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2026 Sataranji Africa Grand Prix - Ladies

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26 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 18 Apr 2026 to 19 Apr 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1622, and top seed was Nicole Albright (🇰🇪 KEN, 1763).

Nashipae Bella (🇰🇪 KEN, WCM, 1753) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Nicole Albright (5.0) and Lucy Wanjiru (4.5). Bella won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 2: KitongaMirriam (1402) beat Oluchiri Jadarudo Achieng (1557), a +155-point gap.

Location
🇰🇪Nairobi, Kenya
Dates
18 Apr 2026 → 19 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for the whole game
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇰🇪Nicole Albright1763
Avg top 10
1,622
Participants
26
Titled players · 2
WCM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇪Kenya×17
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

WCM Nashipae Bella led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
11
7
4
2
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Bella5.5Albright5Wanjiru4.5Wanja4Moraa4Kagwiria4
R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

WCM Nashipae Bella held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WCM Nashipae Bella beat Nicole Albright (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

WCM Nashipae Bella 5 wins (R1–R5)Nicole Albright 3 wins (R4–R6)WCM Lucy Wanjiru 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WCMNashipae Bella*
1
1
—
2Nicole Albright
0
*——
3WCMLucy Wanjiru
0
—*—
4Yvonne Wanja———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Nashipae BellaWCM1753KEN+16N+5B+2B+4N+3B=9N5.521.023.521.752005+50.8
2Nicole Albright1763KEN+11N+9B−1N+12B+16N+5B5.019.021.516.001857+14.0
3Wanjiru, LucyWCM1642KEN+7N+26B+12N+10B−1N=16B4.518.019.012.251713+10.4
4Isoe Norah Moraa0KEN+8B+21N+6B−1B−9N+10N4.020.021.512.5015280.0
5Francisca Kagwiria1595KEN+14B−1N+17B+22N+10B−2N4.019.020.09.501523-5.8
6Yvonne Wanja0KEN+23N+7B−4N−16B+18N+12B4.016.017.010.5014850.0
7Sang Blessing Cherono1430KEN−3B−6N+21B+17N+24B+13N4.015.516.58.001567+14.0
8FIDE 108749680—−4N+23B−11N+20B+19B+17N4.013.014.07.007570.0
9Kagambi, Angel1715KENF−2N+13B+19N+4B=1B3.520.022.011.751565-15.2
10Njuguna Lisa Wanjiru0KEN+15B+14N+22B−3N−5N−4B3.018.519.57.0014300.0
11Oluchiri Jadarudo Achieng1557KEN−2B−12N+8B+15N−13B+19N3.018.020.09.00783-38.0
12KitongaMirriam1402KEN+20N+11B−3B−2N+22B−6N3.018.019.05.501529+16.4
13Keira Sanford0KEN=17N+20B−9N=18B+11N−7B3.015.517.07.0014560.0
14Kamoni Elsie Wambui1429KEN−5N−10B−18N+25B+20N+24B3.012.013.03.50731-29.2
15FIDE 5540224280—−10N−17B+25N−11B+?N+22B3.010.510.52.007570.0
16Gathoni, Kayleen1479KEN−1B+19NF+6N−2B=3N2.521.022.08.251446-4.4
17FIDE 5540224360—=13B+15N−5N−7B+21N−8B2.518.019.56.0013810.0
18Chumo, Aurelia Jemutai1466KENFF+14B=13N−6B+23N2.514.515.55.502229+9.0
19FIDE 108991380—+25N−16B+24N−9B−8N−11B2.014.015.02.007840.0
20FIDE 108594380—−12B−13N+23B−8N−14B=21N1.514.515.51.7511680.0
21Thuku Tasha Wangari1491KEN−26N−4B−7N+23N−17B=20B1.513.014.01.75794-30.4
22FIDE 5540105780—+24BF−10N−5B−12N−15N1.015.516.51.006990.0
23FIDE 108982630—−6B−8N−20N−21B+25N−18B1.013.514.51.006790.0
24FIDE 5540205220—−22N+25B−19BF−7N−14N1.011.012.01.006310.0
25FIDE 108471380—−19B−24N−15B−14N−23B+?N1.010.010.00.006290.0
26Madelta Glenda1756KEN+21B−3NFFFF1.09.59.51.501567-9.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets