What is Fourie, Louhan's FIDE rating?

Fourie, Louhan's current standard FIDE rating is 1801.

What is Fourie, Louhan's blitz rating?

Fourie, Louhan's current FIDE blitz rating is 1752.

What is Fourie, Louhan's world ranking?

Fourie, Louhan is currently ranked #76,524 in the world (standard rating).

What is Fourie, Louhan's ranking in South Africa?

Fourie, Louhan is currently ranked #220 in South Africa.

What is Fourie, Louhan's continental ranking?

Fourie, Louhan is currently ranked #2,528 in their continent.

What is Fourie, Louhan's ranking in the 20-35 category?

Fourie, Louhan is ranked #100 in South Africa in the 20-35 age group.

What is Fourie, Louhan's all-time highest FIDE rating?

Fourie, Louhan's all-time peak standard rating is 1804.

When did Fourie, Louhan receive their first FIDE rating?

Fourie, Louhan first appeared in the FIDE rating list in 2013.

Which federation does Fourie, Louhan represent?

Fourie, Louhan represents South Africa (RSA).

How old is Fourie, Louhan?

Fourie, Louhan was born in 2001 and is 25 years old.

When did Fourie, Louhan reach their peak rating?

Fourie, Louhan reached their peak standard rating of 1804 in 2024, at age 23.

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Fourie, Louhan

🇿🇦INACTIVE · since March 2025

FIDE 14306450· Male· South Africa· Born in 2001

Louhan Fourie, a 25-year-old South African player, is rated 1801 — just 3 short of his peak of 1804 (May 2024, age 23). He plays around 9 rated games per year and had 2 career breaks: 14 months (2014–2015) and 67 months (2018–2024, COVID-19 included).

At junior level, he reached #16, #10, #11 and #4 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

1801

Standard

Rpd—·Blz1752

All-time high

1804

−3 pts below
May 2024 · age 23

Activity

6

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#76,064

#76,064 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

17 entries

2025

Inactive for 14 months

paused at 1801 → still inactive

Mar 2025

2024

76th South African 20-35 player

at age 23 · rated 1804

Oct 2024

All-time peak 1804

at age 23 · −3 from today

May 2024

Crossed 1800

at age 23

Apr 2024

2020

K-factor lowered to 20

at age 19

Jan 2020

2018

Inactive for 67 months

paused at 1635 → returned at 1777

Jul 2018

Standard rating history

Peak

FIDE title

Threshold

First rated

Inactive period

COVID-19

FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent

vs Arthur da Silva Lima Bernhardt 1,741

2026 PBHS Open Chess Tournament (A) · Apr 2026 · +8.3 Elo

Evolution

0

1801 → 1801

Score

0/ 100.0%

4W2D4L

Top 3 wins

1.[W]vsArthur da Silva Lima Bernhardt1,741·2026 PBHS Open Chess Tournament (A)·R4·+8.3

2.[W]vsMatthys Andrio De Vries1,684·2026 PBHS Open Chess Tournament (A)·R1·+6.8

3.[W]vsJustin James Rishworth1,616·2026 Blou Bul Open Chess Tournament (A)·R4·+5.1

Top 3 losses

1.[L]vsRico Schutte1,690·2026 Blou Bul Open Chess Tournament (A)·R5·-13.1

2.[L]vsNico Pillay1,726·2026 Blou Bul Open Chess Tournament (A)·R2·-12.1

3.[L]vsKaleb Deysel1,811·2026 Blou Bul Open Chess Tournament (A)·R3·-9.7

Rankings

/

South Africa

#220

out of 1,876 players

Africa

#2,528

in continent

World

#76,524

out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe

World

South Africa

1	🇿🇦Steel, Henry Robert	2,408
2	🇿🇦Karsten, Jan	2,386
3	🇿🇦Cawdery, Daniel	2,312
4	🇿🇦Levitan, Caleb Levi	2,295
5	🇿🇦Felix, Raphael	2,293
6	🇿🇦Bezuidenhout, Roland	2,284
7	🇿🇦Solomon, Kenneth Terence	2,277
8	🇿🇦Mhango, Banele	2,268
9	🇿🇦Barrish, Daniel	2,245
10	🇿🇦Kobese, Watu	2,237

Africa

1	🇪🇬Amin, Bassem	2,628
2	🇪🇬Adly, Ahmed	2,581
3	🇲🇦Hamdouchi, Hicham	2,502
4	🇩🇿Bellahcene, Bilel	2,493
5	🇪🇬Fawzy, Adham	2,464
6	🇩🇿Arab, Adlane	2,453
7	🇪🇬Shoker, Samy	2,443
8	🇲🇬Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina	2,437
9	🇩🇿Rizouk, Aimen	2,425
10	🇪🇬Labib, Ibrahim Hasan	2,412

World

1	🇳🇴Carlsen, Magnus	2,841
2	🇺🇸Nakamura, Hikaru	2,792
2	🇺🇸Caruana, Fabiano	2,792
4	🇺🇿Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2,777
4	🇺🇿Sindarov, Javokhir	2,777
6	🇩🇪Keymer, Vincent	2,767
7	🇳🇱Giri, Anish	2,764
8	🇮🇳Erigaisi Arjun	2,761
9	🇺🇸So, Wesley	2,753
9	🇨🇳Wei, Yi	2,753