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Bojanala's Rusties - The Champions' tournament (Queens)

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14 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 13 Sept 2025 in Rustenburg, South Africa. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1729, and top seed was Thabang Mankga (🇿🇦 RSA, 1866).

Thabang Mankga (🇿🇦 RSA, 1866) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Karabo Teeke (4.0) and Kganya Sehularo (3.0). Mankga shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Reinhardt Boshoff (1574) beat Moses Mosweu (1776), a +202-point gap.

Location
🇿🇦Rustenburg, South Africa
Dates
13 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 55 Min. Incr. 5 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇦Thabang Mankga1866
Avg top 10
1,729
Participants
14
Federations · 2 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×13
🇱🇸Lesotho×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Thabang Mankga 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
7
3
1
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Mankga takes lead
Mankga4.5Teeke4Byliefeldt3Sehularo3Difotso3Sefodi3
R5 · LEADER CHANGE13 Sept

Thabang Mankga takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Thabang Mankga drew with Karabo Teeke (White).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

Thabang Mankga went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Thabang Mankga*
½
—
1
2Karabo Teeke
½
*—
1
3Leroux Byliefeldt——*
0
4Kganya Sehularo
0
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mankga, Thabang1866RSA+9B+4N=2B+5N+3B4.513.015.013.002075+17.0
2Teeke, Karabo1843RSA+13N+5B=1N+3B=4N4.013.514.510.751915+7.8
3Sehularo, Kganya1782RSA+12B+10N+6B−2N−1N3.013.515.57.001818+10.0
4Difotso, Tshegofatso1679RSA+14N−1B=8N+7B=2B3.013.014.06.501801+16.4
5Sefodi, Tshepisi0RSA+11B−2N+10B−1B+8N3.012.514.56.0017640.0
6Byliefeldt, Leroux1650RSA−8N+14B−3N+13B+11B3.08.09.04.001712+17.6
7Mosweu, Moses1776RSA−10B=9N+11B−4N+13B2.59.010.04.001652-33.2
8Teeke, Naleli1645LES+6B−11N=4B=9N−5B2.011.013.05.501669+2.8
9Goliath, Brimarion1652RSA−1N=7B=13N=8B=12N2.011.012.03.751638-5.2
10Boshoff, Reinhardt1574RSA+7N−3B−5N−12B+14N2.010.511.53.501694+4.8
11Motsuane, Lucky Mojalefa1696RSA−5N+8B−7N+14B−6N2.010.511.53.001647-5.4
12Setshedi, Salvation1703RSA−3N=13B−14N+10N=9B2.08.09.03.501565-37.2
13Dikane, Oageng1567RSA−2B=12N=9B−6N−7N1.011.513.52.001484-17.6
14Tshetlhe, Blessing1518RSA−4B−6N+12B−11N−10B1.010.012.02.001440-16.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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