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RSA · 25 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1981 (Aug 2025)

Best performance: 2130 at CAPE TOWN MASTERS CHALLENGE 2025 (Blitz)(Best of 2025)

World #=37400South Africa #=63among all players, November list

Blitz rating

1981

FIDE’s November 2026 list. No rated games since, so the live rating is the same.

On FIDE’s list since Sep 2023 · Inactive on FIDE’s list

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating unchanged at 1981 over the last 12 months; peak 1981 in August 2025.

Official rating by month

Each month: the rating, its change from the list before, and the rated games FIDE counted.

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262045, -8, 10 games1989, -4, 4 games1981, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262053, 0, 0 games1993, 0, 0 games1981, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262053, 0, 0 games1993, 0, 0 games1981, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262053, 0, 0 games1993, 0, 0 games1981, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262053, 0, 0 games1993, 0, 0 games1981, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262053, +22, 8 games1993, 0, 0 games1981, 0, 0 games
May 20262031, 0, 0 games1993, 0, 0 games1981, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262031, +6, 6 games1993, 0, 0 games1981, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262025, 0, 0 games1993, 0, 0 games1981, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262025, 0, 0 games1993, 0, 0 games1981, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262025, 0, 0 games1993, 0, 0 games1981, 0, 0 games
Dec 20252025, 0, 0 games1993, 0, 0 games1981, 0, 0 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

From 30 blitz games on record, the latest on Jul 2, 2025.

Blitz games since the November list

No rated blitz games this rating periodsince the NOV26 list (Nov 1, 2026)

Last playedScore
2025 South African Open Chess Championships (Blitz)Jul 2, 2025TPR 19816½/9

The live rating moves only when new rated games are played. Until then it matches the published rating.

Best wins · Blitz

From 28 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2023–2025

#OpponentRating
1, CM Sello Mahlangu, Jul 2025 · 2025 South African Open Chess Championships (Blitz), 2028
2, Lutho Mfazwe, Mar 2024 · Inter Region Chess Championship (Blitz), 1993
3, Jason S. Davies, Jan 2025 · CAPE TOWN MASTERS CHALLENGE 2025 (Blitz), 1991*

* No blitz rating yet, so FIDE rates the game at the player's classical rating.

Event timeline · Blitz

4 events

Events before the current rating period show the performance, not a rating change.

Live events show the rating change; earlier events show the performance rating.

Performance rating by year

YearGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
2025161218532046
20246517672040
20236416421767

Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.

Rated near Ethan Samuels · Blitz · November list, all players

World

  1. #=37400Enrique Elihu Salazar Bermudez1981
  2. #=37400Marc Saleron1981
  3. #=37400Ethan Samuels1981
  4. #=37400Miguel Angel Sanchez Bustos1981
  5. #=37400Carlos Sanchez1981

South Africa

  1. #=61CM Chris Kolver1983
  2. #=63Vusimuzi Mlahleki1981
  3. #=63Ethan Samuels1981
  4. #65CM Craig Bornheim1980
  5. #66Clyde Wolpe1975

Live rating: FIDE’s November list plus every rated game played since. Not affiliated with FIDE.