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2026 MCA Welcome Tshwane (B)

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17 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 24 Jan 2026 in Centurion, South Africa. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1565, and top seed was Gabin Tshibangu Kabuya (🇿🇦 RSA, 1639).

Shaylen Marimuthu (🇿🇦 RSA, 1478) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Gunther Mittermaier (4.5) and NCUBE BRENDON (3.5). Marimuthu shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Shaylen Marimuthu (1478) beat Zac Gemmell (1632), a +154-point gap.

Location
🇿🇦Centurion, South Africa
Dates
24 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 55 Min. Incr. 5 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
Avg top 10
1,565
Participants
17
Federations · 2 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×15
🇿🇼Zimbabwe×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 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
8
5
2
4
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

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

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Gunther Mittermaier drew with Shaylen Marimuthu (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Gunther Mittermaier 3 wins (R1–R3)Shaylen Marimuthu 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Gunther Mittermaier*
½
1
2Shaylen Marimuthu
½
*
1
3NCUBE BRENDON
0
*
½
4Tumelo Mabala
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Marimuthu, Shaylen1478RSA+10N+6B+7N=2B+4N4.514.016.013.751882+75.2
2Mittermaier, Gunther1501RSA+13B+11N+5B=1N+3B4.513.014.011.751925+78.4
3NCUBE BRENDON1621ZIM+12N+14B=4N+6B2N3.512.513.57.251741+24.0
4Mabala, Tumelo0RSA+9B+15N=3B+10N1B3.512.513.57.2515410.0
5Kabuya, Gabin Tshibangu1639RSA+8N+7B2N+9B6N3.013.516.08.501421-34.8
6Gemmell, Zac1632RSA+15B1N+11B3N+5B3.013.014.06.0016320.0
7Meeran, Museera1503RSA+17B5N1B+11N+10B3.011.511.54.001570+15.6
8Bogatsu, Oarabile1542RSA5B=9N=12B+17N+14B3.08.08.03.0015640.0
9Ngwangwa, Nonhlanhla0RSA4N=8B+16N5N+12B2.511.012.04.0015550.0
10Thakur, Yuv1545RSA1B+13N+14N4B7N2.012.013.02.001375-27.6
11Rust, Christoph1608RSA+16N2B6N7B+13N2.011.512.52.001327-62.0
12Ramonyai, Maribe1529RSA3BF=8N+13B9N1.510.010.02.50821-14.8
13Erasmus, Mateo0RSA2N10B+15B12N11B1.010.011.01.0012870.0
14Buchner, Emil1528RSAF3N10B+16B8N1.09.59.51.001410-18.4
15Radia, Diya1443RSA6N4B13NF+17B1.07.57.50.00837-10.0
16Jonker, Tertius1465RSA11B+17N9B14NF1.05.55.50.00773-25.6
17FIDE 53402412307N16BF8B15N0.08.08.00.006610.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets