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2026 Durban Chess Club Championships

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28 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 16 Apr 2026 to 19 Jun 2026 in Durban, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 1761, and top seed was Jason James Subke (🇿🇦 RSA, 1900).

Lubanzi Makaula (🇿🇦 RSA, 1641) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Jason James Subke (7.0) and Thapelo Isack Matsaung (6.5). Makaula shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Thubelihle Hadebe (1590) beat Jason James Subke (1900), a +310-point gap.

Location
🇿🇦Durban, South Africa
Dates
16 Apr 2026 → 19 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇦Jason James Subke1900
Avg top 10
1,761
Participants
28
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×19
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Lubanzi Makaula led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
10
4
2
1
3
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Makaula takes lead
R6 · LEADER CHANGE21 May

Lubanzi Makaula takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Lubanzi Makaula drew with Jason James Subke (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Lubanzi Makaula 3 wins (R1–R3)Jason James Subke 4 wins (R2–R5)Thapelo Isack Matsaung 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Makaula, Lubanzi1641RSA+16B+4N+5B3B+6N+7N=2B+8N+11B7.541.544.034.001980+125.2
2Subke, Jason James1900RSA20N+23B+18B+9N+4B=3N=1N+10B+7N7.035.536.528.001847-6.4
3Matsaung, Thapelo Isack1839RSA+7B+25N+9B+1NF=2BF+5N+8B6.541.042.029.502079+25.4
4Danisa, Cyril T.1806RSA+28N1B+20N+12B2N8B=7N+6B+10N5.536.536.515.751751-6.2
5Mgobhozi, Sivuyile W.1682RSA+23N+17B1N+13BF+12N+18B3BF5.032.032.011.501716+9.2
6Mgaga, Bongani1874RSAF+10N+19B+7N1BF+12B4N+13B5.029.529.516.501697-40.4
7Sibeko, Musawenkosi1533RSA3N+14B+8N6B+19N1B=4B+9N2B4.542.544.515.751643+28.8
8FIDE 5340510740=?B=12N7B+18N+9B+4NF1B3N4.039.539.513.0016610.0
9Nowbath, Hemant1682RSA+10B+27N3N2B8N+19B=15N7B=18N4.033.033.59.001586-32.0
10Khan, John M1441RSA9N6B+14N+16B12N+17B+27B2N4B4.032.533.08.501440-6.4
11Dunkley, Jaydon1606RSAF+16N+27BFF+13NF+17B1N4.016.016.08.5016060.0
12Atkinson, Craig1510RSA=21N=8B+22N4N+10B5B6NFF3.026.026.07.751570+8.4
13FIDE 5340513170+?N21B+17N5NF11B+16BF6N3.021.021.05.0015490.0
14FIDE 534055606025B7N10B=27N+22N+24B=17NFF3.014.514.53.5012320.0
15FIDE 1231047510FF+24N+22BFF=9BF=16N3.014.014.05.2516820.0
16FIDE 53405561401N11BF10NF+22B13N+23B=15B2.523.523.53.507550.0
17Mbewe, Lumi1565RSA+22B5N13BF+24N10N=14B11NF2.521.021.03.50776-62.4
18Dawah, Dhyan1524RSAF=20B2N8BF+27N5NF=9B2.028.028.03.251521-28.0
19Kharwa, Suleman1486RSA26N+24B6NF7B9NF+22BF2.018.518.52.00898-40.0
20Hadebe, Thubelihle1590RSA+2B=18N4BFFFFFF1.520.020.08.001789+29.2
21Puran, Madhav1841RSA=12B+13NFFFFFFF1.56.06.04.501510-13.2
22FIDE 534025529017NF12B15N14B16N+24B19N23B1.018.018.01.007300.0
23FIDE 53401814005B2NF24BFFF16N+22N1.016.516.51.009920.0
24FIDE 5340555840F19N15B+23N17B14N22NFF1.012.512.51.007400.0
25Puran, Ahdir1648RSA+14N3BFFFFFFF1.09.59.53.001041-5.0
26Msimango, Senzo1701RSA+19BFFFFFFFF1.02.02.02.002286+4.6
27FIDE 5340255530F9B11N=14BF18B10NFF0.523.523.51.507960.0
28Gurayah, Kairav1437RSA4BFFFFFFFF0.05.55.50.001005-3.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets