THATEGO LEFYEDI

RSA · 21 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1798 (Jun 2025)

Best performance: 1922 at Johannes Mabusela's 40th Birthday Chess Tournament (A)(Best of 2024)

World #=80518 live762#79,756 publishedSouth Africa #=275

NOV26 Rating

1792

Live Rating

1792.0

Change

0.0

Games Played

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Classical

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Official classical rating by month

List	Rating	Change
Nov 2026	1792	0
Oct 2026	1792	0
Sep 2026	1792	0
Aug 2026	1792	0
Jul 2026	1792	0
Jun 2026	1792	0
May 2026	1792	0
Apr 2026	1792	0
Mar 2026	1792	0
Feb 2026	1792	-5
Jan 2026	1797	0
Dec 2025	1797	0

Form · Classical

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 3 games (2 wins, 1 draw), since Dec 19, 2025.

From 170 classical games on record, the latest on Dec 20, 2025.

Classical games since the November list

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

	Last played	Score	TPR
	2025 Mzansi Individual Championships (Adults)Dec 17, 2025 – Dec 20, 2025TPR 1761	4/6	1761

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

Event timeline · Classical

26 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

Year	Games	Score	Avg opp	TPR
2025	14	7½	1786	1815
2024	24	16½	1622	1763
2023	20	7	1692	1582
2022	30	13	1616	1566
2021	14	7½	1452	1481
2020	4	2	1588	1588
2019	5	3	1303	1375
2018	13	6	1462	1433

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

2025 Mzansi Individual Championships (Adults)1761
Dec 2025Swissfederation source
#2 in 2025Score 4/6Opp avg 1636Start 1797
Najdorf Movement 2025 (A)1837
Jun 2025Swissfederation source
Best of 2025Score 3/7Opp avg 1962Start 1798
Spartan Bishops Inter-Regional Chess Championships 2025 Elite (Championship)—(2)
May 2025Swissfederation source
Score 3½/5Opp avg 1706Start 1792
FIDE in the West (Open)—(1)
Jun 2024Swissfederation source
Score 3/5Opp avg 1838Start 1777
Johannes Mabusela's 40th Birthday Chess Tournament (A)1922
Jun 2024Swissfederation source
Best of 2024Score 4/5Opp avg 1682Start 1777
SPARTAN BISHOPS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024 (Queens)2422
May 2024Swissfederation source
Score 5/5Opp avg 1622Start 1728
2024 South African Junior Closed (U20 Boys)1884
Apr – May 2024Swissfederation source
#2 in 2024Score 5/9Opp avg 1834Start 1728
2024 Tshwane Chess AHS Open Chess Tournament (A)1670
Feb 2024Swissfederation source
#3 in 2024Score 4/5Opp avg 1430Start 1536
Bojanala Closed Chess Championships 2024 - Finals (U20)1278
Feb 2024Swissfederation source
#4 in 2024Score 3½/5Opp avg 1278Start 1536
Cross Border Regional Chess Championship 2023 Prestige-Section1730
Dec 2023Swissfederation source
#2 in 2023Score 2/5Opp avg 1802Start 1486
FIDE in The Sparkling Waters (Prestige)1766
Jul 2023Swissfederation source
Best of 2023Score 3/6Opp avg 1959Start 1456
Mzansi Open 2023 (A)1557
Apr – May 2023Swissfederation source
#3 in 2023Score 1/5Opp avg 1797Start 1507
2023 South African Junior Closed (U18 Open)1336
Mar – Apr 2023Swissfederation source
#4 in 2023Score 3½/8Opp avg 1336Start 1507
2022 South African Junior Team Chess Championships (U18 Open)1423
Dec 2022Teamfederation source
#5 in 2022Score 4½/7Opp avg 1548Start 1529
2022 National Youth and Cadets Chess Championships _ Open Section1615
Oct 2022Swissfederation source
#3 in 2022Score 5½/7Opp avg 1466Start 1512
FIDE AT THE KING'S GATE 2.0 (Open)1546
Oct 2022Swissfederation source
#4 in 2022Score 2½/5Opp avg 1671Start 1512
FIDE WORLD SCHOOL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2022 - U17 OPEN1691
Jun 2022Swissfederation source
Best of 2022Score 4½/9Opp avg 1734Start 1438
Moja Open 2022 Prestige Section1401
Mar 2022Swissfederation source
#6 in 2022Score 3/7Opp avg 1526Start 1461
FIDE at the King's Gate (Open Section)1624
Feb 2022Swissfederation source
#2 in 2022Score 2/5Opp avg 1696Start 1461
2021 Africa Schools Individual Chess Championship - Under 17 Boys1574
Dec 2021Swissfederation source
Best of 2021Score 6½/9Opp avg 1433Start 1381
African Youth Chess Championship (U16 Open)1351
Sep 2021Swissfederation source
#2 in 2021Score 4/9Opp avg 1476Start 1413
2020 Inter Regional Championship1696
Jan 2020Teamfederation source
Best of 2020Score 1½/3Opp avg 1696Start 1378
2019 South African Junior Team Championships (U16B)—(1)
Jan 2020Teamfederation source
Score 5½/7Opp avg 1264Start 1378
South African Junior Closed Chess Championships 2019 (u14 Open)1375
Mar 2019Swissfederation source
Best of 2019Score 4/9Opp avg 1303Start 1374
2018 African Schools Individual Chess Championships (U11 and U13 Boys)1560
Dec 2018Swissfederation source
Best of 2018Score 5/9Opp avg 1510Start 1280

Rated near THATEGO LEFYEDI · Classical

World

#=80518Rune Nielsen1792.0
#=80518Lauritz Haar Ziethen1792.0
#=80518THATEGO LEFYEDI1792.0
#=80518Matthew Shapiro1792.0
#=80518Ralph Botha1792.0

South Africa

#273Gerrit Meiboom1794.0
#274Joseph Jaffray1793.0
#=275THATEGO LEFYEDI1792.0
#=275Matthew Shapiro1792.0
#=275Ralph Botha1792.0

Live ratings projected from the NOV26 published list · Not affiliated with FIDE