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Lekgau, Mothupi

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FIDEFIDE 14307928· Male· South Africa· Born in 1994

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Mothupi Lekgau, a 32-year-old South African player, is rated 1945 and sitting in the top 4% of South African players. He has slipped back 40 Elo over the past 12 months. 13 rated games in the past year (≈7/year long-term). Also played 1 blitz event (including 2025 South African Open Chess Championships (Blitz)) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 12 months (2014–2015), 13 months (2016–2017), 32 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 32 months (2022–2025). His peak of 1985 was reached at age 31 (Jun 2025); he also reached South African #30 in Apr 2022.

At junior level, he reached #8 and #11 nationally in U20 and U18.

Current rating

1945

Standard

Rpd1962·Blz1890

All-time high

1985

−40 pts below
Jun 2025 · age 31

Activity

4

games / yr avg.

5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

Top 4%

#81 · South African players · of 1,804

Career timeline

14 entries
2025
All-time peak 1985
at age 31 · −40 from today
Jun 2025
2022
Inactive for 32 months
paused at 1936 → returned at 1985
Sep 2022
Peak South African rank: #30
at age 28 · rated 1935
Apr 2022
2019
Inactive for 32 months
paused at 1940 → returned at 1935
May 2019
2016
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1951 → returned at 1939
Aug 2016
2015
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 21
Jun 2015

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Elegeaux Williams 1,656
Moja Chess Extravaganza 2026 (B) · Apr 2026 · +3.2 Elo
Evolution
-40
1985 → 1945
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
2/ 540.0%
1W2D2L
Top 1 win
1.[W]vsElegeaux Williams1,656·Moja Chess Extravaganza 2026 (B)·R2·+3.2

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Moja Chess Extravaganza 2026 (B)
Open Swiss
Apr 20262/5#961671-39.6
Worst Elo result: Moja Chess Extravaganza 2026 (B) (-39.6 Elo, finished #96).

Rankings

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South Africa
#81
out of 1,876 players
Africa
#1,014
in continent
World
#37,690
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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4
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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Africa
1
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2,628
2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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1
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2
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2
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7
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8
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9
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