Top chess players in South Africa

Live FIDE ratings, updated as games are played · October 2026

South Africa has 1,811 rated players. The highest rated is IM Henry Robert Steel at 2408.

Country ranking

#72 of 184

top 10 average 2316.4

Grandmasters

Moved since the October list

OCT26·1,811 players·Updated 08:55 UTC

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1#=15355	5	IMHenry Robert Steel RSA · 37	2408	24082408.0	–	-5
2#=19285	5	IMJan Karsten RSA · 18	2387	23872387.0	–	+2
3#=28535	5	FMBanele Mhango RSA · 23FIDE 2344	2344	23452344.8	+0.8	+55
4#=305811	11	IMCaleb Levi Levitan RSA · 16	2336	23362336.0	–	+21
5#=370717	17	IMDaniel Cawdery RSA · 44	2312	23122312.0	–	-24
6#=386111	11	FMRaphael Felix RSA · 16	2307	23072307.0	–	+17
7#=470412	12	GMKenneth Terence Solomon RSA · 47	2282	22822282.0	–	+11
8#=50249	9	Charlton Mnyasta RSA · 21	2273	22732273.0	–	+139
9#=51726	6	FMRoland Bezuidenhout RSA · 29	2269	22692269.0	–	-18
10#=610914	14	FMDaniel Barrish RSA · 26	2245	22452245.0	–	-39
11#=644316	16	IMWatu Kobese RSA · 53	2237	22372237.0	–	-19
12#=68439	9	IMRyan Pierre Van Rensburg RSA · 36	2228	22282228.0	–	+7
13#=70287	7	CMKeith Khumalo RSA · 25	2224	22242224.0	–	+57
14#=70796	6	CMJa Ophoff RSA · 47	2223	22232223.0	–	-41
15#=763917	17	IMMichael Simpson RSA · 19	2212	22122212.0	–	+54
16#=781117	17	FMJack Van Zyl-Rudd RSA · 24	2209	22092209.0	–	+6
17#=941523	23	CMJacob Dumisani Mnguni RSA · 34	2179	21792179.0	–	+4
18#=946820	20	FMMohamed Ozayr Bhawoodien RSA · 32	2178	21782178.0	–	+23
19#=954117	17	FMCalvin John Klaasen RSA · 39	2177	21772177.0	–	-10
20#=974917	17	Alexander van der Merwe RSA · 21	2174	21742174.0	–	+84
21#=1065624	24	IMDavid Gluckman RSA · 60	2160	21602160.0	–	+8
22#=1093025	25	Calvin Nicholas Jacobs RSA · 17	2156	21562156.0	–	+5
23#=1144122	22	FMJudah Nathan Levitan RSA · 16	2149	21492149.0	–	-103
24#=1231624	24	IMJohannes Manyedi Mabusela RSA · 42	2138	21382138.0	–	+9
25#=1365935	35	CMBenjamin Vincent Hercules RSA · 35	2121	21212121.0	–	+63

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