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Koekemoer, Bernard
🇿🇦FIDE 14307812· Male· South Africa· Born in 1997
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Bernard Koekemoer, a 29-year-old South African player, is rated 1864 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +30 Elo over the past 12 months. 10 rated games in the past year (≈5/year long-term). Recent appearances: 2026 Constantiapark Open Chess Tournament (A) and 2025 Wynie Robbertse Open Chess Tournament (A). He had 4 career breaks: 16 months (2013–2015), 23 months (2015–2017), 82 months (2017–2024) and 16 months (2024–2025). He reached South African #74 in May 2012.
At junior level, he reached #11, #17 and #10 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1864
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1864
at best
Mar 2026 · age 29
Mar 2026 · age 29
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#57,499
#57,499 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
16 entries2026
All-time peak 1864
at age 29
Mar 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+111 Elo)
1723 → 1834
Mar 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 27
Mar 2024
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1834 → returned at 1830
Mar 2024
2017
11th South African U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1723
Oct 2017
Inactive for 82 months
paused at 1723 → returned at 1834
Apr 2017
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+30
1834 → 1864
Tournaments
2
20 games
Score
7/ 2035.0%
10W3D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/5 | #2 | 2182 | +34.2 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 2.5/5 | #8 | 1808 | -3.8 |
Rankings
/
South Africa
#144
out of 1,842 players
Africa
#1,794
in continent
World
#57,499
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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