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RSA · 18 yrs · K=20 · Peak 2387 (Oct 2026)

Best performance: 2548 at CAPE GAMBIT INVITATIONAL (Invitational)(Best of 2025)

World #=1926 live3#1,923 publishedSouth Africa #2#1 U18 in South Africa

OCT26 Rating

2387

Live Rating

2387.0

Change

0.0

Games Played

0

Rating History · Classical

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Working toward the Grandmaster title1 tracked norm · 9/27 gamesrating 2387 of 2500, live 2387composition unverifieddetails ↓

Classical games since the October list

No rated standard games this rating periodsince the OCT26 list (Oct 1, 2026)

Last playedScore
46th Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 OpenSep 16 – Sep 27TPR 23875/10

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

Title Progress

GM title progress

Working toward the Grandmaster title

Tracked norms: 1 · 9 of 27 games credit

Rating: peak 2387, needs 2500

Composition: unverified for the tracked norms. The next norm should come from a qualifying open.

African Juniors Championship 2022 OpenNov 2022—

Based on events we cover plus the FIDE norm registers of all federations. Norms filed elsewhere may not show up here yet.

Event timeline · Classical

3 of 17 events · All years

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.

Rated near Jan Karsten · Classical

World

  1. #=1926FMOleg Rinas2387.0
  2. #=1926IMIulian Baltag2387.0
  3. #=1926IMJan Karsten2387.0
  4. #=1926FMPetar Kovac2387.0
  5. #=1926IMToni Lazov2387.0

South Africa

  1. #1IMHenry Robert Steel2408.0
  2. #2IMJan Karsten2387.0
  3. #3FMBanele Mhango2344.8
  4. #4IMCaleb Levi Levitan2336.0
  5. #5IMDaniel Cawdery2312.0

Live ratings projected from the OCT26 published list · Not affiliated with FIDE