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2026 Centurion Mall Open Chess Tournament (B)

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22 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 16 May 2026 to 17 May 2026 in Centurion, South Africa. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1594, and top seed was kabelo mathabe (🇿🇦 RSA, 1637).

Thato Mphela (🇿🇦 RSA, 0) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Njabulo Ngobeni (4.0) and Mutshidzi Rasebeshela (3.5). Mphela won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Kaleem Ahmid (1511) beat kabelo mathabe (1637), a +126-point gap.

Location
🇿🇦Centurion, South Africa
Dates
16 May 2026 → 17 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇦kabelo mathabe1637
Avg top 10
1,594
Participants
22
Federations · 2 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×20
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
10
2
1
1
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Ngobeni takes lead
Mphela4Ngobeni4Sithole3.5Raseona3.5Snyckers3.5Mitra3.5— ex-leaders:Raphololed R3, #13
R4 · LEADER CHANGE17 May

Njabulo Ngobeni takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Mphela takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Thato Mphela drew with Njabulo Ngobeni (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Thato Mphela*
½
——
2Njabulo Ngobeni
½
*——
3Adiel Ean Sithole——*
½
4Mpho Raseona——
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mphela, Thato0RSA+13N=2B=9N+3B+8N4.013.015.011.7516430.0
2Ngobeni, Njabulo1614RSA+16B=1N+11B+8B=6N4.013.015.011.252378+27.0
3Rasebeshela, Mutshidzi1572RSA+20B=4N+5B−1N+9B3.513.514.58.751865+43.2
4Sithole, Adiel Ean1535RSA+14N=3B=10N=7B+18N3.511.513.08.251701+44.4
5Snyckers, Frank A.1589RSA+15N=9B−3N+19B+10N3.510.512.07.251728+18.8
6Mitra, Soham0IND+21N+18B−8N+14B=2B3.510.511.06.0015740.0
7Raseona, Mpho1637RSA−8N+22B+13N=4N+14B3.510.510.55.751667+7.6
8Rapholo, Motlatjo1593RSA+7B+12N+6B−2N−1B3.015.017.59.501712+9.4
9Buys, Bernard R.0RSA+19N=5N=1B=18B−3N2.512.514.06.001579-16.4
10Pretorius, Sarel1543RSA−12B+15N=4B+11N−5B2.512.014.06.251545+0.4
11Maluleke, Phenyo Tiyani1582RSA+22N=19B−2N−10B+15N2.510.010.02.751559-6.4
12Bout, Wanda1509RSA+10N−8B−18N=13B+19N2.59.010.55.001555+12.8
13Li, Jiming1483RSA−1B+16N−7B=12N=21B2.012.012.53.501568+14.0
14Jansen, Alexia1473RSA−4B+20N+21B−6N−7N2.011.512.01.50786-27.6
15Ahmid, Kaleem1511RSA−5B−10B+17N+21N−11B2.010.511.02.501395-11.6
16Mtetwa, Simphiwe1559RSA−2N−13B+22N−17B+20N2.09.09.01.001367-39.2
17mathabe, kabelo1637RSAFF−15B+16N+22B2.05.55.52.001651+1.6
18Sedibeng, Kamogelo1537RSAF−6N+12B=9N−4B1.512.014.03.751566+2.4
19Rammala, Tlale Ronald1618RSA−9B=11N+20B−5N−12B1.511.012.02.251261-33.8
20Kgwale, Keratilwe0RSA−3N−14B−19N+22N−16B1.09.09.00.0013060.0
21FIDE 5340006070—−6BF−14N−15B=13N0.59.59.51.0012160.0
22Kgwale, Obotegile1507RSA−11B−7N−16B−20B−17N0.010.011.00.00804-58.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets