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SBDCA TRIAL 4 2026 (U16)

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22 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 14 Feb 2026 in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 1054, and top seed was Stefan Oosthuizen (🇿🇦 RSA, 1674).

Pedro Caleb Stuurman (🇿🇦 RSA, 1504) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Anrico Moolman (4.5) and Stefan Oosthuizen (4.0). Stuurman shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Pedro Caleb Stuurman (1504) beat Stefan Oosthuizen (1674), a +170-point gap.

Location
🇿🇦Jeffreys Bay, South Africa
Dates
14 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes for game
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇦Stefan Oosthuizen1674
Avg top 10
1,054
Participants
22
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×11
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
7
3
2
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Stuurman takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (15.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Anrico Moolman drew with Pedro Caleb Stuurman (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Anrico Moolman 4 wins (R1–R4)Pedro Caleb Stuurman 4 wins (R1–R4)Kevin-Clark Rudolph 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Stuurman, Pedro Caleb1504RSA+20B+3N+13B+4N=2B4.515.015.012.751791+42.0
2Moolman, Anrico1476RSA+14N+9B+7N+5B=1N4.513.516.013.751765+46.4
3Oosthuizen, Stefan1674RSA+15N1B+16B+6N+8B4.012.514.510.001493-19.2
4Rudolph, Kevin-Clark0RSA+?B+20N+6N1B+7N4.010.510.56.0015270.0
5McLachlan, Geoffrey1440RSAF+10N+8B2N+9B3.013.513.59.00653-19.2
6Maziena, Lavanya1482RSA+11B+21N4B3B+14N3.013.513.55.50876-10.0
7Krieger, Brian1533RSA+17B+22N2B+10N4B3.013.513.55.00653-24.4
8FIDE 110120720+12N+?B5N+15B3N3.012.012.05.007580.0
9Steenkamp, Gideon0RSA+?B2N+21B+11N5N3.010.510.53.006460.0
10FIDE 143840860+16N5B+19N7B+15N3.010.011.05.006870.0
11Bruton, Faith Elizabeth0RSA6N+12B+?N9B+19N3.010.010.04.006820.0
12FIDE 1439041808B11N+20B+?N+13B3.08.58.52.5014460.0
13Ngqoyiya, Somila1426RSA+18N+19B1N=14B12N2.512.013.04.25704-15.6
14Hendricks, Zayden0RSA2B+?N+?B=13N6B2.510.010.01.2511810.0
15FIDE 1438392603B+17N+22B8N10B2.012.012.02.008760.0
16FIDE 534015531010BF3N+18B+?N2.09.09.02.008760.0
17FIDE 53402890007N15B18N+?B+20N2.07.07.00.007340.0
18FIDE 534015183013B?N+17B16N+22B2.06.56.52.006260.0
19FIDE 5340197900F13N10B+21N11B1.08.58.50.006260.0
20FIDE 53402290201N4B12NF17B0.013.513.50.007040.0
21FIDE 143846630F6B9N19B?N0.07.07.00.006820.0
22FIDE 5340427760F7B15N?B18N0.07.07.00.007340.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets