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EC Open 2026 (U8-U14 Boys)

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28 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 10 Apr 2026 to 12 Apr 2026 in East London, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 785, and top seed was Samuel DRISCOLL (🇿🇦 RSA, 1722).

Samuel DRISCOLL (🇿🇦 RSA, 1722) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Jaden CHIPUNZA (6.0) and Yifan Lin (6.0). DRISCOLL won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Jaden CHIPUNZA (1547) beat Samuel DRISCOLL (1722), a +175-point gap.

Location
🇿🇦East London, South Africa
Dates
10 Apr 2026 → 12 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇦Samuel DRISCOLL1722
Avg top 10
785
Participants
28
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×14
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
32
15
8
4
1
1
3
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Jaden CHIPUNZA held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 6.0/7. DRISCOLL takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (30.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Jaden CHIPUNZA beat Samuel DRISCOLL (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Jaden CHIPUNZA*
1
2Samuel DRISCOLL
0
*
1
3Yifan Lin*
0
4Matthew Koutsouvelis
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1DRISCOLL, Samuel1722RSA+22N+10B+13N+17B2N+5B+7N6.030.034.028.001594-13.6
2CHIPUNZA, Jaden1547RSA+25B+23N+12B+8N+1B+6N4B6.030.033.027.501680+20.8
3Lin, Yifan0RSA+?N+?B+?N5B+15N+13B+?N6.014.014.08.508410.0
4Masoeu, Senogo1488RSA+28N+18B+9N+7B=5N+11B2N5.530.532.523.751401-8.8
5Koutsouvelis, Matthew1640RSA+26B+21N+20B+3N=4B1N+24N5.529.032.023.251413-23.6
6Ndwandwa, Longezo1453RSA+27BF+19N+15B+14N2B+16N5.026.529.519.50746-14.8
7Hugo, Kian0RSA+?B+?N+?B4N+23B+9N1B5.020.020.08.508060.0
8Bownes, Fabian0RSA+?N+?B+?N2B+10N16B+19N5.019.019.09.007460.0
9FIDE 143760590+?B+?N4B+?N+17B7B+18N5.018.518.58.006890.0
10Lin, Yihang0RSA+?B1N+?B+25N8B+?N+20B5.018.018.07.009230.0
11Kapp, Michael0RSA+?B+?N15B+?N+19B4N+21B5.017.517.58.006890.0
12FIDE 143842130+?N+?B2N+?B?N+?B+?B5.06.06.00.007460.0
13Coetzee, Tristan0RSA+?B+?N1B+?N+?B3N=23B4.515.515.51.759230.0
14FIDE 5340202170+?B=24N+?B+?N6B?B+?N4.58.58.51.756530.0
15FIDE 143951420F+?B+11N6N3B+?N+17B4.020.020.09.006530.0
16FIDE 5340116410FF+?B+?N+20B+8N6B4.019.019.09.006530.0
17Mdaka, Vuyanathi0RSA+?N+?B+24B1N9N+?B15N4.018.518.53.509230.0
18FIDE 143932800+?B4N+?B?N+28B+26N9B4.015.515.55.006890.0
19Weng, Junjie0RSA+?B+?N6B+?N11N+?B8B4.015.015.00.006530.0
20FIDE 5340092480+?N+?B5N+?B16N+?B10N4.014.514.50.008410.0
21Van Huyssteen, Nathan0RSA+?N5B+?N?B+25N+?B11N4.013.513.53.008410.0
22FIDE 53401165001B+?N=?B=?N+?B23N+?B4.09.59.50.009230.0
23FIDE 5340032070F2B+?N+?B7N+22B=13N3.519.519.56.257460.0
24FIDE 5340317740F=14B17N+?N+?B+?N5B3.514.014.02.258410.0
25FIDE 53402110802N+?B+?N10B21B+?N?B3.015.015.00.007460.0
26FIDE 53401948005N+?B?N+?B+?N18B?N3.09.59.50.008410.0
27FIDE 53402071306NF+?B+?N?B+?N?B3.05.05.00.006530.0
28FIDE 53403250904B?N+?N+?B18N?B?N2.09.59.50.006890.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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