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RSA · 15 yrs · K=40 · Peak 1481 (Mar 2024, includes FIDE’s rating adjustment)

Best performance: 1323 at FIDE World Cadet - Youth Rapid Blitz Championships 2025 - Blitz O14(Best of 2025)

World #=305777South Africa #983among all players, November list

Blitz rating

1435

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

On FIDE’s list since Jul 2023 · Inactive on FIDE’s list

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating unchanged at 1435 over the last 12 months; peak 1481 in March 2024.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20261614, -37, 3 games1466, 0, 0 games1435, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261651, 0, 0 games1466, 0, 0 games1435, 0, 0 games
Sep 20261651, +42, 5 games1466, 0, 0 games1435, 0, 0 games
Aug 20261609, 0, 0 games1466, 0, 0 games1435, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261609, 0, 0 games1466, 0, 0 games1435, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261609, 0, 0 games1466, 0, 0 games1435, 0, 0 games
May 20261609, 0, 0 games1466, 0, 0 games1435, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261609, +35, 3 games1466, +1, 0 games1435, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261574, +1, 0 games1465, 0, 0 games1435, 0, 0 games
Feb 20261573, -44, 0 games1465, -1, 0 games1435, +8, 0 games
Jan 20261617, +31, 3 games1466, +1, 0 games1427, -8, 0 games
Dec 20251586, +51, 0 games1465, 0, 0 games1435, 0, 0 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

From 22 blitz games on record, the latest on Apr 17, 2025.

Blitz games since the November list

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

Show gamesLast playedScore
FIDE World Cadet - Youth Rapid Blitz Championships 2025 - Blitz O14Apr 16, 2025 – Apr 17, 2025TPR 13234/11

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

Best wins · Blitz

From 16 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2023–2025

#OpponentRating
1, Miguel Classen, Apr 2025 · FIDE World Cadet - Youth Rapid Blitz Championships 2025 - Blitz O14, 1477
2, Nikoloz Baramidze, Jun 2023 · World Cadets B-12 (Blitz) Ch 2023, 1354
3, Rauf Yusupov, Jun 2023 · World Cadets B-12 (Blitz) Ch 2023, 1352

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

Event timeline · Blitz

2 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
20257116321323
20239213551135

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

Rated near Chris Botha · Blitz · November list, all players

World

  1. #=305777Cesare Borgaro1435
  2. #=305777Eliott Borie1435
  3. #=305777Chris Botha1435
  4. #=305777Alessandra Vittoria Boza Pereira1435
  5. #=305777Juan Pablo Brenes Calderon1435

South Africa

  1. #=980Henry Murray1436
  2. #=980Berno De Beer1436
  3. #983Chris Botha1435
  4. #=984Babonke Ndumndum1433
  5. #=984Richard Budge1433

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