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West Rand Open 2026 (Rooks)

Open SwissStandard

18 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 07 Feb 2026 in Randfontein, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 287, and top seed was Tshiamo Maseko (🇿🇦 RSA, 1459).

Kaylon Dass (🇿🇦 RSA, 1414) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Tshiamo Maseko (4.0) and Tshepo Menyatsoe (4.0). Dass broke clear in the final round.

Location
🇿🇦Randfontein, South Africa
Dates
07 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 50 minutes with 10 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇦Tshiamo Maseko1459
Avg top 10
287
Participants
18
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×6
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Kaylon Dass led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
16
8
4
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Kaylon Dass never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Kaylon Dass 5 wins (R1–R5)Tshiamo Maseko 3 wins (R3–R5)Tshepo Menyatsoe 4 wins (R1–R4)

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Dass, Kaylon1414RSA+11N+12B+17N+10B+7B5.010.511.511.502251+20.8
2Maseko, Tshiamo1459RSA+15N6B+9N+13B+5N4.011.013.010.002322+25.2
3Menyatsoe, Tshepo0RSA+?N+?B+6N+5B8N4.09.09.06.0015420.0
4FIDE 5340425800+?B5N+?B=?N+14B3.55.05.02.007220.0
5Arlow, Jonathan0RSA+18N+4B+14B3N2B3.013.513.55.50624-25.2
6FIDE 5340425390+?B+2N3BF+12N3.013.013.06.0014780.0
7FIDE 143768900F+9B+13N+12B1N3.012.012.07.0014450.0
8FIDE 534026045012N+?B+?NF+3B3.09.09.04.006510.0
9FIDE 5340425200+?B7N2B+16N+?B3.08.08.01.006240.0
10FIDE 5340133000+?B+16N+?B1N?B3.06.06.01.006380.0
11FIDE 53403214201B=?N+?B?N+?B2.55.05.00.006380.0
12Perry-Fisher, Iain Eric0RSA+8B1N+16B7N6B2.014.015.04.00638-20.8
13FIDE 143998300+?B+?N7B2N?B2.07.07.00.006240.0
14Ralebenya, Lebenya0RSA+?N+?B5N?B4N2.06.56.50.007220.0
15FIDE 1439987302B?N+18N?B+?B2.04.04.00.006240.0
16FIDE 143996100F10B12N9B+?N1.08.08.00.006510.0
17FIDE 5340425630+?B?N1B?N?B1.05.05.00.006380.0
18FIDE 53401929405B?N15B?NF0.05.05.00.007220.0

Key insights

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