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2026 Mid Gauteng Open Chess Tournament (B)

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18 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 11 Apr 2026 in Centurion, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 1595, and top seed was Oarabile Bogatsu (🇿🇦 RSA, 1644).

Aharon Glass (🇿🇦 RSA, 0) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Boikanyo Baloyi (4.0) and Hendrik Johanne Weideman (4.0). Glass broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Ethan Dsouza (1467) beat Museera Meeran (1606), a +139-point gap.

Location
🇿🇦Centurion, South Africa
Dates
11 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 50 minutes with 10 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇦Oarabile Bogatsu1644
Avg top 10
1,595
Participants
18
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×18
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Aharon Glass led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
7
4
2
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Glass4.5Weideman4Baloyi4Dsouza3.5Adamson3Meeran3
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Aharon Glass held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Aharon Glass 3 wins (R1–R3)Hendrik Johanne Weideman 3 wins (R3–R5)Boikanyo Baloyi 4 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Aharon Glass*—
1
½
2Hendrik Johanne Weideman—*—
1
3Boikanyo Baloyi
0
—*—
4Ethan Dsouza
½
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Glass, Aharon0RSA+2N+10B+8N=4B+6N4.513.015.013.2516360.0
2Baloyi, Boikanyo1576RSA−1B+11N+12B+16N+5B4.011.513.08.502350+75.2
3Weideman, Hendrik Johanne1592RSA=9N=5B+15N+10B+4N4.011.012.59.751769+22.0
4Dsouza, Ethan1467RSA+11B+7N+6B=1N−3B3.514.516.510.251781+66.8
5Tissot Van Patot, Anton1564RSA=7B=3N+18B+8B−2N3.013.514.57.001663+13.6
6Adamson, Luke1566RSA+17N+15B−4N+9B−1B3.012.013.05.001729+16.8
7Meeran, Museera1606RSA=5N−4B=17N+15B+10N3.010.011.05.501630+6.8
8Ngobeni, Njabulo1595RSA+13B+16N−1B−5N=9B2.512.013.54.751635+4.0
9Ahmid, Kaleem1501RSA=3B=18N+16B−6N=8N2.511.012.05.251581+11.0
10Khumalo, Siyabonga Samuel Khutso1584RSA+12B−1N+13B−3N−7B2.013.515.54.001552-6.0
11Mathe, Thabang1578RSA−4N−2B+14N=13B=15N2.011.513.03.751469-17.2
12Mkotong, Reagile1484RSA−10N+14B−2N=17B=13N2.010.011.03.501514+7.6
13Kock, Luca1536RSA−8N+17B−10N=11N=12B2.08.59.53.001507-7.6
14Tukuru, Ini1606RSA−16B−12N−11B+18N+17N2.06.57.52.001503-25.2
15Rust, Christoph1536RSA+18B−6N−3B−7N=11B1.512.013.02.001440-19.8
16Van Den Berg, Ane1560RSA+14N−8B−9N−2B=18N1.511.012.02.501423-18.2
17Bogatsu, Oarabile1644RSA−6B−13N=7B=12N−14B1.010.012.02.501316-84.0
18Narula, Aryash1599RSA−15N=9B−5N−14B=16B1.09.010.52.001311-72.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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