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2026 South African Junior Closed (U18 Girls)

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23 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 28 Mar 2026 to 02 Apr 2026 in Rustenburg, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 1598, and top seed was Maya Monteiro Correia (🇿🇦 RSA, 1766).

Museera Meeran (🇿🇦 RSA, 1564) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Bianca Hagan (7.5) and Atlegang Monchosi (6.0). Meeran won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Museera Meeran (1564) beat Maya Monteiro Correia (1766), a +202-point gap.

Location
🇿🇦Rustenburg, South Africa
Dates
28 Mar 2026 → 02 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇦Maya Monteiro Correia1766
Avg top 10
1,598
Participants
23
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×18
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Museera Meeran led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
5
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Meeran8Hagan7.5Monchosi6Monteiro Correia6Butler5.5Mojaki5.5
R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

Museera Meeran held the sole lead from R4 through R9 without losing it.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Museera Meeran lost to Bianca Hagan (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Museera Meeran 5+3 wins (R1–R5, R7–R9)Bianca Hagan 3 wins (R4–R6)Atlegang Monchosi 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Museera Meeran*
0
1
1
2Bianca Hagan
1
*
1
1
3Atlegang Monchosi
0
0
*
0
4Maya Monteiro Correia
0
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Meeran, Museera1564RSA+13N+7B+4N+3B+5N−2B+14N+10B+8N8.044.048.040.501909+124.9
2Hagan, Bianca1607RSA=10N+20B=14N+17B+3N+1N=7B+4B+5N7.542.044.537.751825+86.0
3Monchosi, Atlegang1669RSA+9B+17N+8B−1N−2B+12N−4N+14B+7N6.045.048.026.501641-12.4
4Monteiro Correia, Maya1766RSA+21B+11N−1B+14B=7N+6N+3B−2N=12B6.045.047.026.751654-35.2
5Butler, Kayla1650RSA−14N+18B+16B+9N−1B+8N+6B=7N−2B5.544.047.025.001553-38.8
6Mojaki, Tshegofatso1496RSA+12N−8B+15B=11N+14N−4B−5N+19B+10N5.538.041.022.251560+22.4
7Fauconier, Amber1501RSA+23B−1N+21B+8N=4B=15N=2N=5B−3B5.044.044.018.501565+21.2
8Timmerman, Mischke1433RSA+18B+6N−3N−7B+13N−5B+19N+9B−1B5.042.545.521.001500+23.2
9Viljoen, Amber1481RSA−3N+12B+10N−5B−17N+20B+11B−8N+16N5.037.039.520.001491+2.4
10FREEMAN, Nicole1421RSA=2B−16N−9B+20N+21B+18N+15B−1N−6B4.539.541.515.2513540.0
11Moyo, Tsulufelo1550RSA+19N−4B=13N=6B−12N+16B−9N+21B=14N4.536.538.516.001482-24.8
12Marx, Bronwyn0RSA−6B−9NF+18N+11B−3B+22N+13B=4N4.535.535.516.0015190.0
13Maharaj, Anaamika1474RSA−1B+22N=11B=16N−8B+21N+17B−12N=15B4.535.036.012.251480-5.2
14Lodi, Olebogeng1482RSA+5B+15N=2B−4N−6B+17N−1B−3N=11B4.047.050.018.501563+38.8
15Nyubatyha, Asiyolise1616RSAF−14B−6N+19B+16N=7B−10N+17B=13N4.033.533.514.751443-66.0
16Van Zyl, Cornelia Aletta1521RSA=20N+10B−5N=13B−15B−11N+18B+23N−9B4.033.533.511.001342-56.0
17Fourie, Marli1540RSA+22B−3B+23N−2N+9B−14B−13N−15NF3.032.032.06.001285-74.4
18FIDE 143563090—−8N−5N+20B−12B+22N−10B−16NF+23B3.027.027.03.507060.0
19FIDE 5340394900—−11B−21N+22B−15N+23NF−8B−6N+20B3.024.524.53.507240.0
20Karuppan, Zebada0RSA=16B−2N−18N−10BF−9N+23B+22B−19N2.528.028.03.0011850.0
21FIDE 143735990—−4N+19B−7N+23B−10N−13BF−11NF2.028.528.53.007460.0
22FIDE 5340158090—−17N−13B−19NF−18B+23N−12B−20NF1.022.522.50.007160.0
23FIDE 5340269160—−7NF−17B−21N−19B−22B−20N−16B−18N0.023.523.50.007210.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets