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Gardiner, Nina

WFM🇿🇦

FIDEFIDE 14306867· Female· South Africa· Born in 2000

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Nina Gardiner, a 26-year-old South African Woman FIDE Master, is rated 1749 — her current career high. She plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 55 months (2018–2022, COVID-19 included) and 44 months (2022–2026).

Awarded WFM in 2018 (age 18). At junior level, she reached #33, #27 and #3 nationally in U18, U16 and U14.

Current rating

1749

Standard

Rpd1677·Blz—

All-time high

1749

at best
Jun 2026 · age 26

Activity

3

games / yr avg.

9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#92,871

#92,871 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

15 entries
2026
All-time peak 1749
at age 26
Jun 2026
2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 24
Mar 2024
2022
Inactive for 44 months
paused at 1539 → returned at 1749
Sep 2022
2019
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2019
2018
33rd South African U18 player
at age 18 · rated 1540
Dec 2018
WFM title awardedWFM
at age 18
Feb 2018

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Best result
Moja Chess Extravaganza 2026 (Ladies)
perf 1831 (+82) · 5.5/9 · #8
Top opponent
vs Lubuuto Bwalya MulwaleWCM 1,979
Moja Chess Extravaganza 2026 (Ladies) · Apr 2026 · +15.8 Elo
Evolution
+26
1723 → 1749
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
5.5/ 961.1%
5W1D3L

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Moja Chess Extravaganza 2026 (Ladies)
Open Swiss
Apr 20265.5/9#81831+26.2

Rankings

/
South Africa
#342
out of 1,876 players
Africa
#3,347
in continent
World
#92,869
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
South Africa
1
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2,408
2
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2,386
3
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2,312
4
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2,295
5
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2,293
6
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2,284
7
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2,277
8
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2,268
9
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2,245
10
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2,237
...
342🇿🇦Gardiner, Nina1,749
Africa
1
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2,628
2
🇪🇬Adly, AhmedFollow Ahmed AdlyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,581
3
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2,502
4
🇩🇿Bellahcene, BilelFollow Bilel BellahceneTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,493
5
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2,464
6
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2,453
7
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2,443
8
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2,437
9
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2,425
10
🇪🇬Labib, Ibrahim HasanFollow Ibrahim Hasan LabibTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,412
...
3347🇿🇦Gardiner, Nina1,749
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
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2,753
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92869🇿🇦Gardiner, Nina1,749