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2026 Prestige College Open Chess Tournament (C)

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10 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 06 Jun 2026 in Hamannskraal, South Africa. Top 10 Elo average was 283, and top seed was Neo Seitei (🇿🇦 RSA, 1449).

Location
🇿🇦Hamannskraal, South Africa
Dates
06 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 50 minutes with 10 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Avg top 10
283
Participants
10
Federations · 1 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×3
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
5
2
1
4
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (11.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Warona Maponya 4 wins (R2–R5)FIDE 534054421 3 wins (R1–R3)FIDE 534056327 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Warona Maponya*
1
0
2FIDE 534054421*
0
3FIDE 534056327
0
1
*
4FIDE 534056343
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1FIDE 5340544210+8B+4N+6B3N+?N4.011.011.08.0014690.0
2Maponya, Warona1418RSA5N+9B+10N+7B+3B4.08.58.55.502214+19.6
3FIDE 5340563270F+7B+?N+1B2N3.010.010.06.0014470.0
4FIDE 5340449490+?N1B7N+?B+9N3.06.56.50.506140.0
5FIDE 5340563430+2B?B?N+?N+8B3.06.06.06.0014340.0
6Cele, Asakhe0RSA?N+?B1N+10B+7N3.06.06.02.0014320.0
7Louw, Nova1414RSA+10B3N+4B2N6B2.013.013.03.00618-19.6
8FIDE 1439584301N+?N+9B?B5N2.07.57.50.506490.0
9FIDE 5340438610=?B2N8NF4B0.59.09.00.006180.0
10FIDE 53405630007NF2B6N?B0.09.09.00.006160.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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