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Keone Lebala
🇧🇼FIDE 11320923· Female· Botswana· Born in 2002
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Keone Lebala, a 24-year-old player, is rated 1560 — just 19 short of her peak of 1579 (Mar 2024, age 22). She plays occasionally (6 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 37 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 14 months (2024–2025). Recent appearance: 2025 Cracking Series International Chess Challenge- Women Section. Also played 1 blitz event (including 2026 Above & Beyond Travel Fide Rated Blitz Chess Championship) recently.
At junior level, she reached #22 and #16 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1560
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1520
All-time high
1579
−19 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 22
Mar 2024 · age 22
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#162,400
#162,400 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2024
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1578 → returned at 1560
May 2024
Best 12-month gain (+236 Elo)
1343 → 1579
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 22
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1400
at age 22
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1579
at age 22 · −19 from today
Mar 2024
2021
22nd U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 1426
Jul 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-18
1578 → 1560
Tournaments
1
6 games
Score
2/ 633.3%
2W0D4L
Top 2 wins
1.[W]vsMotlhako Kaone1,536·2025 Cracking Series International Chess Challenge- Women Section·R3·+18.6
2.[W]vsJohn Oratile Petronel1,502·2025 Cracking Series International Chess Challenge- Women Section·R5·+16.7
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsMoshoboro Sharell AronaWCM1,729·2025 Cracking Series International Chess Challenge- Women Section·R4·-11.0
3.[L]vsConstance MbathaWFM1,799·2025 Cracking Series International Chess Challenge- Women Section·R7·-8.1
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 2/6 | #14 | 1532 | -18.0 |
Worst Elo result: 2025 Cracking Series International Chess Challenge- Women Section (-18.0 Elo, finished #14).
Rankings
/
Botswana
#128
out of 183 players
Africa
#6,863
in continent
World
#162,383
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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