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Steel, Henry Robert

Steel, Henry Robert

IM🇿🇦

FIDEFIDE 14300567· Male· South Africa· Born in 1989

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Henry Robert Steel, a 37-year-old South African International Master, is rated 2408 — just 12 short of his peak of 2420 (Apr 2018, age 29) and ranked 1st among South African players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He plays occasionally (1 game in the last 12 months) and had 7 career breaks: 17 months (2005–2007), 21 months (2009–2010), 19 months (2012–2014), 27 months (2014–2017), 14 months (2017–2018), 28 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 12 months (2023–2024). Recent appearance: Cape Town Chess Federation Club League 2025 (A). He reached South African #1 in Mar 2013 and has been South African #1 for 53 months and counting (3 consecutive years on his current run).

Awarded IM in 2014 (age 25), FM in 2009 (age 20), and CM in 2008 (age 19). At junior level, he reached #1, #1 and #1 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.

Current rating

2408

Standard

Rpd2399·Blz2424

All-time high

2420

−12 pts below
Apr 2018 · age 29

Activity

2

games / yr avg.

1 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#1

#1 · South African players · of 1,773
#1 nationally since Apr 2022

Career timeline

25 entries
2026
53 months in National #1 (ongoing)
longest streak 43 months · since Mar 2013
May 2026
2023
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2420 → returned at 2413
Oct 2023
2019
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 2418 → returned at 2414
Nov 2019
2018
All-time peak 2420
at age 29 · −12 from today
Apr 2018
2017
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 2414 → returned at 2420
Jan 2017
2014
Re-crossed 2400
at age 25
Sep 2014

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Evolution
-5
2413 → 2408
Tournaments
1
1 games
Score
0/ 10.0%
0W0D1L
Top wins
No standard wins or draws in the last 12 months.

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Cape Town Chess Federation Club League 2025 (A)
Team
Jul 20250/1#1661585-5.4

Most-Played Opponents

vsWatu KobeseIM
🇿🇦RSA·2258
+5 −3 =2
10 games·last met Aug 2024
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vsCalvin John KlaasenFM
🇿🇦RSA·2177
+4 −0 =3
7 games·last met Aug 2023
View head-to-head →
vsKenneth Terence SolomonGM
🇿🇦RSA·2270
+2 −1 =2
5 games·last met Nov 2018
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Rankings

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South Africa
#1
out of 1,842 players
Africa
#11
in continent
World
#1,526
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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