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Govindasamy, Nashlen
CM🇿🇦FIDE 14301318· Male· South Africa· Born in 1996
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Nashlen Govindasamy, a 30-year-old South African Candidate Master, is rated 2089 — his current career high and ranked 30th among South African players, and in the top 8% worldwide. He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 12 months (2018–2019), 35 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 21 months (2024–2026). Recent appearance: 2026 KZN Open Chess Championships (A). He reached South African #12 in May 2022.
Awarded CM in 2012 (age 16). At junior level, he reached #4, #4 and #3 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2089
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
2089
at best
Jun 2026 · age 30
Jun 2026 · age 30
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#30
#30 · South African players · of 1,804
Career timeline
16 entries2026
All-time peak 2089
at age 30
Jun 2026
2024
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 2070 → returned at 2089
Aug 2024
2022
Peak South African rank: #12
at age 26 · rated 2072
May 2022
2019
Inactive for 35 months
paused at 2055 → returned at 2072
May 2019
2018
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2047 → returned at 2055
Apr 2018
2016
4th South African U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2087
Nov 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+19
2070 → 2089
Tournaments
1
7 games
Score
5/ 771.4%
4W2D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 5/7 | #4 | 2159 | +19.4 |
Rankings
/
South Africa
#30
out of 1,876 players
Africa
#300
in continent
World
#16,457
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
South Africa
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