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2026 Northern Cape Open Chess Championship (A)

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12 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 17 Apr 2026 to 19 Apr 2026 in Kimberley, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 1723, and top seed was Xolani Cebo Mathebula (🇿🇦 RSA, 1912).

Lizo Sikwati (🇿🇦 RSA, 1883) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Immanuel Magagula (5.5) and Riyandre Graham (5.0). Sikwati shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Riyandre Graham (1715) beat Xolani Cebo Mathebula (1912), a +197-point gap.

Location
🇿🇦Kimberley, South Africa
Dates
17 Apr 2026 → 19 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇦Xolani Cebo Mathebula1912
Avg top 10
1,723
Participants
12
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×11
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Lizo Sikwati led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
3
2
1
2
2
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Sikwati takes lead
Sikwati6Magagula5.5Graham5Mathebula4Mashope3Van Vreede2.5
R6 · LEADER CHANGE19 Apr

Lizo Sikwati takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R1 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Lizo Sikwati lost to Immanuel Magagula (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Lizo Sikwati 6 wins (R2–R7)Immanuel Magagula 3 wins (R5–R7)Riyandre Graham 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Lizo Sikwati*
0
1
1
2Immanuel Magagula
1
*
1
0
3Riyandre Graham
0
0
*
1
4Xolani Cebo Mathebula
0
1
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Sikwati, Lizo1883RSA−2B+12N+11B+3N+4B+5N+6B6.020.020.014.502013+17.6
2Magagula, Immanuel1696RSA+1N−4B+5N=6B+8N+3N+9B5.522.524.519.251942+38.2
3Graham, Riyandre1715RSA+10N+8B+4N−1B+6N−2B+11N5.021.521.510.001883+53.6
4Mathebula, Xolani Cebo1912RSAF+2N−3B+5B−1N+9B+8N4.023.523.512.501783-14.4
5Mashope, Mpho D.1733RSA+12B+11N−2B−4N+7B−1BF3.018.018.02.501698-5.4
6Seleko, Onalenna1719RSAF+7N+10B=2N−3BF−1N2.520.520.56.751733+3.6
7Van Vreede, Ethan1698RSAF−6BF=9N−5N+11B+10B2.59.09.02.501664-8.8
8Vermeulen, Petrus Van Der0RSAF−3N=9B+11N−2B=10N−4B2.018.018.01.7515740.0
9Makeleni, Lelomso1534RSAF+10B=8N=7BF−4N−2N2.015.515.53.751659+21.6
10Mathebola, Letlhogonolo1678RSA−3B−9N−6NF+11B=8B−7N1.514.014.01.001425-62.8
11Jafta, Oratile1658RSAF−5B−1N−8B−10N−7N−3B0.020.020.00.00941-79.2
12FIDE 5340193400—−5N−1BFFFFF0.09.09.00.0010080.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets