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RSA · 21 yrs · K=40 · Peak 1572 (Dec 2025)

Best performance: 1479 at 2025 South African Open Chess Championships (B)(Best of 2025)

World #=190407 liveSouth Africa #1490

OCT26 Rating

1566

Live Rating

1509.2

Change

-56.8

Games Played

4

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Classical

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Official classical rating by month
ListRatingChange
Oct 202615660
Sep 202615660
Aug 202615660
Jul 202615660
Jun 202615660
May 202615660
Apr 20261566+4
Mar 20261562-1
Feb 20261563-9
Jan 202615720
Dec 20251572+9
Nov 202515630

Classical games since the October list

TournamentScoreChange
Chess Power House Heritage Day Open - A (FIDE)Sep 24TPR 8761/5-56.8

Event timeline · Classical

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.

Recent opponents · Classical

Kieth KagandePanashe ChimbwandaInnocent PhaahlaNeo LodiTrevor Mutsambwa

Rated near Matthew Thomas Richards · Classical

World

  1. #=190407Denis Fouque1509.2
  2. #=190407Alexandru-Adrian Safta1509.2
  3. #=190407Matthew Thomas Richards1509.2
  4. #=190407Johan Deswarte1509.2
  5. #=190407Georgiy Atayan1509.2

South Africa

  1. #=1482Vrishti Singh1510.0
  2. #1489Mohau Mofela1509.4
  3. #1490Matthew Thomas Richards1509.2
  4. #=1491Hannah Rose Van Heerden1509.0
  5. #=1491Nathan Van Schalkwyk1509.0

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