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2026 Buffalo City Chess Trials 2 (U18 Boys)

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22 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 28 Feb 2026 in East London, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 783, and top seed was Onako Bambela (🇿🇦 RSA, 1646).

Tatenda Mbewe (🇿🇦 RSA, 1565) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Takunda Maipo (4.5). Mbewe shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

Location
🇿🇦East London, South Africa
Dates
28 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 50 minutes with 10 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇦Onako Bambela1646
Avg top 10
783
Participants
22
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×13
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
13
7
3
1
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Mbewe takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Takunda Maipo 3 wins (R1–R3)Tatenda Mbewe 4 wins (R1–R4)Sandile Magobiyane 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Takunda Maipo*
2Tatenda Mbewe*
1
3Sandile Magobiyane*
4FIDE 534010319
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mbewe, Tatenda1565RSA+11N+6B+3N+10B=9N4.513.516.515.001779+22.4
2Maipo, Takunda0RSA+?N+?B+5N=9B+10N4.59.59.58.001877+58.4
3FIDE 5340103190+?B+?N1B+16N+11B4.09.59.55.007640.0
4Magobiyane, Sandile0RSA+?B16N+?B+13N+8B4.08.08.06.0014830.0
5Botha, Tyler1631RSA+19B+8N2B+17N=6B3.513.015.08.752263+10.8
6Gola, Cwenga0RSA+?B1N+?B+?N=5N3.58.08.01.7514100.0
7Brown, Christopher0RSA=?N+?B+?B8N+21N3.54.54.51.5014970.0
8Mayo, Esinaye1463RSA+12N5B+18N+7B4N3.014.016.08.50841-10.8
9Bambela, Onako1646RSAF+17N+13B=2N=1B3.014.014.09.501564-4.4
10Cressey, Ryelee Jordan1525RSA+14B+21N+16B1N2B3.013.515.06.00764-18.0
11FIDE 53402119101B+?N+?B+?N3N3.08.58.50.0015480.0
12FIDE 53404230008B+?N=21B=15B+?N3.07.07.02.006630.0
13FIDE 5340324100+?N+?B9N4B+?N3.07.07.00.008470.0
14FIDE 534032436010N15B+?N+18B=?N2.57.57.52.007250.0
15Ngqiyana, Mbasa0RSA21B+14N+?B=12N?B2.57.07.04.007310.0
16Hutu, Likho0RSAF+4B10N3B+17N2.013.013.06.007250.0
17Slater, James0RSA+?N9B+22N5B16B2.09.59.51.00844-27.6
18FIDE 5340451980F+19N8B14N+?B2.07.57.52.006630.0
19FIDE 53404219905N18B?N+?B+?N2.05.55.50.008410.0
20FIDE 5340451800?B?N+?B?N+?B2.00.00.00.007310.0
21Mazinyo, Lelam0RSA+15N10B=12NF7B1.512.012.04.007250.0
22FIDE 5340451630F?N17B+?NF1.02.02.00.007310.0

Key insights

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