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RSA · 21 yrs · K=40 · Peak 1694 (Nov 2025)

Best performance: 1821 at Cape Town Chess Open Festival 2025 (B)(Best of 2025)

World #=117553 live, down 1082#116,471 publishedSouth Africa #=585

NOV26 Rating

1686

Live Rating

1686.0

Change

0.0

Games Played

0

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Classical

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Official classical rating by month
ListRatingChange
Nov 20261686-8
Oct 202616940
Sep 202616940
Aug 202616940
Jul 202616940
Jun 202616940
May 202616940
Apr 202616940
Mar 202616940
Feb 202616940
Jan 202616940
Dec 202516940

Form · Classical

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 2 games, Aug 15 – Aug 22.

From 41 classical games on record, the latest on Sep 19.

Classical games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
CTCF League 2026Aug 1 – Sep 20TPR 16721½/6

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

Event timeline · Classical

8 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
202661½18651672
2025201216621734
20242½1595—

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

Rated near Michael Kruse · Classical

World

  1. #=117553David Voeller1686.0
  2. #=117553Florian Ulmer1686.0
  3. #=117553Michael Kruse1686.0
  4. #=117553Brandon Abrahams1686.0
  5. #=117553Fernando Sanz Merino1686.0

South Africa

  1. #=585Argon Poorun1686.0
  2. #=585John Lincoln Shoko1686.0
  3. #=585Michael Kruse1686.0
  4. #=585Brandon Abrahams1686.0
  5. #=592Matthys Andrio De Vries1685.0

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