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
1
Moved since the October list
52
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