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Zambia Youth and Schools closed chess Championship- U16&18 Boys

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14 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 11 May 2026 to 13 May 2026 in Liusaka- OYDC, Zambia. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1023, and top seed was Sauti Joshua Lisuku (🇿🇲 ZAM, 2040).

Shane Kennedy (🇿🇲 ZAM, CM, 1953) won with 7.0/7, ahead of Sauti Joshua Lisuku (5.5) and Chipanama Alinaswe (4.0). Kennedy won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Chipanama Alinaswe (1579) beat Banda Gift (1714), a +135-point gap.

Location
🇿🇲Liusaka- OYDC, Zambia
Dates
11 May 2026 → 13 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇲Sauti Joshua Lisuku2040
Avg top 10
1,023
Participants
14
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇲Zambia×9
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

CM Shane Kennedy led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
5
3
2
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Kennedy7Lisuku5.5Alinaswe4Alex44Gift4
R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

CM Shane Kennedy never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Shane Kennedy beat Sauti Joshua Lisuku (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Shane Kennedy 7 wins (R1–R7)Sauti Joshua Lisuku 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMShane Kennedy*
1
1
—
2Sauti Joshua Lisuku
0
*
1
½
3Chipanama Alinaswe
0
0
*
0
4Siamalido Alex—
½
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Shane KennedyCM1953ZAM+5N+10B+2N+4B+3N+9B+8N7.024.027.027.002522+40.0
2Sauti Joshua Lisuku2040ZAM+14B+3N−1B+8N+4B+5N=6B5.526.527.018.001832-33.2
3Chipanama Alinaswe1579ZAM+11N−2B+9N+5B−1B−6N+4B4.027.530.514.001645+8.4
4Banda Gift1714ZAM+8B+13N+6B−1N−2N+11B−3N4.027.028.011.501577-31.2
5Bowa Kaluba0ZAM−1B+12N+13B−3N+7B−2B+14N4.023.023.57.0010580.0
6Siamalido Alex1505ZAM=7B+14N−4N−9B+12N+3B=2N4.022.022.510.751572+7.6
7FIDE 87363160—=6N=9B−11N+10B−5N+14B+13N4.018.018.58.0014700.0
8Chanda Chisanga0ZAM−4N+11B+10N−2B=9N+13B−1B3.525.526.58.5014640.0
9Nkando Muyoba1435ZAM+12B=7N−3B+6N=8B−1N−10B3.025.527.09.251515+8.4
10FIDE 87274810—F−1N−8B−7N+14B+12B+9N3.019.519.55.0016940.0
11Gaspar Marek0ZAM−3B−8N+7B+14N+13B−4N−12B3.018.018.55.508470.0
12FIDE 87359640—−9N−5B=14B−13N−6B−10N+11N1.518.018.53.256700.0
13FIDE 87368470—F−4B−5N+12B−11N−8N−7B1.020.020.01.509140.0
14FIDE 87347390—−2N−6B=12N−11B−10N−7N−5B0.523.525.00.759730.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets