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SUSAN at 50 Under 16 Chess Championship

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17 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 26 Mar 2026 to 29 Mar 2026 in CrossRods Hotel - Lilongwe, Malawi. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 963, and top seed was Bwalya Margret (🇿🇲 ZAM, 1797).

Patil vijaykumar Shivasai (🇲🇼 MAW, 1635) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Bwalya Margret (5.5) and Batloung Lesela (5.5). Shivasai won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Patil vijaykumar Shivasai (1635) beat Bwalya Margret (1797), a +162-point gap.

Location
🇲🇼CrossRods Hotel - Lilongwe, Malawi
Dates
26 Mar 2026 → 29 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for the whole game
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇲Bwalya Margret1797
Avg top 10
963
Participants
17
Federations · 3 represented
🇲🇼Malawi×6
🇱🇸Lesotho×2
🇿🇲Zambia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Patil vijaykumar Shivasai led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
5
3
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

Patil vijaykumar Shivasai never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Patil vijaykumar Shivasai beat Bwalya Margret (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Patil vijaykumar Shivasai 5 wins (R1–R5)Bwalya Margret 3 wins (R1–R3)Batloung Lesela 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Patil vijaykumar Shivasai1635MAW+8N+16B+3N+6B+2N=5B+7N6.527.529.527.251996+77.6
2Bwalya Margret1797ZAM+14B+5N+10B=3N1B+12N+6B5.526.529.520.251735-12.8
3Batloung Lesela1631LES+15B+11N1B=2B+16N+6B+5N5.526.528.519.251749+24.8
4Moorosi Thato0LES10B+14N+11B+12N5B+8N+16B5.020.522.515.007630.0
5Nyirenda Sunny0MAW+17N2B+16N+13B+4N=1N3B4.527.527.513.251415-33.2
6Phiri Beston1539MAW+9B+12N+7B1N+10B3N2N4.028.531.514.001545+0.8
7Kakota praise1542MAWF+8B6N+9N+11B+10N1B4.024.526.514.001426-18.8
8Imedi Eugenio0MAW1B7N+?N+?B+13N4B+11B4.021.521.56.007900.0
9FIDE 2051118306N+17B13N7B+?B+?N+10B4.014.014.03.0013940.0
10Chitsime Dominic1482MAW+4N+13B2N+15B6N7B9N3.025.528.511.00825-38.4
11FIDE 205157400+?N3B4N+?B7N+15B8N3.021.521.53.007870.0
12FIDE 205132160+?N6B+17N4B+15N2B14N3.020.520.53.008660.0
13FIDE 205146380+?B10N+9B5N8B16N+17B3.017.517.54.007630.0
14FIDE 2051492102N4B+?N16B?N+17N+12B3.015.515.53.009970.0
15FIDE 2051488303N+?B+?B10N12B11N+?B3.014.514.50.007560.0
16FIDE 205122520F1N5B+14N3B+13B4N2.028.531.56.008380.0
17FIDE 2051572305B9N12B?N?N14B13N0.017.517.50.008450.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets