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Loubser, Nina

WCM🇿🇦

FIDEFIDE 14306883· Female· South Africa· Born in 2002

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Nina Loubser, a 24-year-old South African Woman Candidate Master, is rated 1804 — just 9 short of her peak of 1813 (Mar 2024, age 22) and ranked 13th among South African women. She plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 20 months (2021–2023) and 37 months (2023–2026). Recent appearance: 2026 Tshwane Chess Open Registration Tournament (A). She reached South African #98 in Apr 2022.

Previously known as Nina Marais (until Feb 2026). Awarded WCM in 2016 (age 14). At junior level, she reached #4, #8, #8, #8 and #18 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

1804

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

1813

−9 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 22

Activity

2

games / yr avg.

5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#13

#13 · South African women · of 276

Career timeline

19 entries
2026
Renamed to Loubser, Nina
at age 24
Feb 2026
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 22
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1813
at age 22 · −9 from today
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 37 months
paused at 1688 → returned at 1804
Jan 2023
2022
Peak South African rank: #98
at age 20 · rated 1697
Apr 2022
4th South African U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1697
Apr 2022

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Martin Severin 1,756
2026 PBHS Open Chess Tournament (A) · Apr 2026 · +8.6 Elo
Evolution
-9
1813 → 1804
Tournaments
1
15 games
Score
3/ 1520.0%
7W3D5L

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 Tshwane Chess Open Registration Tournament (A)
Swiss
Jan 20263/5#9—-9.0

Most-Played Opponents

vsImarie OberholzerWFM
🇿🇦RSA·1647
+2 −4 =1
7 games·last met Apr 2018
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vsHanri EngelbrechtWFM
🇿🇦RSA·1732
+3 −1 =2
6 games·last met Dec 2019
View head-to-head →
vsJacqui Grobbelaar
🇿🇦RSA·1747
+1 −1 =3
5 games·last met Dec 2019
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Rankings

/
South Africa
#234
out of 1,876 players
Africa
#2,530
in continent
World
#75,133
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
...
234🇿🇦Loubser, Nina1,804
Africa
1
🇪🇬Amin, BassemFollow Bassem AminTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,628
2
🇪🇬Adly, AhmedFollow Ahmed AdlyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,581
3
🇲🇦Hamdouchi, HichamFollow Hicham HamdouchiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
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
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2,412
...
2530🇿🇦Loubser, Nina1,804
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
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
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2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
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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75133🇿🇦Loubser, Nina1,804