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2026 Tshwane Chess Open Registration Tournament (B)

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34 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 31 Jan 2026 in Centurion, South Africa. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 0.

Aryan Mehta (🇿🇦 RSA, 0) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Aharon Glass (4.5) and Thato Jadezweni (4.0). Mehta shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

Location
🇿🇦Centurion, South Africa
Dates
31 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 55 Min. Incr. 5 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Avg top 10
0
Participants
34
Federations · 2 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×32
🇧🇼Botswana×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 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
15
6
2
3
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Mehta takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Aharon Glass drew with Aryan Mehta (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Aharon Glass 3 wins (R1–R3)Aryan Mehta 3 wins (R1–R3)Martin Slabbert 4 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Aharon Glass*
½
2Aryan Mehta
½
*
3Martin Slabbert*
4Thato Jadezweni*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mehta, Aryan0RSA+15N+11B+13N=2B+5N4.514.016.514.252337+38.4
2Glass, Aharon0RSA+24N+23B+6B=1N+12B4.513.015.012.7515950.0
3Jadezweni, Thato0RSA+20B=16N+21B=6N+11N4.011.513.510.501684+20.0
4Slabbert, Martin0RSA14N+34B+24N+13B+10N4.010.511.08.501711+41.2
5Seloane, Kamogelo0RSA+9B=21N+19B+7N1B3.514.016.010.5015310.0
6Janse Van Rensburg, Gerrit0RSA+30N+17B2N=3B+15N3.513.514.58.001682+4.0
7Swanepoel, Leja0RSA+18N+14B=10N5B+22N3.511.513.58.5015030.0
8Meeran, Museera0RSA+22N10B=18N+16B+14N3.510.512.58.251565+14.4
9De Waal, Nadine0RSA5N=29B+17N+28B+19N3.510.011.57.251694+19.2
10Smith, Eduan0RSA+26B+8N=7B=12N4B3.014.016.08.751624+32.4
11Kgotse, Thoriso0RSA+27B1N+25B+21N3B3.012.514.56.001412-27.2
12Bienedell, Robin0RSA=23N+28B+16N=10B2N3.012.013.56.5015020.0
13Westermann, Liezl0RSA+32B+31N1B4N+25B3.011.512.54.001527+7.6
14Van Der Merwe, Zander Christia0RSA+4B7N+31B=15N8B2.513.514.56.251520+10.4
15Truscott, Adriaan0RSA1B+27N+22N=14B6B2.512.514.55.2512530.0
16Strauss, Lune0RSA+33N=3B12B8N+26B2.512.513.04.501574+17.6
17Dsouza Ethan0BOT+25B6N9B=20N+29B2.511.513.04.7515310.0
18Feuth, Alexander0RSA7B+26N=8B19N+31B2.511.512.54.751672+12.4
19Vosloo, Dewaal0RSA=28N+33B5N+18B9B2.511.011.53.7515070.0
20Du Plessis, Mia0RSA3N22B+30N=17B+28N2.510.011.03.7515100.0
21Jansen, Alexia0RSA+29N=5B3N11B=23N2.012.514.04.2514360.0
22Exarchos, Isabella0RSA8B+20N15B+31N7B2.012.013.03.506980.0
23Jonker, Tertius0RSA=12B2N+29B25N=21B2.011.513.04.001505+7.2
24Kock, Luca0RSA2B+32N4B26N+34B2.011.512.01.501497-10.8
25Motau, Neelo0RSA17N+30B11N+23B13N2.010.511.53.001483-3.6
26Karsten, Chay0RSA10N18B+33N+24B16N2.010.010.52.501409-14.0
27Van Zyl, Albertus Petrus0RSA11N15B28N+30B+32N2.08.09.02.0015020.0
28Van Der Walt, Henrico0RSA=19B12N+27B9N20B1.511.513.53.25710-19.2
29Snyders, Meya0RSA21B=9N23N+32B17N1.510.011.02.751488-3.6
30Theron, Lydia0RSA6B25N20B27N+33N1.010.010.50.501376-7.2
31FIDE 143956810+34N13B14N22B18N1.010.010.50.5012900.0
32Jacobs, Johannes0RSA13N24B+34N29N27B1.08.59.00.501312-42.4
33Grobbelaar, Mienje0RSA16B19N26B=34N30B0.58.08.50.251139-46.8
34Haupt, Abigail0RSA31B4N32B=33B24N0.58.08.50.251179-54.0

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