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Bermuda Triangle Chess Tournament 2026

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17 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 20 Jan 2026 to 24 Feb 2026 in Hamilton, Bermuda. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1785, and top seed was Moses Mufandaedza (🇧🇲 BER, 1981).

Moses Mufandaedza (🇧🇲 BER, 1981) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Nathan Dennis (4.5) and Don Dacres (4.0). Mufandaedza shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Randolph Joynes (1476) beat Larry Ebbin (1714), a +238-point gap.

Location
🇧🇲Hamilton, Bermuda
Dates
20 Jan 2026 → 24 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for the whole game
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇲Moses Mufandaedza1981
Avg top 10
1,785
Participants
17
Titled players · 2
CM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇧🇲Bermuda×15
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 4.5/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
7
3
1
4
4
2
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Mufandaedza4.5Dennis4.5Dacres4Place4Gontcharov3.5Seymour3.5
R3–R6 · LEAD HELD

Moses Mufandaedza held the sole lead from R3 through R6 without losing it.

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/6. Mufandaedza takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Moses Mufandaedza drew with Nathan Dennis (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Moses Mufandaedza*
½
1
1
2Nathan Dennis
½
*——
3CMDon Dacres
0
—*—
4Wolde Place
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mufandaedza, Moses1981BER+10B+4N+3BF=2N+5N4.519.522.516.752124+12.8
2Dennis, Nathan1685BER+17N+7B−5N+8B=1B+6N4.517.517.511.751959+28.2
3Dacres, DonCM1835BER+11N+8B−1N+7B−5B+9N4.017.019.011.001911+13.8
4Place, Wolde1733BER+14N−1B+15N+11B−6N+7B4.014.015.07.001889+25.2
5Gontcharov, SergueiCM1892BER=6B+9N+2BF+3N−1B3.521.024.013.252015+12.4
6John Seymour0BER=5N+15B−7N+12N+4B−2B3.517.018.08.7517720.0
7Cooper, Gary1834BER+13B−2N+6B−3N+12B−4N3.018.020.07.501613-28.2
8Warren, Jamel1749BER+16B−3N+17B−2N+11N−10B3.014.514.53.001467-28.8
9Simons, Chanjiv1785BERF−5B+14N+13B+10N−3B3.013.513.56.001708-6.8
10Davis, Brian1645BER−1NF+16B+17N−9B+8N3.011.511.54.001713+4.2
11Joynes, Randolph1476BER−3B+16NF−4N−8B+12N2.014.014.03.001565+14.0
12Ebbin, Larry1714BER−15N+14B+13N−6B−7N−11B2.011.512.53.001464-19.0
13Gontcharova, Olga1458BER−7NF−12B−9N+17B+14N2.09.09.01.00978-16.4
14Alli Abdullah0BER−4B−12N−9B+16NF−13B1.012.013.01.008730.0
15FIDE 88006260—+12B−6N−4BFF—1.010.510.52.0017240.0
16Sophia Burch0BER−8N−11B−10N−14BF+17N1.09.09.00.00823-62.0
17FIDE 88021060—−2BF−8N−10B−13N−16B0.015.516.50.008340.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets