2025 Victoria EA U21 Chess Championship Hawi Kaloki triumphs
The 2025 Victoria EA U21 Chess Championship ended this evening with Hawi Kaloki winning the Prestige Section with an impressive score of 7.5 points out of eight rounds. Hot on his heels were Rishit Ravat & Gichuga Mathenge with 6.5 points each. This section had a total of 70 participants.
Shakira Shukri won the Prestige Ladies Section with seven points out of eight rounds. Zena Ibrahim & Shirlyn Gathoni Onyango both scored 6.5 points to end up in joint second place. A total of 32 players participated in this hotly contested section.
Henry Wara Mudogo won the Elite Section with seven points, beating a field of 200 participants, while Elian Ella won the Elite Ladies Section with a perfect score of 8 points, out of a field of 95 players.
The event, hosted by the Victoria Chess Club, was the second edition, following the first one held in 2024. The symbolic first move was made by Anyang Nyong’o, the Governor of Kisumu County, confirming its status as a top sporting event.
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Event Details
Venue: Sarova Imperial Hotel, Kisumu
Dates: 7th to 9th November 2025.
Time control: 90 minutes flat.
Rounds: 8 rounds
Sections: Prestige, Prestige Ladies, Elite & Elite Ladies.
Entry fee KES 3,000 for the Prestige Section and KES 2,000 for the Elite Section.
Links
2025 Victoria EA Chess Championship on chess-results.com.
Live Games from 2025 Victoria EA U21 Chess Championship Prestige Section.
Live Games from the 2025 Victoria EA U21 Chess Championship Elite Section.
Photo Album from the 2025 Victoria EA Chess Championship.
2024 Victoria East Africa U21 Open Chess Championship.
Victoria U21 Chess Championship on livechesscloud.com.
Victoria East Africa U21 FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament on chess-results.com.
Ben Magana wins 2023 Kisumu Classical Chess Tournament.
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Article by Kenya Chess Masala.