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Cherwin Kleinsmidt

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RSA · 32 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1930 (Jan 2026)

Best performance: 2174 at Hermanus Chess Club November Blitz 2025 (A)(Best of 2025)

World #=22747 live, down 303#22,444 publishedSouth Africa #29Africa #=715among active players

Blitz rating

1914

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

On FIDE’s list since Aug 2016

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 1892 to 1914 over the last 12 months; peak 1930 in January 2026.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20261936, -15, 17 games1887, 0, 0 games1914, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261951, 0, 0 games1887, 0, 0 games1914, 0, 0 games
Sep 20261951, 0, 0 games1887, 0, 0 games1914, 0, 0 games
Aug 20261951, -14, 9 games1887, 0, 0 games1914, -16, 8 games
Jul 20261965, 0, 0 games1887, 0, 0 games1930, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261965, +38, 9 games1887, 0, 0 games1930, 0, 0 games
May 20261927, 0, 0 games1887, 0, 0 games1930, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261927, 0, 0 games1887, 0, 0 games1930, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261927, 0, 0 games1887, 0, 0 games1930, 0, 0 games
Feb 20261927, 0, 0 games1887, 0, 0 games1930, 0, 0 games
Jan 20261927, 0, 0 games1887, 0, 0 games1930, +38, 8 games
Dec 20251927, 0, 0 games1887, 0, 0 games1892, 0, 0 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Some of this player's 2026 games are not on record yet, so no unbeaten run is shown.

From 80 blitz games on record, the latest on Jun 27.

Blitz games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
South African Open Championship 2026 (Blitz)Jun 27TPR 18096½/9

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

Best wins · Blitz

From 46 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2016–2026

#OpponentRating
1, IM David Gluckman, Jan 2023 · CWP BLITZ, 2254
2, FM Shabir Hussain Bhawoodien, 2 wins, Jan 2023 · CWP BLITZ, 2038
3, CM Reegan Palmer, Apr 2024 · Hermanus Chess Club Open 2024 (Blitz), 1888

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

Event timeline · Blitz

10 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
20251411½17371999
20249618261951

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

Rated near Cherwin Kleinsmidt · Blitz

World

  1. #=22747Adil Dosov1914.0
  2. #=22747WFM Malika Japparbekova1914.0
  3. #=22747Cherwin Kleinsmidt1914.0
  4. #=22747Fikret Sahinovic1914.0
  5. #=22747WFM Lucia Sevcikova1914.0

South Africa

  1. #27Dione Goredema1918.0
  2. #28CM Reegan Palmer1914.8
  3. #29Cherwin Kleinsmidt1914.0
  4. #30Clive Mthunzi1913.0
  5. #31WFM Chloe Badenhorst1912.0

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