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Eugene Steenkamp

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RSA · 49 yrs · K=40 · Peak 1612 (Apr 2026)

Best performance: 1672 at Cape Winelands Open Rapid 2026 (Advanced)(Best of 2026)

World #=108591 live, down 1842#106,749 publishedSouth Africa #262Africa #=5371among active players

Rapid rating

1612

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

On FIDE’s list since Jan 2025

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Rapid

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Rapid rating 1590 to 1612 over the last 12 months; peak 1612 in April 2026.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapid
Nov 20261631, -12, 2 games1612, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261643, 0, 0 games1612, 0, 0 games
Sep 20261643, 0, 0 games1612, 0, 0 games
Aug 20261643, 0, 0 games1612, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261643, 0, 0 games1612, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261643, 0, 0 games1612, 0, 0 games
May 20261643, 0, 0 games1612, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261643, 0, 0 games1612, +22, 5 games
Mar 20261643, 0, 0 games1590, 0, 0 games
Feb 20261643, 0, 0 games1590, 0, 0 games
Jan 20261643, 0, 0 games1590, 0, 0 games
Dec 20251643, 0, 0 games1590, 0, 0 games

Form · Rapid

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 4 games (4 wins), since May 2. That is the longest unbeaten run of 2026.

From 23 rapid games on record, the latest on May 2.

Rapid games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
UWC Chess Club Open Rapid 2026 (B)May 24/6

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

Best wins · Rapid

From 15 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2024–2026

#OpponentRating
1, Ammen Mohammed De Villiers, Apr 2025 · Hermanus Chess Club open 2025 (Advanced), 1665
2, Tristan Maxwell, Mar 2026 · Cape Winelands Open Rapid 2026 (Advanced), 1616*
3, Granton Raubenheimer, Nov 2024 · ELSIES RIVER INTER CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2024 (A), 1614*

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

Event timeline · Rapid

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
20265316001672
202562½16111554
20244215691569

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

Rated near Eugene Steenkamp · Rapid

World

  1. #=108591Ilkhom Ergashev1612.0
  2. #=108591Mukhammadiev Khushnudbek1612.0
  3. #=108591Eugene Steenkamp1612.0
  4. #=108591Jusuf Lavic1612.0
  5. #=108591Yuvinson Palomeque Parra1612.0

South Africa

  1. #=260Fredrick Dube1613.0
  2. #=260Joubert Crisswell1613.0
  3. #262Eugene Steenkamp1612.0
  4. #263Kagisho Choeu1611.0
  5. #264Ronewa Philip Netshivhulana1609.2

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