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2026 NMBCU Trials 3 (U16)

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21 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 17 Apr 2026 to 18 Apr 2026 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 1616, and top seed was Benjamin Banda (🇿🇦 RSA, 1752).

Sebastian Kapp (🇿🇦 RSA, 1679) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Garen TWIGG (4.0) and Sibonelo Mangala (3.5). Kapp won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Schalk Coetzee (1486) beat Vukile Pakade (1707), a +221-point gap.

Location
🇿🇦Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Dates
17 Apr 2026 → 18 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes for game
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇦Benjamin Banda1752
Avg top 10
1,616
Participants
21
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×20
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Sebastian Kapp led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
3
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Kapp4.5TWIGG4Mangala3.5Step3.5De Jager3.5George3
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

Sebastian Kapp held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Sebastian Kapp drew with Garen TWIGG (White).

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

Sebastian Kapp won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Sebastian Kapp*
½
——
2Garen TWIGG
½
*
1
—
3Sibonelo Mangala—
0
*—
4Nicholas Step———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kapp, Sebastian1679RSA+21B+15N+7B+6N=2B4.512.012.010.001918+40.0
2TWIGG, Garen1536RSA+13N=6B+11N+3B=1N4.013.515.511.751822+72.0
3Mangala, Sibonelo1711RSA+4B=14N+8B−2N+7B3.513.515.510.501697-1.2
4De Jager, Jaeden1430RSA−3N=13B+18N+12B+10N3.510.511.57.001643+44.4
5Step, Nicholas1586RSA−6N+18B+19N=10B+17B3.58.09.04.751535-11.2
6Barry, Tyler1448RSA+5B=2N+14B−1B=11N3.014.516.58.751642+52.4
7Banda, Benjamin1752RSA+10N+8B−1N+11B−3N3.013.516.08.001664-20.8
8George, Panashe1530RSA+19B−7N−3N+20B+14B3.09.59.53.001632+27.2
9Pakade, Vukile1707RSA=18N−12B=16N+19B+13N3.07.58.54.501592-15.6
10Magwa, Sanele1484RSA−7B+20N+15B=5N−4B2.512.012.03.751465-6.8
11Ranjith, Aishwarya1558RSA+20B+17N−2B−7N=6B2.511.511.53.001520-10.8
12Coetzee, Schalk1486RSA−15B+9N=17B−4N+20N2.510.010.03.751595+22.0
13Heneke, Ruan1511RSA−2B=4N+21B=14N−9B2.012.512.52.751479-10.0
14Arries, Jayde1494RSA+16N=3B−6N=13B−8N2.011.513.54.751357-28.0
15FIDE 143700500—+12N−1B−10N=18B=16N2.011.512.54.0014240.0
16Koj, Prince0RSA−14B+21N=9B−17N=15B2.08.58.52.5014670.0
17Gcwabe, Aventhandwa1425RSAF−11B=12N+16B−5N1.510.510.53.251270-20.8
18Botlhole, Erato0RSA=9B−5N−4B=15NF1.012.012.02.5013010.0
19Smile, Osakhe1404RSA−8NF−5B−9N+21N1.09.59.50.001411+0.4
20Prinsloo, Liam1440RSA−11N−10BF−8N−12B0.010.510.50.00714-64.0
21Arries, Keaton1591RSA−1N−16B−13NF−19B0.09.59.50.00731-69.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets