South African chess player

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

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. He again finished as the best South African finisher in 2014. In 2019, Mabusela was the outright winner of the South African Open.

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.

See also

• Chess in South Africa

References

External links

• Johannes Mabusela rating card at FIDE
• Johannes Manyedi Mabusela player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Johannes Mabusela