South Africa at the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026

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Rank 78 of 206 — 12 match points, 24 game points. Full standings

Players

Board 1: IM Jan Karsten (2386) — 5/10
Board 2: IM Caleb Levi Levitan (2316) — 5.5/9
Board 3: FM Banele Mhango (2354) — 4/9
Board 3: Charlton Mnyasta (2236) — 6.5/10
Board 4: James Dinham (2124) — 3/6

Matches

Round 1: South Africa 4 – 0 Democratic Republic of the Congo
1	IM Caleb Levi Levitan (2316)	0-1	Yves De Billoez (1988)	game
2	FM Banele Mhango (2354)	1-0	FM Mashala Kabamwanishi (1940)	game
3	Charlton Mnyasta (2236)	0-1	MAKUWA MBAYO Gaetan (1804)	game
4	James Dinham (2124)	1-0	Josue Kanda	game
Round 2: South Africa 0 – 4 Austria
1	IM Jan Karsten (2386)	1-0	GM Kirill Alekseenko (2640)	game
2	IM Caleb Levi Levitan (2316)	0-1	IM Lukas Dotzer (2474)	game
3	FM Banele Mhango (2354)	1-0	IM Konstantin Peyrer (2492)	game
4	Charlton Mnyasta (2236)	0-1	GM Valentin Baidetskyi (2488)	game
Round 3: South Africa 4 – 0 Cote d’Ivoire
1	IM Jan Karsten (2386)	1-0	FM Simplice Armel De Gondo (2071)	game
2	IM Caleb Levi Levitan (2316)	0-1	CM Yoboue Hermann Manan (2061)	game
3	Charlton Mnyasta (2236)	1-0	Yao Aubin Maximilien Tanoe (2002)	game
4	James Dinham (2124)	0-1	CM Franck Anderson Nean (1993)	game
Round 4: South Africa 1 – 3 Sweden
1	IM Jan Karsten (2386)	1-0	GM Nils Grandelius (2603)	game
2	IM Caleb Levi Levitan (2316)	1/2-1/2	IM Jung Min Seo (2505)	game
3	FM Banele Mhango (2354)	1-0	GM Erik Blomqvist (2481)	game
4	Charlton Mnyasta (2236)	1/2-1/2	IM Hampus Sorensen (2428)	game
Round 5: South Africa 3 – 1 Zimbabwe
1	IM Jan Karsten (2386)	1-0	FM Roy Mwadzura (2211)	game
2	FM Banele Mhango (2354)	1/2-1/2	Tapiwa Jele (2204)	game
3	Charlton Mnyasta (2236)	1-0	Emarald Takudzwa Mushore (2139)	game
4	James Dinham (2124)	1/2-1/2	Vitalis Mapuranga (2058)	game
Round 6: South Africa 2 – 2 Italy
1	IM Jan Karsten (2386)	1-0	GM Lorenzo Lodici (2568)	game
2	FM Banele Mhango (2354)	0-1	GM Luca Jr Moroni (2556)	game
3	Charlton Mnyasta (2236)	0-1	GM Francesco Sonis (2539)	game
4	James Dinham (2124)	1-0	IM Edoardo Di Benedetto (2473)	game
Round 7: South Africa 1 – 3 Uzbekistan 3
1	IM Jan Karsten (2386)	1-0	IM Saidakbar Saydaliev (2475)	game
2	IM Caleb Levi Levitan (2316)	1/2-1/2	IM Almas Rakhmatullaev (2418)	game
3	FM Banele Mhango (2354)	1/2-1/2	IM Mukhammadali Abdurakhmonov (2390)	game
4	Charlton Mnyasta (2236)	0-1	IM Asrorjon Omonov (2347)	game
Round 8: South Africa 3 – 1 Puerto Rico
1	IM Jan Karsten (2386)	1-0	FM Edgardo J. Almedina Ortiz (2200)	game
2	IM Caleb Levi Levitan (2316)	1/2-1/2	FM Jaime Rodriguez Santiago (2069)	game
3	FM Banele Mhango (2354)	1-0	FM Sebastian J. Toro Cruz (2143)	game
4	James Dinham (2124)	1/2-1/2	CM Diego Zilleruelo Irizarry (2061)	game
Round 9: South Africa 2 – 2 Cuba
1	IM Jan Karsten (2386)	1-0	GM Jorge Roberto Elias Reyes (2505)	game
2	IM Caleb Levi Levitan (2316)	1-0	GM Lelys Stanley Martinez Duany (2440)	game
3	FM Banele Mhango (2354)	1-0	GM Ermes Espinosa Veloz (2460)	game
4	Charlton Mnyasta (2236)	1-0	GM Aramis Alvarez Pedraza (2433)	game
Round 10: South Africa 3 – 1 Pakistan
1	IM Jan Karsten (2386)	1-0	FM Amer Karim (2147)	game
2	IM Caleb Levi Levitan (2316)	0-1	CM Mafaaz Khalid (2057)	game
3	Charlton Mnyasta (2236)	1-0	Zaman Sohail (1935)	game
4	James Dinham (2124)	1-0	Zorez Shabkhez (1933)	game
Round 11: South Africa 1 – 3 North Macedonia
1	IM Jan Karsten (2386)	0-1	IM Emil Risteski (2431)	game
2	IM Caleb Levi Levitan (2316)	1-0	FM Anton Zlatkov (2422)	game
3	FM Banele Mhango (2354)	0-1	IM Filip Pancevski (2432)	game
4	Charlton Mnyasta (2236)	0-1	IM Nikola Nikolovski (2393)	game

