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Mthunzi, Clive
🇿🇦FIDE 14308460· Male· South Africa· Born in 1994
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Clive Mthunzi, a 32-year-old South African player, is rated 1943 and sitting in the top 5% of South African players. He has fluctuated between 1937 and 1978 over the past 2 years. 36 rated games in the past year (≈17/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 KZN Open Chess Championships (A), Silverest Open Chess Championship - 0pen Section, and 2025 Cracking Series International Chess Challenge-Open Section. Also played 2 blitz events (including 2025 South African Open Chess Championships (Blitz)) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 29 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 14 months (2022–2023). His peak of 1978 was reached at age 31 (Aug 2025); he also reached South African #41 in Jul 2022.
At junior level, he reached #5 nationally in U20.
Current rating
1943
Standard
Rpd1935·Blz1913
All-time high
1978
−35 pts below
Aug 2025 · age 31
Aug 2025 · age 31
Activity
16
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
24 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#83 · South African players · of 1,804
Career timeline
11 entries2025
All-time peak 1978
at age 31 · −35 from today
Aug 2025
2022
Peak South African rank: #41
at age 28 · rated 1893
Jul 2022
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1893 → returned at 1895
Jul 2022
2019
Inactive for 29 months
paused at 1888 → returned at 1864
Nov 2019
2016
Best 12-month gain (+77 Elo)
1834 → 1911
Dec 2016
100 career games
at age 22
Dec 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-31
1974 → 1943
Tournaments
4
36 games
Score
14/ 3638.9%
15W7D14L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 4/7 | #14 | 1847 | -18.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2.5/7 | #84 | 1889 | -16.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/6 | #10 | 1969 | +4.0 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 3.5/4 | #23 | 2212 | +2.8 |
Rankings
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South Africa
#83
out of 1,876 players
Africa
#1,035
in continent
World
#38,105
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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