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Swart, George
🇿🇦FIDE 14315122· Male· South Africa· Born in 1999
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George Swart, a 27-year-old South African player, is rated 1788 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +42 Elo over the past 12 months. 12 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2025 Mzansi Inter Provincial Team Championships (Adults), Eden Open and Woman's tournament 2025 (Championship), and Western Cape Rural Cup 2025 (Open). Also played 1 rapid (including Mossel Bay Open 2025 Rapid (A)) and 1 blitz events (including Eden Blitz 2025 (Open)) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 21 months (2016–2018) and 33 months (2019–2021, COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #24 and #27 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1788
Standard
Rpd1778·Blz1777
All-time high
1788
at best
Jan 2026 · age 27
Jan 2026 · age 27
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#80,122
#80,122 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
All-time peak 1788
at age 27
Jan 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+201 Elo)
1558 → 1759
Mar 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 25
Mar 2024
2022
75th South African 20-35 player
at age 23 · rated 1558
Apr 2022
2021
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 22
Nov 2021
2019
Inactive for 33 months
paused at 1537 → returned at 1547
Jan 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+21
1767 → 1788
Tournaments
2
10 games
Score
7/ 1070.0%
5W4D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Dec 2025 | 4/5 | #5 | 1888 | +14.0 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3/3 | #9 | 2655 | +7.0 |
Rankings
/
South Africa
#262
out of 1,876 players
Africa
#2,748
in continent
World
#80,120
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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