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LES · 30 yrs · K=40 · Peak 1763 (By Dec 2025)

Best performance: 1756 at 2025 CBL & NUL Open Chess Championship(Best of 2025)

World #=100940 live, down 1489#99,451 publishedLesotho #15Africa #=3849among active players

Classical rating

1733

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

On FIDE’s list since Dec 2025

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Classical

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Classical rating 1763 to 1733 since December 2025; peak 1763 by December 2025.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapid
Nov 20261733, 0, 0 games1603, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261733, 0, 0 games1603, 0, 0 games
Sep 20261733, 0, 0 games1603, 0, 0 games
Aug 20261733, 0, 0 games1603, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261733, 0, 0 games1603, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261733, 0, 0 games1603, 0, 0 games
May 20261733, 0, 0 games1603, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261733, 0, 0 games1603, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261733, 0, 0 games1603, 0, 0 games
Feb 20261733, 0, 0 games1603, 0, 0 games
Jan 20261733, -30, 7 games1603, 0, 0 games
Dec 20251763, 5 games1603, 0, 0 games

Form · Classical

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 2 games (2 wins), since Dec 28, 2025.

From 18 classical games on record, the latest on Dec 28, 2025.

Classical games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
2025 Lesotho National Chess ChampionshipDec 26, 2025 – Dec 28, 2025TPR 16735/8

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

Best wins · Classical

From 15 rated classical games against rated opponents, 2023–2025

#OpponentRating
1, Khiba Selatela, Dec 2025 · 2025 Lesotho National Chess Championship, 1645
2, Katleho Phakisi, Nov 2025 · 2025 CBL & NUL Open Chess Championship, 1626
3, Katleho Mohale, Dec 2025 · 2025 Lesotho National Chess Championship, 1579

Event timeline · Classical

3 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
2025127½16161711
2023301317517

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

Rated near Makatsa Zachia · Classical

World

  1. #=100940Denis Germain1733.0
  2. #=100940Valdinei Da Silva1733.0
  3. #=100940Makatsa Zachia1733.0
  4. #=100940Kamil Kalita1733.0
  5. #=100940Sergio Cano Ferrer1733.0

Lesotho

  1. #13Letsatsi Khama1748.6
  2. #14Lereko Maluke1739.4
  3. #15Makatsa Zachia1733.0
  4. #16Matlali Pofane1720.6
  5. #17Siyabonga Sibeko1710.0

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