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Pon, Matt

FM🇿🇦INACTIVE · since May 2024

FIDEFIDE 14301644· Male· South Africa· Born in 1996

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Matt Pon, a 30-year-old South African FIDE Master, is rated 2178 — just 26 short of his peak of 2204 (Nov 2017, age 21) and ranked 18th among South African players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He plays around 17 rated games per year and had 2 career breaks: 13 months (2009–2011) and 45 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included). He reached South African #9 in Jan 2022.

Awarded FM in 2012 (age 16). At junior level, he reached #1, #1, #5, #4 and #3 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

2178

Standard

Rpd2186·Blz2185

All-time high

2204

−26 pts below
Nov 2017 · age 21

Activity

9

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#18

#18 · South African players · of 1,773

Career timeline

21 entries
2024
Inactive for 24 months
paused at 2178 → still inactive
May 2024
Re-crossed 2200
at age 28
Jan 2024
2022
Peak South African rank: #9
at age 26 · rated 2185
Jan 2022
2020
Inactive for 45 months
paused at 2185 → returned at 2190
Feb 2020
2017
Crossed 2200
at age 21
Nov 2017
All-time peak 2204
at age 21 · −26 from today
Nov 2017

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Evolution
0
2178 → 2178

Most-Played Opponents

vsRoland BezuidenhoutFM
🇿🇦RSA·2293
+1 −0 =10
11 games·last met Dec 2019
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vsRoberto N De AbreuFM
🇿🇦RSA·2184
+3 −1 =3
7 games·last met Dec 2019
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vsBenjamin Vincent HerculesCM
🇿🇦RSA·2092
+2 −2 =2
6 games·last met Dec 2019
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vsJustin Barend Wilken
🇿🇦RSA·1919
+0 −2 =3
5 games·last met Oct 2015
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Rankings

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South Africa
#14
out of 1,842 players
Africa
#120
in continent
World
#9,223
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
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3
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4
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4
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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Africa
1
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2,627
2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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2,414
10
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World
1
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2
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3
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4
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2,780
5
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6
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2,767
7
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7
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9
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10
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