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2026 Intervarsity Chess Championship

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20 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 09 Mar 2026 to 10 Mar 2026 in Maseru, Lesotho. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1140, and top seed was Masuku Vukani (🇸🇿 SWZ, 1765).

Tumelo Putsoa (🇱🇸 LES, 1689) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Ngwenya Kwanele Mangaliso (5.5) and Sekhonyana Relebohile (4.5). Putsoa won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Lipholo Rorisang (1462) beat Masuku Vukani (1765), a +303-point gap.

Location
🇱🇸Maseru, Lesotho
Dates
09 Mar 2026 → 10 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 65 minutes for game
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇸🇿Masuku Vukani1765
Avg top 10
1,140
Participants
20
Federations · 2 represented
🇱🇸Lesotho×10
🇸🇿Eswatini×3
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tumelo Putsoa led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
5
1
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

Tumelo Putsoa never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Tumelo Putsoa beat Ngwenya Kwanele Mangaliso (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Tumelo Putsoa 5 wins (R1–R5)Ngwenya Kwanele Mangaliso 3 wins (R2–R4)Sekhonyana Relebohile 4 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Tumelo Putsoa1689LES+7N+17B+8N+4B+2N=3B+5N6.525.527.525.252456+34.0
2Ngwenya Kwanele Mangaliso1710SWZ=18B+5N+9B+14N1B+7N+3N5.524.525.518.501771+5.4
3Sekhonyana Relebohile0LES10N+16B+17N+6B+14N=1N2B4.524.526.514.2516710.0
4Marake Kabelo1601LES+11N+15B=14B1N+9B5N+7B4.523.526.014.251646+7.2
5Dlamini Bandiswa0SWZ8N2B+20N+19B+10N+4B1B4.024.024.08.5016350.0
6Thabang Nate1651LES+20B9N+11B3N12B+19N+15N4.018.018.06.50662-30.0
7Katleho Earnest Borotho0LES1B+19N=15N+10B+8N2B4N3.526.026.58.7514420.0
8Tumisang Sepipi0LES+5B+18N1B=9N7B+11N12B3.524.525.510.2513950.0
9Lipholo Rorisang1462LES+12N+6B2N=8B4N15B+14N3.523.526.011.751682+44.0
10Pontso Makhebesela1524LES+3B14N+12B7N5B+13N=11B3.522.024.512.75964-3.8
11Mochela Mphuthi0LES4B+20N6N+15B+17N8B=10N3.520.020.06.2513160.0
12Thabang Serero0LES9BF10N=16B+6N+14B+8N3.519.519.511.2515980.0
13FIDE 213040500FFF+?B+18N10B+17N3.06.56.53.007160.0
14Masuku Vukani1765SWZ+16N+10B=4N2B3B12N9B2.525.027.58.251485-58.4
15FIDE 207039530F4N=7B11N+16B+9N6B2.521.521.57.7514460.0
16FIDE 20703929014B3N+18B=12N15N+17B?N2.516.016.04.759640.0
17FIDE 207039450+19B1N3B+18N11B16N13B2.021.021.51.509130.0
18FIDE 213044750=2N8B16N17B13B?N=19B1.017.017.03.0017100.0
19FIDE 21305161017N7BF5NF6B=18N0.514.514.50.508510.0
20FIDE 2070393706N11B5BFFFF0.012.012.00.008510.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets