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Kenya National Youth and Cadet Chess Championship Playoffs - U12 Girls

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16 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 10 Apr 2026 to 13 Apr 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya. Top 10 Elo average was 1082, and top seed was Kaburo Winnie (🇰🇪 KEN, 1792).

Kaburo Winnie (🇰🇪 KEN, 1792) won with 10.5/11, ahead of Riley Matingi (9.5) and Breetalizah Amanda (8.0). Winnie shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 9.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Salma Nkatha Mwenda (1412) beat Breetalizah Amanda (1605), a +193-point gap.

Location
🇰🇪Nairobi, Kenya
Dates
10 Apr 2026 → 13 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for the whole game
System
Swiss · 11 rounds
Top seed
🇰🇪Kaburo Winnie1792
Avg top 10
1,082
Participants
16
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇪Kenya×13
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

Kaburo Winnie led from R9; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders
8
4
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
35.58.511R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11Winnie takes lead
Winnie10.5Matingi9.5Amanda8Namwella7Imela7Mwenda7— ex-leaders:Mwendaled R3, #8
R9 · LEADER CHANGE12 Apr

Kaburo Winnie takes the sole lead (8.5/9).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Kaburo Winnie drew with Riley Matingi (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Kaburo Winnie 8 wins (R4–R11)Riley Matingi 5 wins (R4–R8)Breetalizah Amanda 5 wins (R7–R11)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Kaburo Winnie*
½
1
1
2Riley Matingi
½
*
0
1
3Breetalizah Amanda
0
1
*
0
4Nanjekho Namwella
0
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kaburo Winnie1792KEN+10N+5B=2N+4B+3N+9B+6B+7N+11B+8N+14B10.565.067.062.251905+20.4
2Riley Matingi1518KEN+15B+12N=1B+7N+4B+5N+9B+6N−3B+10N+11B9.564.066.052.751710+39.2
3Breetalizah Amanda1605KEN+9N+16B−4N+11B−1B−6N+12N+5B+2N+7B+10N8.065.567.543.001593-3.2
4Salma Nkatha Mwenda1412KEN+6B+11N+3B−1N−2N+10B−5B+12N+9B+14N−7N7.066.568.535.501522+23.2
5Abigaelle Imela0KEN+13B−1N+12B+6N+8B−2B+4N−3N−10B+9N+15B7.064.066.033.0014820.0
6Nanjekho Namwella0KEN−4N+14N+8B−5B+10N+3B−1N−2B+15N+16B+13N7.059.561.527.5015290.0
7Gichuga Wanjiru Wanjiku1646KEN−12B+15N+16B−2B−9N+14N+8B−1B+13N−3N+4B6.056.058.021.501529-34.8
8Jakharia Siddhi Vishal1440KEN−16N+9B−6N+15B−5N+11B−7N=13B+14N−1B+12B5.551.053.019.001489+4.0
9Keli Tumi0KEN−3B−8N+13B+12N+7B−1N−2N+14B−4N−5B+16N5.062.064.016.5013880.0
10Avriel Joy Agata0KEN−1B+13N−11B+16N−6B−4N+14B+15N+5N−2B−3B5.061.063.016.0013070.0
11Taji Muyanze0KEN+14B−4B+10N−3N−12B−8N+13B+16B−1N+15B−2N5.056.058.014.0012560.0
12Bridget Atieno Amaya0KEN+7N−2B−5N−9B+11N+15N−3B−4B=16N−13B−8N3.558.060.014.0012850.0
13FIDE 108940980—−5N−10B−9N−14N=15B+16B−11N=8N−7B+12N−6B3.048.050.09.2512230.0
14Tabitha Makena1402KEN−11N−6B−15N+13B+16N−7B−10N−9N−8B−4B−1N2.056.058.05.00773-48.8
15FIDE 108658290—−2N−7B+14B−8N=13N−12B=16N−10B−6B−11N−5N2.053.555.54.5013090.0
16FIDE 108366240—+8B−3N−7N−10B−14B−13N=15B−11N=12B−6N−9B2.050.052.08.2513310.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets