2026 Silver Lakes Chess Club Open (C)

Open SwissStandard

28 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 07 Mar 2026 in Pretoria, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 1165, and top seed was Gabri`ella Lindeque (🇿🇦 RSA, 1509).

Lungelo Maphumulo (🇿🇦 RSA, 1454) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Neo Seitei (4.5) and Gabri`ella Lindeque (4.0). Maphumulo shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

Location

🇿🇦Pretoria, South Africa

Dates

07 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 50 minutes with 10 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇿🇦Gabri`ella Lindeque1509

Avg top 10

1,165

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇿🇦South Africa×15

Top 3

🥇
Lungelo Maphumulo
🇿🇦RSA·1454
4.5pts·1427perf-1.6
🥈
Neo Seitei
🇿🇦RSA·1410
4.5pts·1674perf+26.0
🥉
Gabri`ella Lindeque
🇿🇦RSA·1509
4.0pts·627perf-24.4

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

Seitei4.5Maphumulo4.5Jonker4Lindeque4Van Rensburg3.5Van der Merwe3.5

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Maphumulo takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Neo Seitei drew with Lungelo Maphumulo (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Neo Seitei 4 wins (R1–R4)Lungelo Maphumulo 4 wins (R1–R4)Tertius Jonker 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Neo Seitei	*	½	—	1
2Lungelo Maphumulo	½	*	—	—
3Tertius Jonker	—	—	*	—
4Gabri`ella Lindeque	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Maphumulo, Lungelo	1454	RSA	+23B	+10N	+16B	+5N	=2B	4.5	13.0	14.0	11.75	1427	-1.6
2	Seitei, Neo	1410	RSA	+22B	+13N	+24B	+3B	=1N	4.5	12.5	13.5	11.25	1674	+26.0
3	Lindeque, Gabri`ella	1509	RSA	+25B	+8N	+?B	−2N	+7B	4.0	12.0	12.0	7.50	627	-24.4
4	Jonker, Tertius	1411	RSA	+27B	−?N	+10B	+24N	+9B	4.0	7.0	7.0	7.00	2274	+23.6
5	Mooki, Gomolemo	0	RSA	+11N	+15B	=?N	−1B	+13N	3.5	12.0	12.0	7.50	1246	0.0
6	Van der Merwe, Altus	1474	RSA	=7B	+21N	−9B	+23N	+8B	3.5	11.0	12.0	7.25	1453	-2.4
7	Van Rensburg, Ben	0	RSA	=6N	+26B	+?N	+?B	−3N	3.5	8.5	8.5	2.75	1468	0.0
8	FIDE 48718513	0	—	+28N	−3B	+15N	+16B	−6N	3.0	11.5	11.5	4.00	690	0.0
9	Van Der Walt, Henrico	1486	RSA	−?N	+27B	+6N	+11B	−4N	3.0	10.5	10.5	6.50	1441	-3.6
10	Cele, Asakhe	0	RSA	+?B	−1B	−4N	+?N	+15B	3.0	10.5	10.5	2.00	1303	0.0
11	Allison, Spencer	0	RSA	−5B	+?N	+25B	−9N	+19B	3.0	9.5	9.5	3.00	1447	0.0
12	FIDE 534043853	0	—	−?N	+?N	+14B	+?B	−?N	3.0	2.5	2.5	2.50	1431	0.0
13	Upadhyay, Savya	0	RSA	+?B	−2B	=23N	+21N	−5B	2.5	10.5	10.5	2.00	1430	0.0
14	FIDE 534019898	0	—	−18N	=17B	−12N	+22B	+?N	2.5	8.5	8.5	2.50	1467	0.0
15	FIDE 14379309	0	—	+?B	−5N	−8B	+?N	−10N	2.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	1440	0.0
16	FIDE 534043900	0	—	F	+?B	−1N	−8N	+21B	2.0	9.0	9.0	1.50	1461	0.0
17	Grahan, Tylo	1469	RSA	F	=14N	−21B	+20N	=23B	2.0	7.0	7.0	3.75	632	-22.0
18	Truscott, Ane	0	RSA	+14B	−24N	−19B	+28N	−?N	2.0	5.5	5.5	2.50	624	0.0
19	FIDE 534043268	0	—	−?N	+?B	+18N	−?B	−11N	2.0	5.0	5.0	2.00	638	0.0
20	FIDE 534043888	0	—	+?N	−?B	−?N	−17B	+27N	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	643	0.0
21	Padayachy, Vidya	1437	RSA	=26N	−6B	+17N	−13B	−16N	1.5	10.0	11.0	2.50	1470	+4.4
22	FIDE 534043861	0	—	−2N	F	=?B	−14N	+25B	1.5	8.0	8.0	1.00	627	0.0
23	Grahan, Chie-Ann	0	RSA	−1N	F	=13B	−6B	=17N	1.0	12.5	12.5	2.25	1191	0.0
24	FIDE 534043896	0	—	F	+18B	−2N	−4B	−?N	1.0	10.5	10.5	2.00	619	0.0
25	FIDE 534017585	0	—	−3N	+28B	−11N	−?B	−22N	1.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	707	0.0
26	FIDE 14379910	0	—	=21B	−7N	−?B	=?N	−?B	1.0	5.0	5.0	0.75	1233	0.0
27	FIDE 14379481	0	—	−4N	−9N	−?B	F	−20B	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	642	0.0
28	FIDE 534043870	0	—	−8B	−25N	F	−18B	−?N	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	620	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Seitei, NeoRSA
+26.0
4.5 pts · #3
2Jonker, TertiusRSA
+23.6
4.0 pts · #10
3Padayachy, VidyaRSA
+4.4
1.5 pts · #9

Top rating losers

1Lindeque, Gabri`ellaRSA
-24.4
4.0 pts · #24
2Grahan, TyloRSA
-22.0
2.0 pts · #19
3Van Der Walt, HenricoRSA
-3.6
3.0 pts · #12