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Fountains Mall Open 2026 (B)

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26 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 16 May 2026 to 17 May 2026 in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1554, and top seed was MUNEMO TADIWA (🇿🇼 ZIM, 1647).

Caden Bain (🇿🇦 RSA, 1421) won with 6.0/7, ahead of MUNEMO TADIWA (5.5) and Stefan Oosthuizen (5.5). Bain clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Caden Bain (1421) beat Pedro Caleb Stuurman (1597), a +176-point gap.

Location
🇿🇦Jeffreys Bay, South Africa
Dates
16 May 2026 → 17 May 2026
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 60 Min. Incr. 2 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇼MUNEMO TADIWA1647
Avg top 10
1,554
Participants
26
Federations · 2 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×13
🇿🇼Zimbabwe×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Caden Bain led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
11
6
2
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Bain takes lead
Bain6TADIWA5.5Oosthuizen5.5Hobson55Salie5
R7 · LEADER CHANGE17 May

Caden Bain takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Caden Bain lost to MUNEMO TADIWA (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Caden Bain 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)MUNEMO TADIWA 4 wins (R1–R4)Stefan Oosthuizen 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Caden Bain*
0
—
1
2MUNEMO TADIWA
1
*
0
—
3Stefan Oosthuizen—
1
*
1
4Jake Hobson
0
—
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Bain, Caden1421RSA+26N+4B+23N−2B+14B+12N+7B6.022.522.517.001783+75.6
2MUNEMO TADIWA1647ZIM+11B+7N+8B+1N=12B+5N−3N5.528.532.024.751756+35.2
3Oosthuizen, Stefan1644RSA+19N+25B=13N−5B+4N+7N+2B5.525.025.018.251674+6.0
4Hobson, Jake0RSA+?B−1N+9B+15N−3B+8N+12B5.026.526.515.0015470.0
5Salie, Riaz1501RSA+16B+18N−12B+3N+15B−2B+13N5.024.526.517.501620+25.6
6FIDE 143839000—F+?N+19B+8N−7B+14N+9B5.021.021.013.5015360.0
7Hendricks, Zeno1577RSA+22N−2B+24N+10B+6N−3B−1N4.027.027.010.00771-60.8
8Krieger, Brian1473RSA+20N+10B−2N−6B+13N−4B+16N4.026.028.012.501620+15.6
9Groener, Begravian1499RSA−13N+17B−4N+22B+18N+10B−6N4.022.523.510.00792-14.8
10FIDE 143840510—+24B−8N+16B−7N+19B−9N+17B4.020.020.08.007160.0
11Hendricks, Zayden1469RSA−2N−22B+21N+24B+16N−13B+18N4.017.017.07.00820-24.0
12Stuurman, Pedro Caleb1597RSAF+23B+5N+13B=2N−1B−4N3.530.031.012.251689+24.8
13Jonas, Yongisipho Theo1592RSA+9B+14N=3B−12N−8B+11N−5B3.526.029.514.251474-40.0
14FIDE 143840860—+17N−13B+22N+18B−1N−6B=15N3.523.024.07.757070.0
15Maphomy, Blane0RSA−23N+20B+17N−4B−5N+?B=14B3.519.519.56.757210.0
16FIDE 143845400—−5N+21B−10N+23B−11B+22N−8B3.020.021.04.0013030.0
17FIDE 5340198040—−14B−9N−15B+?N+20N+24B−10N3.017.017.02.006990.0
18FIDE 143478060—F−5B+25N−14N−9B+19N−11B2.018.518.52.006900.0
19FIDE 143904500—−3BF−6N+25B−10N−18B+24N2.016.516.50.008440.0
20FIDE 143903960—−8B−15N−?B+21N−17BF+22N2.013.513.53.006730.0
21FIDE 5340540220—F−16N−11B−20B+24N+?B−?N2.09.09.00.006690.0
22FIDE 143846630—−7B+11N−14B−9NF−16B−20B1.020.520.54.0013900.0
23Rudolph, Kevin-Clark1540RSA+15B−12N−1B−16NFFF1.016.016.03.50709-43.2
24FIDE 5340540140—−10NF−7B−11N−21B−17N−19B0.019.019.00.007230.0
25FIDE 143901830—F−3N−18B−19NFFF0.012.512.50.008440.0
26Petrus, Lenique0RSA−1BFFFFFF0.06.06.00.006210.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets