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RSA · 17 yrs · K=40 · Peak 1591 (By Feb 2026)

Best performance: 1619 at Eden Chess League(Best of 2026)

World #=154207 live, down 700#153,507 publishedSouth Africa #986Africa #6568among active players

NOV26 Rating

1590

Live Rating

1595.6

Change

+5.6

Games Played

5

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Classical

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Classical rating 1591 to 1590 since February 2026; peak 1591 by February 2026.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalBlitz
Nov 20261590, 0, 0 games1580, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261590, 0, 0 games1580, -3, 2 games
Sep 20261590, 0, 0 games1583, 0, 0 games
Aug 20261590, 0, 0 games1583, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261590, 0, 0 games1583, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261590, 0, 0 games1583, 0, 0 games
May 20261590, 0, 0 games1583, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261590, -1, 0 games1583, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261591, 0, 0 games1583, 0, 0 games
Feb 20261591, 7 games1583, 0, 0 games
Jan 2026unrated1583, 0, 0 games
Dec 2025unrated1583, 0, 0 games

Form · Classical

oldest → latest

Some of this player's 2026 games are not on record yet, so no unbeaten run is shown.

From 20 classical games on record, the latest on Nov 7.

Classical games since the November list

Show gamesTournamentScoreChange
Eden Chess LeagueOct 3 – Nov 7TPR 16193/8+5.6

Best wins · Classical

From 12 rated classical games against rated opponents, 2025–2026

#OpponentRating
1, Kieran Muller, Oct 2026 · Eden Chess League, 1690
2, Usemhle Mtshekexe, Dec 2025 · 2025 Mzansi Inter Provincial Team Championships (U18 Open Championship), 1674
3, Lemogang Letupu, Dec 2025 · 2025 Mzansi Individual Championships (U18 Open), 1578

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
202572½16331531

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

Recent opponents · Classical

George Lee-Roy LawerlotGerrit HendricksKieran MullerRicardo SalmonsPravin MeyerTheo KleinhansEugeniel JacobsIwan Roberts

Rated near Sivuyisile Bukula · Classical

World

  1. #=154207Neimar Zamudio Guzman1595.6
  2. #=154207Jessika Zehnpfennig1595.6
  3. #=154207Sivuyisile Bukula1595.6
  4. #=154207Liam Bishayev Mora1595.6
  5. #=154217Clement Boivin1595.4

South Africa

  1. #=983Khazimla Bokuva1596.0
  2. #=983Aiden Sedeman1596.0
  3. #986Sivuyisile Bukula1595.6
  4. #=987Callum Lau1595.0
  5. #=987Ameen Hartley1595.0

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