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Cape Town Open Chess Championship 2026 (Championship)

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18 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 12 Jun 2026 to 15 Jun 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa. 2 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1993, and top seed was Charlton Mnyasta (🇿🇦 RSA, 2206).

Charlton Mnyasta (🇿🇦 RSA, 2206) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Tane Ressel (5.0) and Tezihano Mnyasta (4.0). Mnyasta won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Tane Ressel (1771) beat Tezihano Mnyasta (1997), a +226-point gap.

Location
🇿🇦Cape Town, South Africa
Dates
12 Jun 2026 → 15 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for game with 10 sec increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇦Charlton Mnyasta2206
Avg top 10
1,993
Participants
18
Titled players · 2
CM×2
Federations · 3 represented
🇿🇦South Africa×15
🇿🇼Zimbabwe×2
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Charlton Mnyasta led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
4
2
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Mnyasta5.5Ressel5Mnyasta4Palmer4Rogov3.5Ncethelo3.5
R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

Charlton Mnyasta held the sole lead from R4 through R6 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Charlton Mnyasta beat Tane Ressel (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Charlton Mnyasta 5 wins (R1–R5)Tane Ressel 3 wins (R1–R3)Tezihano Mnyasta 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Charlton Mnyasta*
1
½
1
2Tane Ressel
0
*
1
—
3Tezihano Mnyasta
½
0
*—
4CMReegan Palmer
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mnyasta, Charlton2206RSA+15B+18N+17B+2N+4B=3N5.516.016.014.002304+9.2
2Ressel, Tane1771RSA+3B+10N+5B−1B+7N+9B5.019.022.016.502240+68.6
3Mnyasta, Tezihano1997RSA−2N+6B+8N+17B=5N=1B4.020.521.512.002059+10.8
4Palmer, ReeganCM2090RSA−11N+13B+14N+9B−1N+5B4.017.519.511.002053-3.8
5Rogov, Timofey1983RUS+14N+11B−2N+8B=3B−4N3.519.021.010.001992+3.0
6Ncethelo, Bongolethu1869RSA−8N−3N+16B=14B+17N+7B3.514.015.07.001914+7.8
7Weideman, Janko X1810RSA+9N−8B+12N+10B−2B−6N3.017.520.59.001911+31.6
8Bouah, LyndonCM2062RSA+6B+7N−3B−5N=12B=10N3.017.020.09.501922-22.0
9Braaf, Jiraan1889RSA−7B+16N+18B−4N+11B−2N3.017.017.05.001837-8.2
10Brander, Waylon1953RSA=13N−2B+11N−7N+14B=8B3.016.518.57.751856-15.4
11McInnes, Andrew1910RSA+4B−5N−10B+15N−9N+17B3.015.516.57.001924+2.4
12Mbondo Donald1920ZIM+16B−17N−7B+18N=8N=13B3.011.511.54.751804-17.8
13Bell, Luke1800RSA=10B−4N−15B=16N+18B=12N2.514.014.04.001829+6.0
14Chitongo, Robert1780ZIM−5B+15N−4B=6N−10N=16B2.016.018.04.751807+6.0
15Macheka, Clayton1915RSA−1N−14B+13N−11B−16N+18B2.015.015.02.501731-30.0
16Rogov, Evgeniy1783RSA−12N−9B−6N=13B+15B=14N2.014.016.04.251737-14.4
17Forslund, Dick1711RSAF+12B−1N−3N−6B−11N1.019.019.03.0017210.0
18Resnekov, Oliver1656RSAF−1B−9N−12B−13N−15N0.016.016.00.001116-38.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets