Men's team leaps 18 places after impressive Olympiad

The men’s team stormed into the top 100, after jumping 18 places to finish the tournament, ranked 98th up from 116th. Consistency may have been elusive but the men’s team did enough to improve their standings significantly, even without individual glory to take home. Fide Master, Phemelo Khetho finished the tournament well after winning 65% of his games as he finished with 6.5 points after 10 games.

Reserve player, Thabo Gumpo did very well in five games, losing three of the eight he played, collecting 4.5 points in eight games.