SBDCA TRIAL 4 2026 (U16)
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.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight 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.
2 players finish on 4.5/5. Stuurman takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (15.0).
Anrico Moolman drew with Pedro Caleb Stuurman (Black).
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Anrico Moolman | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2Pedro Caleb Stuurman | ½ | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Kevin-Clark Rudolph | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Stefan Oosthuizen | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stuurman, Pedro Caleb | 1504 | RSA | +20B | +3N | +13B | +4N | =2B | 4.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 12.75 | 1791 | +42.0 |
| 2 | Moolman, Anrico | 1476 | RSA | +14N | +9B | +7N | +5B | =1N | 4.5 | 13.5 | 16.0 | 13.75 | 1765 | +46.4 |
| 3 | Oosthuizen, Stefan | 1674 | RSA | +15N | −1B | +16B | +6N | +8B | 4.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 10.00 | 1493 | -19.2 |
| 4 | Rudolph, Kevin-Clark | 0 | RSA | +?B | +20N | +6N | −1B | +7N | 4.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 6.00 | 1527 | 0.0 |
| 5 | McLachlan, Geoffrey | 1440 | RSA | F | +10N | +8B | −2N | +9B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 9.00 | 653 | -19.2 |
| 6 | Maziena, Lavanya | 1482 | RSA | +11B | +21N | −4B | −3B | +14N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 5.50 | 876 | -10.0 |
| 7 | Krieger, Brian | 1533 | RSA | +17B | +22N | −2B | +10N | −4B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 5.00 | 653 | -24.4 |
| 8 | FIDE 11012072 | 0 | — | +12N | +?B | −5N | +15B | −3N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 5.00 | 758 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Steenkamp, Gideon | 0 | RSA | +?B | −2N | +21B | +11N | −5N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.00 | 646 | 0.0 |
| 10 | FIDE 14384086 | 0 | — | +16N | −5B | +19N | −7B | +15N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 5.00 | 687 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Bruton, Faith Elizabeth | 0 | RSA | −6N | +12B | +?N | −9B | +19N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.00 | 682 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 14390418 | 0 | — | −8B | −11N | +20B | +?N | +13B | 3.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.50 | 1446 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Ngqoyiya, Somila | 1426 | RSA | +18N | +19B | −1N | =14B | −12N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 4.25 | 704 | -15.6 |
| 14 | Hendricks, Zayden | 0 | RSA | −2B | +?N | +?B | =13N | −6B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.25 | 1181 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 14383926 | 0 | — | −3B | +17N | +22B | −8N | −10B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.00 | 876 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 534015531 | 0 | — | −10B | F | −3N | +18B | +?N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 876 | 0.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 534028900 | 0 | — | −7N | −15B | −18N | +?B | +20N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 734 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 534015183 | 0 | — | −13B | −?N | +17B | −16N | +22B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.00 | 626 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 534019790 | 0 | — | F | −13N | −10B | +21N | −11B | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 626 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 534022902 | 0 | — | −1N | −4B | −12N | F | −17B | 0.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 0.00 | 704 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 14384663 | 0 | — | F | −6B | −9N | −19B | −?N | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 682 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 534042776 | 0 | — | F | −7B | −15N | −?B | −18N | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 734 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Moolman, AnricoRSA+46.44.5 pts · #1
- 2Stuurman, Pedro CalebRSA+42.04.5 pts · #2
- 3FIDE 110120720.03.0 pts · #9
- 1Krieger, BrianRSA-24.43.0 pts · #18
- 2McLachlan, GeoffreyRSA-19.23.0 pts · #16
- 3Oosthuizen, StefanRSA-19.24.0 pts · #4
- R2+170 Elo gap