Johannes Mabusela
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Johannes Mabusela | |
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| Full name | Johannes Manyedi Mabusela |
| Country | South Africa |
| Born | 4 June 1984 |
| Title | International Master (2004) |
| 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]
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]
