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Fide in the Bay January 2026 (B)

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26 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 24 Jan 2026 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1501, and top seed was Thomas Fogarty (🇿🇦 RSA, 1672).

Caleb Lippstreu ( FID, 1467) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Simon Fogarty (4.5) and Rofhiwa Muthavhi (4.0). Lippstreu shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Khwezi Sonti (1454) beat Ruan Heneke (1595), a +141-point gap.

Location
🇿🇦Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Dates
24 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 55 Min. Incr. 5 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇦Thomas Fogarty1672
Avg top 10
1,501
Participants
26
Federations · 2 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×20
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
10
4
1
2
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Fogarty4.5Lippstreu4.5Muthavhi4Fogarty3.5Plaatjies3.5Mbelekane3
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Lippstreu takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.5).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Simon Fogarty drew with Caleb Lippstreu (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Simon Fogarty 3 wins (R3–R5)Caleb Lippstreu 3 wins (R3–R5)Rofhiwa Muthavhi 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Simon Fogarty*
½
—
1
2Caleb Lippstreu
½
*——
3Rofhiwa Muthavhi——*—
4Thomas Fogarty
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Lippstreu, Caleb1467FID+20N=2B+13N+11B+6N4.512.514.011.752218+17.2
2Fogarty, Simon0RSA+22B=1N+23B+4N+7B4.512.013.010.7515600.0
3Muthavhi, Rofhiwa0RSA+8N+17B+11N−6B+10N4.011.013.010.0015380.0
4Fogarty, Thomas1672RSA=13N+16B+9N−2B+12N3.512.515.09.252292+21.2
5Plaatjies, Christopher0RSAF+?B=12N+18B+17N3.56.56.55.2514940.0
6Mbelekane, Hloma0RSAF+7N+10B+3N−1B3.014.014.09.5014940.0
7Sonti, Khwezi1454RSA+18N−6B+14N+25B−2N3.012.013.05.502395+27.6
8Sonti, Kamvalethu1430RSA−3B=15N+24B+17B=9N3.011.512.55.752284+23.2
9Mavayi, Usindiso0RSA+25B+23N−4B=10N=8B3.010.011.04.7514090.0
10Murray, Jaydon1501RSA+14B+12N−6N=9B−3B2.512.515.06.502330+43.2
11Swartz, Jane1418RSA+19B+21N−3B−1N=14B2.512.514.04.251568+31.6
12FREEMAN, Nicole1464RSA+26N−10B=5B+13N−4B2.512.013.05.25786-27.2
13Viljoen, Matthew0RSA=4B+24N−1B−12B+25N2.511.512.53.7512610.0
14Heneke, Ruan1595RSA−10N+20B−7B+23N=11N2.59.510.53.751184-62.0
15FIDE 143700500—−17N=8B−18N+19N+22B2.58.59.54.0014550.0
16Prinsloo, Liam1520RSA=24B−4N=22B+26N=21N2.57.08.02.751372-24.4
17Smile, Osakhe1485RSA+15B−3N+19B−8N−5B2.013.014.54.001424-6.8
18Sana, Enzokuhle0RSA−7B=22N+15B−5N=24N2.010.011.03.5012370.0
19Botlhole, Erato1418RSA−11N+26B−17N−15B=20N1.58.59.51.75651-36.4
20Bester, Brendan Michael0RSA−1B−14N+?NF=19B1.58.58.50.7512200.0
21Norris, Nathan1414RSAF−11B−25N+22N=16B1.57.07.02.251448+6.0
22Bownes, Fabian1406RSA−2N=18B=16N−21B−15N1.011.513.02.251274-13.2
23FIDE 143897970—+?N−9B−2N−14B−26B1.011.011.00.007950.0
24FIDE 5340400130—=16N−13B−8NF=18B1.010.010.02.2512820.0
25FIDE 143665090—−9NF+21B−7N−13B1.010.010.01.5014340.0
26FIDE 143608610—−12B−19NF−16B+23N1.07.57.51.006670.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets