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Basson, Heinrich
🇿🇦INACTIVE · since December 2022FIDE 14301440· Male· South Africa· Born in 1990
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Heinrich Basson, a 36-year-old South African player, is rated 1900. He plays around 14 rated games per year and took a 30-month break between Oct 2019 and May 2022 (COVID-19 included). Also played 3 rapid (including 2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Super Rapidplay) and 3 blitz events (including 2025 UK Open Blitz: London 3 (Golders Green) Qualifier) recently. His peak of 1943 was reached at age 27 (Dec 2017); he also reached South African #60 in Feb 2017.
Current rating
1900
Standard
Rpd1850·Blz1950
All-time high
1943
−43 pts below
Dec 2017 · age 27
Dec 2017 · age 27
Activity
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classical only
Signature stat
#48,130
#48,130 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2022
Inactive for 41 months
paused at 1834 → still inactive
Dec 2022
2019
Inactive for 30 months
paused at 1823 → returned at 1820
Oct 2019
2017
All-time peak 1943
at age 27 · −43 from today
Dec 2017
100 career games
at age 27
Dec 2017
Peak South African rank: #60
at age 27 · rated 1937
Feb 2017
Best 12-month gain (+123 Elo)
1814 → 1937
Feb 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
1900 → 1900
Last 12 months — tournaments
0 eventsRankings
/
South Africa
#75
out of 1,876 players
Africa
#1,181
in continent
World
#45,215
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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