4
1
2
1
3
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Sambola takes leadKengo takes leadJallah takes leadDebblay takes lead
Debblay6.5Jallah6Jacob6Williams6Wawoe6James6— ex-leaders:Mooreled R3, #14
R5 · LEADER CHANGE17 Feb

Kemo K. Sambola takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

David Leroy Debblay beat CM John Jallah (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

David Leroy Debblay 4 wins (R5–R9)CM John Jallah 5 wins (R4–R8)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1David Leroy Debblay*
1
1
1
2CMJohn Jallah
0
*——
3FMJallah Jacob
0
—*
½
4Wallace O. Williams
0
—
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Debblay, David Leroy1910LBRF+16N+5B=13N+3BF+2N+7B+4N6.540.540.534.252249+44.0
2Jacob, JallahFM1874LBR+21N+3B=7N−8B+20N+10B−1B+12N=5B6.039.041.524.751907+6.6
3Joe M. Wawoe1802LBR+22B−2N+18B+16N−1N−4B+11N+10B+9N6.037.038.019.501863+24.8
4John JallahCM1869LBRF+11B−8N+17B+16N+3N+13B+6N−1B6.036.536.525.501974+20.4
5Wallace O. Williams1827LBR+17N+24B−1N=20B−7N+15B+14B+8N=2N6.035.035.018.751923+18.8
6James, Tondo1921LBR−16B−18N+23B+19N+22B+12N+10N−4B+7N6.029.530.018.001904-1.8
7Kennedy Zinnah Kengo1836LBR+18B+10N=2B−12N+5B+13N+8B−1N−6B5.540.543.524.001888+12.0
8Sambola, Kemo K.1824LBR=23B+15N+4B+2N+13BF−7N−5B−10N4.541.041.519.251860+14.4
9Jerrus Diggs1857LBRF−20B−11N=21B+23N+17B+15N+14N−3B4.528.028.511.751755-27.2
10Abraham KalokohCM1740LBR+11N−7B+22NF+12B−2N−6B−3N+8B4.039.540.513.501777+6.6
11Prince Karpeh1673LBR−10B−4N+9B−22N+21N+18B−3B−19N+17N4.032.033.013.001637-12.4
12Harold Evans1857LBRF+17B+24N+7B−10N−6B+16N−2BF4.030.530.511.501807-8.2
13Miller Moore1810LBR+20N+19B+14N=1B−8N−7B−4NFF3.531.531.512.251764-7.6
14Daniel KolliemelenCM1887LBR=15B+23N−13BF+18N+20B−5N−9BF3.529.530.07.751480-39.2
15Jamal J. Ghoson1712LBR=14N−8B−20N+23B+24N−5N−9BF+19B3.527.527.55.251726+2.8
16Monyou N. Johnwaye1771LBR+6N−1B+19N−3B−4B+22N−12BFF3.036.036.010.001702-21.6
17Christian Brownell0LBR−5B−12N+21B−4N+19B−9N+22B−18N−11B3.033.034.06.5016120.0
18Brilliance K Karwee0LBR−7N+6B−3N+24B−14B−11NF+17BF3.032.032.09.0016790.0
19Yarkpah, Richmond1602LBRF−13N−16B−6B−17N+24B+20N+11B−15N3.030.030.06.501640+10.0
20Morris Joe0LBR−13B+9N+15B=5N−2B−14N−19B−21NF2.532.532.511.0016430.0
21Menyon Alvin1703LBR−2BF−17N=9N−11BF+24N+20BF2.523.523.54.751690-4.0
22Onesimus R. Reed0LBR−3NF−10B+11B−6N−16B−17NFF1.026.026.04.0015410.0
23Elijah Saah0LBR=8N−14B−6N−15N−9BFFFF0.522.022.02.2514740.0
24James Bedell1702LBRF−5N−12B−18N−15B−19N−21BFF0.028.529.50.00940-90.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets