CChessStats
Format
SL

Samuel Lini

🇧🇼

FIDEFIDE 11329327· Male· Botswana· Born in 2005

Follow Samuel LiniTrack his monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.

Samuel Lini, a 21-year-old player, is rated 1704 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +38 Elo over the past 12 months. 10 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent appearances: 2025 Cracking Series International Chess Challenge-Section A and 2025 FIDE RATED BOTSWANA JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP - Open Section. He took a 13-month break between Mar 2024 and May 2025. He reached #81 nationally in Jun 2026.

At junior level, he reached #6 nationally in U20.

Current rating

1704

Standard

Rpd·Blz1569

All-time high

1704

at best
Aug 2025 · age 20

Activity

9

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#108,530

#108,530 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

9 entries
2026
Peak national rank: #81
at age 21 · rated 1704
Jun 2026
2025
6th U20 player nationally
at age 20 · rated 1704
Oct 2025
Best 12-month gain (+90 Elo)
1614 → 1704
Aug 2025
All-time peak 1704
at age 20
Aug 2025
2024
Crossed 1600
at age 19
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 19
Mar 2024

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period

Activity & highlights

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Open Swiss
Jul 20253/6#121710+14.0
Open Swiss
Jul 20254.5/4#72419+24.0

Rankings

/
Botswana
#81
out of 183 players
Africa
#4,116
in continent
World
#108,527
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Botswana
1
🇧🇼Oatlhotse, ProvidenceFollow Providence OatlhotseTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,225
2
🇧🇼Monnaatsheko, KeletshabileFollow Keletshabile MonnaatshekoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,072
3
🇧🇼Sebetlela GaasiteFollow Sebetlela GaasiteTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,067
4
🇧🇼Mpene ThutoFollow Mpene ThutoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,009
5
🇧🇼Mosutha, ThusoFollow Thuso MosuthaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
1,981
5
🇧🇼Oratile, KgotlaneFollow Kgotlane OratileTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
1,981
7
🇧🇼Olebile, ThatoFollow Thato OlebileTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
1,967
8
🇧🇼Notha, MoakofiFollow Moakofi NothaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
1,959
9
🇧🇼Banda Natalie KatloFollow Banda Natalie KatloTrack her monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
1,957
10
🇧🇼Mosenya, NdawanaFollow Ndawana MosenyaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
1,949
...
81🇧🇼Samuel Lini1,704
Africa
1
🇪🇬Amin, BassemFollow Bassem AminTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,628
2
🇪🇬Adly, AhmedFollow Ahmed AdlyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,581
3
🇲🇦Hamdouchi, HichamFollow Hicham HamdouchiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,502
4
🇩🇿Bellahcene, BilelFollow Bilel BellahceneTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,493
5
🇪🇬Fawzy, AdhamFollow Adham FawzyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,464
6
🇩🇿Arab, AdlaneFollow Adlane ArabTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,453
7
🇪🇬Shoker, SamyFollow Samy ShokerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,443
8
🇲🇬Rakotomaharo, Fy AntenainaFollow Fy Antenaina RakotomaharoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,437
9
🇩🇿Rizouk, AimenFollow Aimen RizoukTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,425
10
🇪🇬Labib, Ibrahim HasanFollow Ibrahim Hasan LabibTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,412
...
4116🇧🇼Samuel Lini1,704
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
108527🇧🇼Samuel Lini1,704