Women

Rank 100 of 189 — 11 match points, 21.5 game points. Full standings

Players

Board 1: WFM Chloe Badenhorst (1997) — 5.5/11
Board 2: WIM Anzel Laubscher (1817) — 4/10
Board 3: WCM Hayley Nel (1864) — 5/11
Board 4: Sizakele Masango (1880) — 6/10
Board 4: Robyn Julian Klaasen (1839) — 1/2

Matches

Round 1: South Africa 4 – 0 Comoros Islands
1	WFM Chloe Badenhorst (1997)	1-0	Isma Ismaila Djailane	game
2	WIM Anzel Laubscher (1817)	0-1	Fahima Ali Mohamed Mohamed	game
3	WCM Hayley Nel (1864)	1-0	Bambaouma Maissane	game
4	Robyn Julian Klaasen (1839)	0-1	Ahmed Houmairaou	game
Round 2: South Africa 1 – 3 Peru
1	WFM Chloe Badenhorst (1997)	0-1	IM Deysi Cori T. (2316)	game
2	WCM Hayley Nel (1864)	1-0	WIM Maria Teresa Jimenez Salas (2184)	game
3	Robyn Julian Klaasen (1839)	0-1	FM Fiorella Contreras Huaman (2168)	game
4	Sizakele Masango (1880)	0-1	Flor De Maria Zarate Oyague (2019)	game
Round 3: South Africa 2.5 – 1.5 Ethiopia
1	WFM Chloe Badenhorst (1997)	0-1	Aster Melake Bantiwalu (1684)	game
2	WIM Anzel Laubscher (1817)	0-1	Sina Tadesse Negi (1447)	game
3	WCM Hayley Nel (1864)	0-1	Hana Mulugeta Ayele (1615)	game
4	Sizakele Masango (1880)	1/2-1/2	Netsanet Lukas Melebo (1617)	game
Round 4: South Africa 1.5 – 2.5 Belgium
1	WFM Chloe Badenhorst (1997)	0-1	WIM Hanne Goossens (2248)	game
2	WIM Anzel Laubscher (1817)	1/2-1/2	WFM Daria Vanduyfhuys (2123)	game
3	WCM Hayley Nel (1864)	0-1	Radoslawa Lascar (1975)	game
4	Sizakele Masango (1880)	0-1	Sarah Dierckens (1923)	game
Round 5: South Africa 2 – 2 Cyprus
1	WFM Chloe Badenhorst (1997)	1-0	WCM Aida Paunescu (1691)	game
2	WIM Anzel Laubscher (1817)	1-0	Aikaterina Sarkisian (1612)	game
3	WCM Hayley Nel (1864)	1/2-1/2	WCM Victoria Sokolova (1711)	game
4	Sizakele Masango (1880)	1/2-1/2	WCM Larisa Sokolova (1690)	game
Round 6: South Africa 4 – 0 Lesotho
1	WFM Chloe Badenhorst (1997)	1-0	WCM Bonolo Ntsielo (1803)	game
2	WIM Anzel Laubscher (1817)	0-1	Boitumelo Sethabathaba (1615)	game
3	WCM Hayley Nel (1864)	1-0	WFM Ngatane Lieketseng (1578)	game
4	Sizakele Masango (1880)	0-1	Pontso Makhebesela (1519)	game
Round 7: South Africa 2.5 – 1.5 Costa Rica
1	WFM Chloe Badenhorst (1997)	0-1	WIM Maria Elena Rodriguez Arrieta (1963)	game
2	WIM Anzel Laubscher (1817)	0-1	WIM Sofia Mayorga Araya (2189)	game
3	WCM Hayley Nel (1864)	1/2-1/2	WCM Victoria Canales Chinchilla (1837)	game
4	Sizakele Masango (1880)	1-0	WFM Olga Leticia Gamboa Alvarado (1904)	game
Round 8: South Africa 0 – 4 Estonia
1	WFM Chloe Badenhorst (1997)	0-1	IM Mai Narva (2411)	game
2	WIM Anzel Laubscher (1817)	1-0	WFM Sofia Blokhin (2046)	game
3	WCM Hayley Nel (1864)	0-1	WCM Grete Olde (2002)	game
4	Sizakele Masango (1880)	1-0	WIM Monika Tsiganova (2014)	game
Round 9: South Africa 3 – 1 Luxembourg
1	WFM Chloe Badenhorst (1997)	1/2-1/2	WGM Anna Wagener (2109)	game
2	WIM Anzel Laubscher (1817)	1/2-1/2	Hannah Jane Lyon (1906)	game
3	WCM Hayley Nel (1864)	0-1	Samyukta Sivashankar (1878)	game
4	Sizakele Masango (1880)	1-0	Nadine Kremer (1882)	game
Round 10: South Africa 0.5 – 3.5 Slovakia
1	WFM Chloe Badenhorst (1997)	1/2-1/2	IM Eva Repkova (2316)	game
2	WIM Anzel Laubscher (1817)	1-0	WIM Svetlana Sucikova (2166)	game
3	WCM Hayley Nel (1864)	0-1	WFM Viktoria Nadzamova (2145)	game
4	Sizakele Masango (1880)	1-0	WFM Ema Walter (2105)	game
Round 11: South Africa 0.5 – 3.5 Uzbekistan 3
1	WFM Chloe Badenhorst (1997)	1/2-1/2	WIM Zilola Aktamova (2078)	game
2	WIM Anzel Laubscher (1817)	0-1	WIM Maftuna Bobomurodova (2030)	game
3	WCM Hayley Nel (1864)	1-0	WFM Barchinoy Shokirjonova (1996)	game
4	Sizakele Masango (1880)	0-1	WCM Ozoda Shakhzodova (1964)	game