Ben Delport

RSA · 20 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1542 (Mar 2024)

Best performance: 1430 at Commonwealth Chess Championship 2018 U 12open(Best of 2018)

NOV26 Rating

1540

Live Rating

1540.0

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	1540	0
Oct 2026	1540	0
Sep 2026	1540	0
Aug 2026	1540	0
Jul 2026	1540	0
Jun 2026	1540	0
May 2026	1540	0
Apr 2026	1540	0
Mar 2026	1540	0
Feb 2026	1540	0
Jan 2026	1540	0
Dec 2025	1540	0

Form · Classical

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 7 games (6 wins, 1 draw), since Jun 25, 2023.

From 160 classical games on record, the latest on Jan 14, 2024.

Classical games since the November list

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

	Last played	Score	TPR
	2024 Gauteng Inter-Region Chess Championships (U18 Open)Jan 13, 2024 – Jan 14, 2024	4½/5	—

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

Best wins · Classical

From 69 rated classical games against rated opponents, 2016–2023

#	Opponent	Rating
1,	Bhekisisa Ndhlovu, 2022 Alekhine FIDE Rated Open Tournament (B), Aug 2022	, 1553
2,	Sreekar J S S, Commonwealth Chess Championship 2018 U 12open, Jun 2018	, 1449
3,	R Nonyana, Capablanca Chess Festival (Swiss B), Apr 2019	, 1409
4,	Rehaan Moollajee, 2022 South African Junior Closed Chess Championships (U16 Open), Mar 2022	, 1405
4,	Thaker Vishwam Jayesh, Commonwealth Chess Championship 2018 U 12open, Jun 2018	, 1405
6,	Tineke Booysen, 2020 Waterkloof Open Chess Tournament (Section B), Feb 2020	, 1332
7,	Heinrich Schoombie, 2017 Capablanca Chess Festival (FIDE Swiss B), Apr 2017	, 1262
8,	Keanan Fourie, 2017 Etienne Lewis Tshwane Chess Trails (u12 Boys), Sep 2017	, 1248
9,	Eugene Boheim, 2022 Alekhine FIDE Rated Open Tournament (B), Aug 2022	, 1241
10,	Matthew Pasaribu, 2023 South African Junior Closed (U18 Open), Mar 2023	, 1238

#	Opponent	Score	Rating
1,	IM Soham Kamotra, Commonwealth Youth Chess Championship 2022 - Under 18 Open, Nov 2022	, 0/1	, 2367
2,	Adireddy Tarun, Commonwealth Chess Championship 2018 U 12open, Jun 2018	, 0/1	, 1578
3,	FM Michal Jacobus Oosthuizen, 2018 Tshwane Chess Etienne Lewis Trials (U14 Boys), Sep 2018	, 0/1	, 1575
4,	Chanindi Mewna Attanayake, Commonwealth Youth Chess Championship 2022 - Under 18 Open, Nov 2022	, ½/1	, 1556
5,	Bhekisisa Ndhlovu, 2022 Alekhine FIDE Rated Open Tournament (B), Aug 2022	, 1/1	, 1553
6,	WCM Minethma Lasandi Wickramasinghe, Commonwealth Youth Chess Championship 2022 - Under 18 Open, Nov 2022	, 0/1	, 1538
6,	Shah Moxit J, Commonwealth Chess Championship 2018 U 12open, Jul 2018	, 0/1	, 1538
8,	Shevern Govender, 2019 Tshwane Chess Etienne Lewis Trials (U14 Boys), Aug 2019	, 0/1	, 1525
9,	Dhanvij Ansh, Commonwealth Chess Championship 2018 U 12open, Jun 2018	, 0/1	, 1523
10,	Abhinav Dubey, Commonwealth Chess Championship 2018 U 12open, Jul 2018	, ½/1	, 1501

Event timeline · Classical

25 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
2023	5	2½	1283	1283
2022	16	6½	1402	1337
2021	3	½	1175	902
2020	3	1	1257	1132
2019	14	6½	1193	1164
2018	16	6½	1329	1264
2017	6	2	1361	1236
2016	6	1	1138	865

