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JR MAWERE U1900 FIDE RATED CHESS TOURNAMENT 2026 LADIES

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23 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 17 Apr 2026 to 19 Apr 2026 in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe. Top 10 Elo average was 1561, and top seed was Grace Zvarebwa (🇿🇼 ZIM, 1678).

Amos Blessing (🇿🇼 ZIM, 1666) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Melissa Nyashadzaishe Kambezo (5.0) and Grace Zvarebwa (5.0). Blessing took the lead from round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 5: IHUDE SHANESSA (1402) beat FLORENCE AMOS (1544), a +142-point gap.

Location
🇿🇼Kwekwe, Zimbabwe
Dates
17 Apr 2026 → 19 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇼Grace Zvarebwa1678
Avg top 10
1,561
Participants
23
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇼Zimbabwe×18
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Amos Blessing led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
10
5
2
4
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Blessing takes lead
Blessing6Zvarebwa5SHANTEL5Grace5Kambezo5Ndhlovu4.5
R6 · LEADER CHANGE19 Apr

Amos Blessing takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R1–R7 · UNBEATEN

Amos Blessing went unbeaten across 7 games (R1–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Amos Blessing*—
½
—
2Grace Zvarebwa—*
½
½
3IHUDE SHANTEL
½
½
*—
4Nyamugure Grace—
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Amos Blessing1666ZIM+19N+14B=4N+10B=2N+6N+7B6.025.526.521.501712+9.6
2Melissa Nyashadzaishe Kambezo1497ZIM+12B+21N+5B=6N=1B−3N+11B5.027.528.518.251678+38.0
3Grace Zvarebwa1678ZIM+8B+11N−6B+15N=5B+2B=4N5.027.029.520.001839+24.8
4IHUDE SHANTEL1657ZIM+15B+16N=1B+13N−6B+8N=3B5.025.027.017.001754+20.8
5Nyamugure Grace0ZIM=10N+20B−2N+12B=3N+13N+6B5.024.525.516.2515470.0
6Ndhlovu, Sicelo0ZIM+7N+9B+3N=2B+4N−1B−5N4.530.534.521.0016490.0
7Matinha Zvikomborero1490ZIM−6B+17N=16B+8N+19B+11N−1N4.522.023.011.501633+22.4
8IHUDE SHANESSA1402ZIM−3N+22B+20N−7B+9N−4B+14N4.022.523.59.001399-2.0
9AMOS ,FLORENCE1544ZIM+17B−6N−10N+20B−8B+21N+13B4.018.019.07.001319-18.2
10Zvidza Linda1430ZIM=5B+23N+9B−1N−11B+17N−12N3.524.024.08.501479+12.4
11Manyuchi Runyaradzo Joseline1457ZIM+22N−3B=12N+16B+10N−7B−2N3.523.524.58.251376-22.0
12Mahachi Rachael1530ZIM−2NF=11B−5N+18B+15N+10B3.521.521.59.751564+6.4
13Musemeki Anotida1499ZIM−16N+19B+14N−4B+17N−5B−9N3.021.022.06.00801-29.2
14Gwavava, Tariro0ZIM+23B−1N−13B−18N+22B+19N−8B3.017.017.02.0012840.0
15FIDE 110139400—−4N+18N+21B−3B=16N−12BF2.518.519.54.0013970.0
16Kachikwa Hazel T0ZIM+13B−4B=7N−11N=15BFF2.020.521.56.5014390.0
17FIDE 110369740—−9N−7BF+21N−13B−10B+22N2.017.017.02.006910.0
18MOYO NYTHAGY1493ZIM−20N−15B−22N+14B−12NF+21B2.013.014.04.00730-18.0
19Amyra Jain0ZIM−1B−13NF+22B−7N−14BF1.020.020.01.007520.0
20FIDE 110369820—+18B−5N−8B−9N−21BFF1.018.019.02.0013550.0
21FIDE 110370080—F−2B−15N−17B+20N−9B−18N1.016.516.51.007110.0
22FIDE 110275840—−11B−8N+18B−19N−14NF−17B1.015.516.52.0013260.0
23Muringani Sally1558ZIM−14N−10BFFFFF0.07.57.50.00630-13.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets