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Jikijela, Musa

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FIDEFIDE 14307740· Male· South Africa· Born in 1978

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Musa Jikijela, a 48-year-old South African player, is rated 1742. He plays around 5 rated games per year and had 2 career breaks: 20 months (2015–2017) and 26 months (2017–2019). Also played 1 blitz event (including 2026 South African Junior Closed (Blitz)) recently. His peak of 1773 was reached at age 46 (Mar 2024).

Current rating

1717

Standard

Rpd1755·Blz1726

All-time high

1773

−56 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 46

Activity

13

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#95,216

#95,216 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

15 entries
2024
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1742 → still inactive
Oct 2024
Best 12-month gain (+182 Elo)
1586 → 1768
Apr 2024
6th South African 45-50 player
at age 46 · rated 1773
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1773
at age 46 · −31 from today
Mar 2024
2023
Re-crossed 1600
at age 45
Jul 2023
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 45
Jul 2023

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs P K Chandrasiri 1,531
Commonwealth Chess Championship 2026 · May 2026 · +5.1 Elo
Evolution
-25
1742 → 1717
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
3.5/ 938.9%
2W3D4L

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Commonwealth Chess Championship 2026
Open Swiss
May 20263.5/9#701658-25.4
Worst Elo result: Commonwealth Chess Championship 2026 (-25.4 Elo, finished #70).

Rankings

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South Africa
#438
out of 1,876 players
Africa
#3,864
in continent
World
#103,813
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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South Africa
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3
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4
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5
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2,293
6
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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
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438🇿🇦Jikijela, Musa1,717
Africa
1
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2,628
2
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2,581
3
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2,502
4
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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
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3864🇿🇦Jikijela, Musa1,717
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
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2,753
9
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2,753
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103813🇿🇦Jikijela, Musa1,717