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Sadie, Johan Jacobus Hendrik
🇿🇦FIDE 14315807· Male· South Africa· Born in 1998
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Johan Jacobus Hendrik Sadie, a 28-year-old South African player, is rated 1809 — just 13 short of his peak of 1822 (Mar 2024, age 26). He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 14 months (2016–2017) and 87 months (2018–2025). Recent appearance: 2025 South African Open Chess Championships (B). Also played 1 blitz event (including 2025 South African Open Chess Championships (Blitz)) recently.
At junior level, he reached #14, #10 and #10 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1809
Standard
Rpd1830·Blz1845
All-time high
1822
−13 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 26
Mar 2024 · age 26
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#73,524
#73,524 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2025
100th South African 20-35 player
at age 27 · rated 1809
Sep 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 26
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1822
at age 26 · −13 from today
Mar 2024
2018
14th South African U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1704
Dec 2018
Inactive for 87 months
paused at 1704 → returned at 1808
Apr 2018
2017
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-13
1822 → 1809
Tournaments
1
11 games
Score
6.5/ 1159.1%
5W3D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 6.5/9 | #26 | 1850 | -13.2 |
Rankings
/
South Africa
#223
out of 1,876 players
Africa
#2,459
in continent
World
#73,523
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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