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2026 South African Junior Closed (U20 Boys)

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24 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 28 Mar 2026 to 02 Apr 2026 in Rustenburg, South Africa. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1827, and top seed was Tyler Nevin (🇿🇦 RSA, CM, 1965).

Tyler Nevin (🇿🇦 RSA, CM, 1965) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Michael Berndt (6.5) and Bongolethu Ncethelo (6.0). Nevin shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Nkosikhona Jele (1723) beat Neathan Peter (CM, 1955), a +232-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
🇿🇦CMTyler Nevin1965
Avg top 10
1,827
Participants
24
Titled players · 2
CM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×23
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

CM Tyler Nevin led from R6; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
6
5
1
3
3
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Nevin takes lead
Nevin8Berndt6.5Ncethelo6Meise5.5Jele5Peter5
R6 · LEADER CHANGE31 Mar

CM Tyler Nevin takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Tyler Nevin drew with Michael Berndt (Black).

R6–R9 · WIN STREAK

CM Tyler Nevin won 4 in a row (R6–R9).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMTyler Nevin*
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½
2Michael Berndt
½
*
½
1
3Bongolethu Ncethelo—
½
*—
4Keagen Meise
½
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Nevin, TylerCM1965RSA+7N+15B=2N+16B=4N+5B+8N+6B+9N8.041.045.039.002108+24.4
2Berndt, Michael1771RSA+19B+23N=1B−8N+15B=7N+4N=3B+5N6.541.542.528.001929+65.6
3Ncethelo, Bongolethu1891RSA=11N+16B−6N=7B+9N=17B+5N=2N+10B6.040.044.029.001829-12.2
4Meise, Keagen1869RSA+13B+21N=8B=5N=1B=10N−2B=15N+12B5.542.545.025.001821-8.8
5Jele, Nkosikhona1723RSA+20N+6B+11N=4B=8B−1N−3B+13N−2B5.045.048.022.251815+42.4
6Peter, NeathanCM1955RSAF−5N+3B=15N+12B=8N+10B−1N+7B5.043.547.525.001887-13.0
7Goliath, Brimarion1659RSA−1B+19N=18B=3N+16N=2B=9N+11B−6N5.043.046.022.251801+28.6
8Lagardien, Ismaeel1843RSA+17N+24B=4N+2B=5N=6B−1B−10N=15B5.043.044.021.251819-5.2
9Ntsunguzi, Siyamamkela1648FIDF+22N+23B=10N−3B+12N=7B+14N−1B5.039.540.516.501785+25.2
10Jones, William1746RSAF+12B+24N=9B+11N=4B−6N+8B−3N5.036.536.520.251869+26.0
11Williams, Elegeaux1646RSA=3B+14N−5B+13N−10B=15N+22B−7N=18B4.538.039.517.501677+6.6
12Budge, Daniel1750RSA=14B−10N+19B+18N−6N−9B+20N+17B−4N4.536.039.016.251645-23.2
13Daniels, Reuben1510RSA−4N+20B−15N−11B+19N+16B+18N−5B=17N4.534.037.016.001616+19.8
14Ngobeni, Njabulo1595RSA=12N−11B−17N+20B+24N−18B+16N−9B+21N4.531.532.512.751658+14.6
15Severin, Martin1756RSAF−1N+13B=6B−2N=11B+17N=4B=8N4.043.044.518.501770+3.2
16Grobler, Johannes Theodo1588RSA+18B−3N+21B−1N−7B−13N−14B+20B+19N4.038.040.512.501577-6.4
17Molusi, Katlego1599RSA−8B−18N+14B+23N+21B=3N−15B−12N=13B4.035.036.013.251657+8.6
18Mangcotywa, Lihle0RSA−16N+17B=7N−12B=20N+14N−13B=19B=11N4.034.037.016.2515610.0
19Perring, Mekhail1595RSA−2N−7B−12N=22B−13B+23N+24B=18N−16B3.031.032.04.751400-33.4
20Swindell, Reese1498RSA−5B−13N+22B−14N=18B+24N−12B−16N=23B3.029.030.05.001455-9.0
21Mella, Emorej1603RSAF−4B−16N=24B−17NF+23B+22N−14B2.523.023.03.001437-26.0
22Ndzothoyi, Asekho1536RSAF−9B−20N=19N+23BF−11N−21BF1.525.526.52.501231-63.2
23Bruwer, Wian0RSAF−2B−9N−17B−22N−19B−21N=24B=20N1.026.526.52.0012830.0
24Mathe, Thabang1578RSAF−8N−10B=21N−14B−20B−19N=23NF1.025.525.51.751245-42.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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