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Pitso Refilwe

WCM🇧🇼

FIDEFIDE 11312734· Female· Botswana· Born in 2005

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Pitso Refilwe, a 21-year-old Woman Candidate Master, is rated 1774. She has slipped back 42 Elo over the past 12 months. 14 rated games in the past year (≈34/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2nd Annual MLK Day Open - U2000, 2026 Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship, and 2025 Texas Collegiate Super Finals. Her peak of 1829 was reached at age 19 (Mar 2024); she also reached #40 nationally in Jan 2024.

Previously known as Gabatshwarwe Refilwe (until Jan 2025). Awarded WCM in 2017 (age 12). At junior level, she reached #2, #1, #1, #1 and #3 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

1774

Standard

Rpd1800·Blz1768

All-time high

1829

−55 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 19

Activity

35

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#84,427

#84,427 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

18 entries
2025
Renamed to Pitso Refilwe
at age 20
Jan 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 19
Oct 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 19
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1829
at age 19 · −55 from today
Mar 2024
2nd U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 1717
Feb 2024
Peak national rank: #40
at age 19 · rated 1717
Jan 2024

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Sanjeev Anand 1,891
2026 Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship · Jan 2026 · +3.2 Elo
Evolution
-42
1816 → 1774
Tournaments
4
15 games
Score
6/ 1540.0%
4W4D7L

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2nd Annual MLK Day Open - U2000
Open Swiss
Jan 20262/4#101562-23.2
2026 Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship
Open Swiss
Jan 20260.5/3#1361703-6.8
2025 Texas Collegiate Super Finals
Team
Oct 20250/3#261554-5.6
2025 U.S. Women's Open
Open Swiss
Jun 20253.5/4#101979-5.8
Worst Elo result: 2nd Annual MLK Day Open - U2000 (-23.2 Elo, finished #10).

Rankings

/
Botswana
#62
out of 182 players
Africa
#2,936
in continent
World
#84,426
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Botswana
1
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2
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3
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4
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2,009
5
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1,999
6
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1,981
7
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1,967
8
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1,963
9
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1,959
10
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1,957
...
62🇧🇼Pitso Refilwe1,774
Africa
1
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2,627
2
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2,580
3
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2,502
4
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2,493
5
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2,467
6
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2,453
7
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2,442
8
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2,441
9
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2,414
10
🇪🇬Labib, Ibrahim HasanFollow Ibrahim Hasan LabibTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,412
...
2936🇧🇼Pitso Refilwe1,774
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
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2,753
...
84426🇧🇼Pitso Refilwe1,774