Johannes Mabusela

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Johannes Mabusela
Full nameJohannes Manyedi Mabusela
CountrySouth Africa
Born (1984-06-04) 4 June 1984 (age 38)
Title International Master
Peak rating 2320 (October 2012)

Johannes Manyedi Mabusela (born 4 June 1984) is a South African chess player. He was awarded the title International Master by FIDE. He won the African Junior Chess Championship in 2002. [1] [2]

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Mabusela tied for 1st–4th with Rodwell Makoto, Ahmed Adly and Daniel Cawdery in the 2012 South African Open, finishing second on tiebreak, the highest finishing South African player. [3] [4] He again finished as the best South African finisher in 2014. In 2019, Mabusela was the outright winner of the South African Open. [5]

He played for the South African national team in the Chess Olympiads of 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2018, and in the All-Africa Games in 2003 and 2011. In the 2011 event he won two silver medals, team and individual playing on board 4. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Africa Junior Championship 2002 Boys. FIDE.
  2. ↑ "Grintek boosts African chess champions` game". ITWeb. 19 June 2003. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Results after round 11". South African Open 2012. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "SA Chess Open: Zimbabwe's Rodwell Makoto Wins on Tiebreak". chessblog.com. Alexandra Kosteniuk. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - South African Open Chess Championships 2019". chess-results.com. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  6. ↑ Johannes Mabusela Archived 27 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine team chess record at Olimpbase.org


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