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2026 PBHS Open Chess Tournament (C)

Open SwissStandard

21 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 25 Apr 2026 in Pretoria, South Africa. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 589, and top seed was Reese Swindell (🇿🇦 RSA, 1519).

Soham Mitra (🇮🇳 IND, 0) won with 5.0/5. Mitra broke clear in the final round.

Location
🇿🇦Pretoria, South Africa
Dates
25 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 50 minutes with 10 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Avg top 10
589
Participants
21
Federations · 2 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×13
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Soham Mitra led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
17
7
4
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Soham Mitra never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Soham Mitra 5 wins (R1–R5)FIDE 534048391 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Soham Mitra*
1
2Swelihle Mkhize*
3FIDE 534048391
0
*
4FIDE 534033173*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mitra, Soham0IND+?N+8B+10N+?N+2B5.09.59.59.5015390.0
2FIDE 5340483910+?N+3B+?N+?B1N4.09.09.04.0014870.0
3FIDE 5340449490+?B2N+19B+8N+?B4.08.08.04.0015380.0
4Mkhize, Swelihle0RSA+?B+?N?B+?N+7B4.03.03.03.0015110.0
5FIDE 5340331730+?N+?B?N+?B+?B4.00.00.00.0014500.0
6Shoko, John Lincoln0RSA+?N10B+20N+?B=?N3.53.53.51.0014870.0
7Seroadi, Thato1487RSA+13N=9B+14N=11B4N3.012.014.07.251646+16.4
8FIDE 5340347650+?B1N+?B3B+?N3.09.09.00.0014770.0
9FIDE 5340483750+?B=7N?B=?N+15B3.05.05.03.5014540.0
10Adamson, Amani1481RSAF+6N1B=12B+11N2.513.513.57.252249+18.4
11Haupt, Joshua1453RSA17B+16N+15B=7N10B2.59.511.55.501290-16.4
12Labuscagne, Waldo0RSA+14B?N+?B=10N?B2.54.54.53.2514800.0
13Allison, Spencer0RSA7B?N=?B+19N+?B2.54.04.01.001333-27.2
14Swart, Reyhan1465RSA12N+21B7B18N+19B2.08.59.52.00686-18.4
15Cele, Asakhe0RSA?N+?B11N+21B9N2.06.56.51.00643-39.2
16Naidoo, Gerard Ricardo0RSA?N11B+?N?B+20N2.03.53.51.00667-77.2
17Human, Zachariah0RSA+11N?B+?B?N?N2.02.52.52.5014500.0
18FIDE 5340483400?B?N+?N+14B?N2.02.02.02.0012650.0
19Slabbert, Marko0RSA+?N?B3N13B14N1.08.58.50.006470.0
20FIDE 5340483590+?B?N6B?N16B1.05.55.50.006740.0
21Maluleke, Phenyo Tiyani0RSA?B14N+?B15N?B1.04.04.00.00688-50.4

Key insights

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