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2026 NMBCU Trials 2 (U16)

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26 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 06 Mar 2026 to 07 Mar 2026 in Uitenhage, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 1602, and top seed was Benjamin Banda (🇿🇦 RSA, 1717).

Yomelele Oliphant (🇿🇦 RSA, 1621) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Benjamin Banda (5.0) and Sibonelo Mangala (4.5). Oliphant won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Jaeden De Jager (1400) beat Aishwarya Ranjith (1588), a +188-point gap.

Location
🇿🇦Uitenhage, South Africa
Dates
06 Mar 2026 → 07 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes for game
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇦Benjamin Banda1717
Avg top 10
1,602
Participants
26
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×22
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Yomelele Oliphant 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
10
6
3
2
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Oliphant6Banda5Mangala4.5Pakade4Kapp4George4
R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

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

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Yomelele Oliphant beat Benjamin Banda (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Yomelele Oliphant 6 wins (R1–R6)Benjamin Banda 4 wins (R1–R4)Sibonelo Mangala 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Yomelele Oliphant*
1
——
2Benjamin Banda
0
*
1
1
3Sibonelo Mangala—
0
*—
4Vukile Pakade—
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Oliphant, Yomelele1621RSA+18B+17N+4B+13N+2B+7N6.017.019.019.002443+84.8
2Banda, Benjamin1717RSA+14B+5N+7B+3B−1N+4N5.022.024.518.501844+29.6
3Mangala, Sibonelo1690RSA+19B+16N+13B−2N=7B+10N4.516.018.011.251759+20.4
4Kapp, Sebastian1676RSA+8N+6B−1N+16B+10N−2B4.021.523.512.501681+2.0
5Pakade, Vukile0RSA+21N−2B+24N−10B+8N+12B4.016.517.59.5015680.0
6George, Panashe1528RSA+20B−4N+14B−7N+17B+11N4.015.017.09.501535+1.6
7Step, Nicholas1584RSA+15N+9B−2N+6B=3N−1B3.523.025.512.251593+2.8
8Prinsloo, Liam1427RSA−4B=22N+18B+11N−5B+20N3.515.016.57.751556+12.8
9De Jager, Jaeden1400RSA+25B−7N−16B+20N+13B=19N3.512.012.05.501512+29.2
10TWIGG, Garen1548RSAF+20N+17B+5N−4B−3B3.016.516.58.001476-11.2
11Koj, Prince0RSAF+26B+12N−8B+16N−6B3.014.514.55.0014760.0
12Magwa, Sanele1457RSA+22B−13N−11B+19N+14B−5N3.014.015.56.001623+26.8
13Ranjith, Aishwarya1588RSA+24N+12B−3N−1B−9N=15B2.519.520.55.251477-30.0
14Smile, Osakhe1446RSA−2N+23B−6N=15B−12N+25B2.515.515.52.25769-41.6
15Botlhole, Erato0RSA−7B=19N=22B=14N=18B=13N2.512.514.05.2514320.0
16Coetzee, Schalk1492RSAF−3B+9N−4N−11B+18N2.018.020.05.501465-4.8
17Van Greunen, Melaney0RSAF−1B−10N+23B−6N+21N2.016.016.03.0013420.0
18FIDE 143700500—−1N=21B−8N+26B=15N−16B2.016.016.02.2511740.0
19Barry, Tyler1461RSA−3N=15B+21N−12BF=9B2.015.517.05.001411-13.2
20Meyer, Dawid1436RSA−6N−10B+26N−9B+25N−8B2.014.014.00.00676-71.2
21Gcwabe, Aventhandwa1444RSA−5B=18N−19B=22N+23N−17B2.011.512.52.75661-18.8
22Louw, Kaden0RSA−12N=8B=15N=21BFF1.513.013.04.0013170.0
23FIDE 143910230—F−14N+25B−17N−21BF1.06.56.50.006440.0
24Koutsouvelis, Joshua1574RSA−13B+25N−5BFFF1.06.56.50.00788-19.2
25FIDE 5340431440—−9N−24B−23NF−20B−14N0.010.010.00.006640.0
26FIDE 5340452950—F−11N−20B−18NFF0.010.010.00.006350.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets