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2026 Africa Youth Chess Championship - 17th Edition (U18 Girls)

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22 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 15 May 2026 to 21 May 2026 in Imperial Botanical Beach Hotel, Entebbe (Uganda), Uganda. 4 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1795, and top seed was Sana Omprakash Kayyar (🇺🇬 UGA, WIM, 2041).

Jana Mohamed Zaki (🇪🇬 EGY, WIM, 2016) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Sana Omprakash Kayyar (7.5) and Nashipae Bella (7.0). Mohamed Zaki won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Tshegofatso Mojaki (1518) beat Otimile Maya (WCM, 1853), a +335-point gap.

Location
🇺🇬Imperial Botanical Beach Hotel, Entebbe (Uganda), Uganda
Dates
15 May 2026 → 21 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇬WIMSana Omprakash Kayyar2041
Avg top 10
1,795
Participants
22
Titled players · 4
WIM×2
WCM×2
Federations · 6 represented
🇺🇬Uganda×9
🇰🇪Kenya×4
🇿🇦South Africa×3
🇿🇼Zimbabwe×1
🇧🇼Botswana×1
🇪🇬Egypt×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

WIM Jana Mohamed Zaki led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
5
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Mohamed Zaki8Kayyar7.5Bella7Maya5.5Angel5.5Monchosi5
R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

WIM Jana Mohamed Zaki held the sole lead from R3 through R9 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WIM Jana Mohamed Zaki beat WIM Sana Omprakash Kayyar (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

WIM Jana Mohamed Zaki 4+3 wins (R1–R4, R6–R8)WIM Sana Omprakash Kayyar 5 wins (R5–R9)WCM Nashipae Bella 3 wins (R6–R8)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WIMJana Mohamed Zaki*
1
½
—
2WIMSana Omprakash Kayyar
0
*
½
—
3WCMNashipae Bella
½
½
*
0
4WCMOtimile Maya——
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mohamed Zaki, JanaWIM2016EGY+15N+4B+16N+2B=3N+13N+6B+14B=7N8.043.047.041.002053+16.4
2Sana Omprakash KayyarWIM2041UGA+13B+6N=3B−1N+7B+8N+4B+10N+14B7.545.049.538.001962-13.6
3Nashipae BellaWCM1800KEN+14B+17N=2N+9B=1B+4N+13B+7N−5N7.045.548.535.251934+62.8
4Atella Patience Angel1646UGA+21B−1N+22B+5B=8N−3B−2N+6N+13B5.544.045.020.001779+42.0
5Otimile MayaWCM1853BOT+20N−8B+7B−4N−6B+17N+9B=13N+3B5.540.041.523.751663-68.8
6Monchosi, Atlegang1658RSA+10N−2B+15N−8B+5N+16B−1N−4B+17N5.044.547.521.501741+27.6
7Arinaitwe Juliet1435UGA=11N+18B−5N+14B−2N+22B+15N−3B=1B5.044.545.519.001694+91.6
8Mojaki, Tshegofatso1518RSA+12B+5N−9B+6N=4B−2B−14N=15B+20N5.042.043.521.751708+73.2
9Muturi, Erica Mumbi1735KEN=18N+11B+8N−3N−13B=10B−5N+21B+15N5.039.040.519.501635-34.0
10Kylee Keza Katongole0UGA−6B−13N+20B=17N+19B=9N+11N−2B+21N5.034.035.514.5015960.0
11Carol Ndlovu1739ZIM=7B−9N+18B−12N=17B+21N−10B+20B+16N5.031.533.014.001604-39.2
12Nakatudde Mackline1754UGA−8N+19B−13N+11B=15N−14B+20N=16B+22N5.031.032.014.001481-86.0
13Zuri Tatiina1570UGA−2N+10B+12B+16N+9N−1B−3N=5B−4N4.548.552.521.751762+68.8
14Sherry Ariella Agaba1544UGA−3N+20B+17B−7N=16B+12N+8B−1N−2N4.544.546.016.501668+40.0
15Nuwareeba Talent1555UGA−1B+21N−6B+19N=12B+18N−7B=8N−9B4.038.540.012.001479-34.0
16Meeran, Museera1712RSA+19B+22N−1B−13B=14N−6N+18B=12N−11B4.037.538.511.251512-75.6
17Hailey Nio Mitchelle1583UGAF−3B−14N=10B=11N−5B+19N+18N−6B3.037.537.510.501474-34.4
18Nyakio Abigail1407KEN=9B−7N−11N+22B+21N−15B−16N−17B=19B3.030.031.06.251226-36.8
19Hope Millicent Odhiambo Tindi0KEN−16N−12N+21B−15B−10N−20N−17B+22B=18N2.527.028.04.0012360.0
20FIDE 108386430—−5B−14N−10N=21B−22N+19B−12B−11N−8B1.534.035.03.258820.0
21FIDE 5540195830—−4N−15B−19N=20N−18B−11B+22N−9N−10B1.531.532.51.758160.0
22FIDE 108789120—F−16B−4N−18N+20B−7N−21B−19N−12B1.028.028.01.507910.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets