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Kitso Innocent Kgosietsile
🇧🇼FIDE 11313226· Male· Botswana· Born in 2003
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Kitso Innocent Kgosietsile, a 23-year-old player, is rated 1874 — just 5 short of his peak of 1879 (Jan 2025, age 22). He is progressing steadily with +31 Elo over the past 12 months. 35 rated games in the past year (≈23/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 NationaL Team Trials 2nd Round- Open Section, 2026 NationaL Team Trials-- Open Section, and 2026 NationaL Team Trials- Open Section. Also played 1 rapid (including Bunnies Academy Junior Chess Championship- Open Section) and 1 blitz events (including 2026 Above & Beyond Travel Fide Rated Blitz Chess Championship) recently. He reached #24 nationally in Dec 2024.
At junior level, he reached #5, #9 and #2 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1874
Standard
Rpd1820·Blz1828
All-time high
1879
−5 pts below
Jan 2025 · age 22
Jan 2025 · age 22
Activity
34
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
26 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#54,766
#54,766 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2025
All-time peak 1879
at age 22 · −5 from today
Jan 2025
2024
Peak national rank: #24
at age 21 · rated 1874
Dec 2024
Best 12-month gain (+250 Elo)
1624 → 1874
Nov 2024
100 career games
at age 21
May 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 21
Apr 2024
2023
5th U20 player nationally
at age 20 · rated 1645
Jan 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
2025 Cracking Series International Chess Challenge-Open Sectionperf 2071 (+211) · 3.5/6 · #19
Top opponent
Evolution
+31
1843 → 1874
Tournaments
5
27 games
Score
14/ 2751.9%
11W6D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2/6 | #15 | 1739 | -22.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/5 | #12 | 2009 | +20.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2/2 | #4 | 2349 | +5.6 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3.5/7 | #17 | 1973 | +10.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3.5/6 | #19 | 2071 | +16.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsThuso MosuthaCM
🇧🇼BOT·1981
+0 −6 =4
10 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsSelogelo Othata
🇧🇼BOT·1807
+3 −4 =2
9 games·last met May 2026
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vsSebetlela Gaasite
🇧🇼BOT·2067
+1 −2 =3
6 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsGideon Masaiti
🇧🇼BOT·1705
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met May 2026
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vsPudungwane Lesole
🇧🇼BOT·1858
+0 −4 =1
5 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
/
Botswana
#26
out of 183 players
Africa
#1,671
in continent
World
#54,765
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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