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Goosen, Anton

CM🇿🇦

FIDEFIDE 14301709· Male· South Africa· Born in 1961

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Anton Goosen, a 65-year-old South African Candidate Master, is rated 1930 and sitting in the top 5% of South African players. He has held steady between 1900 and 1950 for 7 years. 27 rated games in the past year (≈13/year long-term). Recent appearances: Bojanalas FIDE ON THE ORION EXPRESS (Queens) and 2025 South African Open Chess Championships (Championship). He had 6 career breaks: 16 months (2008–2009), 23 months (2009–2011), 18 months (2012–2014), 35 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included), 16 months (2022–2023) and 18 months (2023–2025). His peak of 2220 was reached at age 47 (Apr 2008, South African #9 at the time).

Awarded CM in 2008 (age 47).

Current rating

1930

Standard

Rpd1969·Blz—

All-time high

2220

−290 pts below
Apr 2008 · age 47

Activity

12

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

22 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 5%

#91 · South African players · of 1,804

Career timeline

23 entries
2024
Best 12-month gain (+32 Elo)
1912 → 1944
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 1907 → returned at 1912
Nov 2023
2022
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1912 → returned at 1907
Jun 2022
1st South African 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 1918
May 2022
2019
Inactive for 35 months
paused at 1947 → returned at 1918
May 2019
2017
2nd South African 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 2025
Oct 2017

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Benjamin Vincent HerculesCM 2,084
2025 South African Open Chess Championships (Championship) · Jun 2025 · +4.4 Elo
Evolution
+18
1912 → 1930
Tournaments
3
22 games
Score
11.5/ 2252.3%
7W9D6L

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
FIDE World Senior Team Championships 2026 - Open S50
Team
Apr 20264.5/9#441950+6.0
Bojanalas FIDE ON THE ORION EXPRESS (Queens)
Swiss
Oct 20252/2#352435+6.4
2025 South African Open Chess Championships (Championship)
Open Swiss
Jun 20255/11#241943+6.4
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.

Most-Played Opponents

vsBenjamin Vincent HerculesCM
🇿🇦RSA·2092
+0 −3 =2
5 games·last met Jun 2025
View head-to-head →
vsJohannes Manyedi MabuselaIM
🇿🇦RSA·2112
+1 −2 =2
5 games·last met Oct 2023
View head-to-head →
vsJoseph MwaleFM
🇲🇼MAW·2303
+0 −4 =1
5 games·last met May 2019
View head-to-head →

Rankings

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South Africa
#91
out of 1,876 players
Africa
#1,128
in continent
World
#40,978
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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