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CHESS ELEVATION SERIES 202605 (Level 5)

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20 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 17 Apr 2026 to 18 Apr 2026 in Kraaifontein, South Africa. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1629, and top seed was Ludwig Wolff (🇿🇦 RSA, 1705).

Lyndon Green (🇿🇦 RSA, 1603) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Deoren Engelbrecht (4.0) and Andre Rhode (3.5). Green shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Darryl Jacobs (1414) beat Ludwig Wolff (1705), a +291-point gap.

Location
🇿🇦Kraaifontein, South Africa
Dates
17 Apr 2026 → 18 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 60 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇦Ludwig Wolff1705
Avg top 10
1,629
Participants
20
Federations · 3 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×17
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
7
2
7
4
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Engelbrecht4Green4Rhode3.5Guo3Dubbeld3Blauw3
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Green takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.0).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Deoren Engelbrecht beat Lyndon Green (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Lyndon Green 3 wins (R3–R5)Andre Rhode 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Deoren Engelbrecht*
1
——
2Lyndon Green
0
*—
1
3Andre Rhode——*
0
4Aleks Guo—
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Green, Lyndon1603RSA+4N−2B+12N+11B+5B4.012.014.010.001839+59.6
2Engelbrecht, Deoren1570RSA+18B+1N−5B+15N+6B4.011.512.59.501848+35.0
3Rhode, Andre1484RSA=14N−4B+10N+19B+11N3.58.59.05.251672+25.0
4Guo, Aleks1658RSA−1B+3N+18B−6N+10B3.012.513.56.501622-8.8
5Blauw, Siyamthanda1550RSAF+12B+2N+13B−1N3.012.012.08.001729+14.4
6Dubbeld, Benjamin1664RSAF+20N+7B+4B−2N3.010.010.06.001801+28.0
7Van Staaden, Darren1624RSAF+14B−6N+16B+13N3.08.08.05.001672+3.8
8Mutunhire, Roy1671RSA−10N+9B=16N−12B+19N2.58.08.53.751437-25.2
9Whyatt, Benjamin0FID−15B−8N+14N=17B+16N2.57.08.53.7515540.0
10Anthonissen, Mikhael Villem1480UKR+8B−13N−3B+18N−4N2.011.012.03.501584+22.4
11Smit, Rikis1580RSA+19B+15N−13B−1N−3B2.011.011.52.001560-4.4
12Jenkins, Tauriq1639RSA+20B−5N−1B+8N−14B2.011.011.02.501499-19.0
13FIDE 5340114550—F+10B+11N−5N−7B2.010.010.04.0015580.0
14Ramonyaluoe, Madalitso1452RSA=3B−7N−9BF+12N1.511.011.03.751582+20.8
15Wolff, Ludwig1705RSA+9N−11B=19N−2B−17N1.510.010.52.751181-100.4
16Jooste, Shaqeel1529RSA+17NF=8B−7N−9B1.59.59.52.751570+6.4
17Jacobs, Darryl1414RSA−16B−18NF=9N+15B1.56.56.52.751460+6.4
18Akemdien, Alex1523RSA−2N+17B−4N−10BF1.010.510.51.501337-38.4
19Anthonissen, Liliya1449RSA−11NF=15B−3N−8B0.59.59.50.751288-27.2
20Brown, Deon1579RSA−12N−6BFFF0.06.56.50.00851-32.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets