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Kobese, Watu

IM🇿🇦RSA

FIDEFIDE 14300141· Male· Born in 1973· K=10

Rating

2258

Standard · K=10

South Africa

#7

out of 1,812 players

World

#5,543

out of 400,000+

At a glance

All-time high
2375
Mar 2017
Gap to all-time high
-117
pts below peak
Activity
24
Standard games / year avg.
8 in last 12 months
Active since
2012
14 yrs · 360 Standard games

Recent Results (last 12 months)

Evolution
+2
2256 → 2258
Score
4.5/ 856.3%
2W5D1L

Career milestones

All-time high: 2375Mar 2017
Reached 2300Sep 2012
Reached 2200Sep 2012
Reached 2100Sep 2012
Reached 2000Sep 2012
Reached 1800Sep 2012
Reached 1500Sep 2012
First FIDE ratingSep 2012

Standard rating history

Rankings

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South Africa
#7
out of 1,812 players
Africa
#63
in continent
World
#5,543
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
South Africa
Africa
World

FIDE Games Detail

Last scraped: 2026-04-17

Scrape games

8 Standard games (last 12 months)

2025-11STDCape Town Chess Federation Club League 2025 (A)Elo 2258
OpponentEloRes.Δ Elo♟
Mnyasta, TezihanoRSA19561+1.5♔
2025-05STDCAPE GAMBIT INVITATIONAL (Invitational)Elo 2256
OpponentEloRes.Δ Elo♟
fKlaasen, Calvin JohnRSA2165½-1.2♔
Mnyasta, CharltonRSA2104½-2♚
cRogov, MatfeyFID2333½+1.1♔
fBhawoodien, Mohamed OzayrRSA2205½-0.7♚
mVitoux, ColombanFRA23580-3.6♔
fMhango, BaneleRSA22551+5♔
mKarsten, JanRSA2327½+1♚