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

2024 Gauteng Inter-Region Chess Championships (U18 Open)—(0)
Jan 2024Swissfederation source
Score 4½/5Start 1237
2023 Lubowski FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament (B)—(0)
Jun 2023Swissfederation source
Score 3/5Start 1237
2023 South African Junior Closed (U18 Open)1283
Mar – Apr 2023Swissfederation source
Best of 2023Score 3½/8Opp avg 1283Start 1219
2022 South African Junior Wild Card Chess Championships (U20 Open)—(1)
Dec 2022Swissfederation source
Score 4/7Opp avg 1226Start 1240
2022 South African Junior Team Chess Championships (U18 Open)—(0)
Dec 2022Teamfederation source
Score 6½/7Start 1240
Commonwealth Youth Chess Championship 2022 - Under 18 Open1420
Nov 2022Round robinfederation source
Best of 2022Score 3½/8Opp avg 1522Start 1211
2022 Alekhine FIDE Rated Open Tournament (B)—(2)
Aug 2022Swissfederation source
Score 3/5Opp avg 1397Start 1149
2022 South African Junior Closed Chess Championships (U16 Open)1168
Mar – Apr 2022Swissfederation source
#2 in 2022Score 5/10Opp avg 1293Start 1144
2021 Etienne Lewis (U16 Open)902
Sep 2021Swissfederation source
Best of 2021Score 1½/6Opp avg 1175Start 1185
2021 Lubowski Open Tournament Chess Tournament (B)—(0)
May 2021Swissfederation source
Score 2½/5Start 1185
2020 Waterkloof Open Chess Tournament (Section B)1132
Feb – Mar 2020Swissfederation source
Best of 2020Score 2/5Opp avg 1257Start 1195
2019 Tshwane Chess Etienne Lewis Trials (U14 Boys)1128
Aug – Sep 2019Swissfederation source
#3 in 2019Score 4/7Opp avg 1253Start 1269
2019 Alekhine (B-Section)—(2)
Aug 2019Swissfederation source
Score 1/5Opp avg 1088Start 1269
2019 Lubowski Open (B)1273
May 2019Swissfederation source
#2 in 2019Score 2½/5Opp avg 1178Start 1268
Capablanca Chess Festival (Swiss B)1283
Apr 2019Swissfederation source
Best of 2019Score 3½/7Opp avg 1211Start 1261
2018 Tshwane Chess Etienne Lewis Trials (U14 Boys)1246
Aug – Sep 2018Swissfederation source
#2 in 2018Score 4/7Opp avg 1246Start 1260
2018 Alekhine Open (B)1243
Aug 2018Swissfederation source
#3 in 2018Score 2½/6Opp avg 1243Start 1260
Commonwealth Chess Championship 2018 U 12open1430
Jun – Jul 2018Swissfederation source
Best of 2018Score 3/7Opp avg 1480Start 1184
2018 Capablanca Chess Festival (Swiss B)—(2)
Apr 2018Swissfederation source
Score 3/7Opp avg 1092Start 1240
2018 Waterkloof Open (C)—(0)
Mar 2018Swissfederation source
Score 2/5Start 1240
2017 Etienne Lewis Tshwane Chess Trails (u12 Boys)—(2)
Sep 2017Swissfederation source
Score 5½/7Opp avg 1349Start 1250
2017 Capablanca Chess Festival (FIDE Swiss B)—(2)
Apr 2017Swissfederation source
Score 3/7Opp avg 1365
2017 Waterkloof Open (B)—(2)
Mar 2017Swissfederation source
Score 1/5Opp avg 1371
Tshwane Chess Etienne Lewis Trials (u12 Boys)—(1)
Sep 2016Swissfederation source
Score 4½/7Opp avg 1138
Commonwealth Chess Championship 2016 - Under 10 Boys338
Jul – Aug 2016Swissfederation source
Score 0/8Opp avg 1138

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