Makhanda 2026 (Open)

Open SwissStandard

18 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 14 Mar 2026 in Makhanda, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 0.

Lindokuhle Mqadi (🇿🇦 RSA, 0) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Inga Tshozi (4.5). Mqadi shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

Location

🇿🇦Makhanda, South Africa

Dates

14 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: All Moves in 60 Min. Incr. 2 Sec. / /

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Avg top 10

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇿🇦South Africa×8

Top 3

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

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Mqadi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (11.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Inga Tshozi 4 wins (R1–R4)Lindokuhle Mqadi 4 wins (R1–R4)FIDE 534045589 3 wins (R3–R5)

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Inga Tshozi	*	½	—	1
2Lindokuhle Mqadi	½	*	—	—
3FIDE 534045589	—	—	*	—
4FIDE 14337410	0	—	—	*

#	Player	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Mqadi, Lindokuhle	RSA	+11N	+13B	+8N	+5B	=2N	4.5	11.5	13.5	11.25	1855	+6.6
2	Tshozi, Inga	RSA	+16B	+9N	+4B	+10N	=1B	4.5	11.5	12.5	10.25	1827	+4.6
3	FIDE 534045589	—	+?N	−5B	+13N	+14B	+10B	4.0	9.0	9.0	6.00	1562	0.0
4	FIDE 14337410	—	F	+6B	−2N	+8B	+5N	3.0	12.5	12.5	8.00	1684	0.0
5	Manana, Lubusiso	RSA	+18B	+3N	+17B	−1N	−4B	3.0	12.0	12.0	4.50	924	-12.4
6	Gosha, William	RSA	F	−4N	+7B	+12N	+9B	3.0	10.0	10.0	7.00	2322	+24.4
7	FIDE 14391961	—	−8N	+?B	−6N	+15B	+11N	3.0	8.5	8.5	3.50	869	0.0
8	FIDE 534045520	—	+7B	+16N	−1B	−4N	−12B	2.0	12.5	13.5	4.00	812	0.0
9	Vulani, Luthando	RSA	F	−2B	+15N	+11B	−6N	2.0	11.0	11.0	3.50	905	-23.2
10	FIDE 534045562	—	+?N	F	+12B	−2B	−3N	2.0	10.5	10.5	2.00	1620	0.0
11	FIDE 534015868	—	−1B	+?N	+18B	−9N	−7B	2.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	834	0.0
12	Groves, George	RSA	F	+14B	−10N	−6B	+8N	2.0	9.0	9.0	4.00	869	-11.2
13	FIDE 14392143	—	F	−1N	−3B	+17N	+?B	2.0	9.0	9.0	0.50	1632	0.0
14	Sobayeni, Anam	RSA	F	−12N	+?B	−3N	+?B	2.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	1520	0.0
15	Vubela, Luvano	RSA	F	=17N	−9B	−7N	+?B	1.5	5.5	5.5	0.25	744	0.0
16	FIDE 534045597	—	−2N	−8B	F	−?N	+17B	1.0	7.0	7.0	0.50	840	0.0
17	FIDE 14392160	—	F	=15B	−5N	−13B	−16N	0.5	7.5	7.5	0.75	784	0.0
18	FIDE 534017100	—	−5N	−?B	−11N	−?B	F	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	762	0.0

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