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Masaiti, Gideon
🇧🇼FIDE 11310090· Male· Botswana· Born in 2004
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Gideon Masaiti, a 22-year-old player, is rated 1705. He has held steady between 1700 and 1750 for 15 months. 14 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 NationaL Team Trials-- Open Section, 2026 NationaL Team Trials- Open Section, and 2025 Botash Chess Championships- Open Section. Also played 1 rapid event (including Bunnies Academy Junior Chess Championship- Open Section) recently. His peak of 1793 was reached at age 20 (Mar 2024); he also reached #51 nationally in Dec 2023.
At junior level, he reached #4, #4, #15, #3 and #3 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1705
Standard
Rpd1757·Blz1945
All-time high
1793
−88 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 20
Mar 2024 · age 20
Activity
16
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#107,893
#107,893 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
17 entries2024
All-time peak 1793
at age 20 · −88 from today
Mar 2024
2023
Peak national rank: #51
at age 19 · rated 1666
Dec 2023
4th U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 1666
Dec 2023
100 career games
at age 19
Apr 2023
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2023
2022
Re-crossed 1600
at age 18
Dec 2022
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Best result
2025 Cracking Series International Chess Challenge-Open Sectionperf 1786 (+61) · 2/6 · #22
Top opponent
Evolution
-11
1716 → 1705
Tournaments
4
16 games
Score
7/ 1643.8%
6W2D8L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsSelogelo Othata1,814·2025 Cracking Series International Chess Challenge-Open Section·R3·+12.5
2.[D]vsJoseph Xavier NyambaloCM1,985·2025 Cracking Series International Chess Challenge-Open Section·R1·+6.3
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1/3 | #43 | 1675 | -4.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #19 | 2368 | +5.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/4 | #35 | 1982 | -20.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 2/6 | #22 | 1786 | +9.0 |
Rankings
/
Botswana
#84
out of 182 players
Africa
#4,069
in continent
World
#107,891
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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