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Klaase, Shane
🇿🇦FIDE 14321866· Male· South Africa· Born in 1997
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Shane Klaase, a 29-year-old South African player, is rated 1807 — his current career high. He has held steady between 1800 and 1850 for 9 months. 10 rated games in the past year (≈5/year long-term). Recent appearance: Western Cape Women's Chess Championship 2025 (Advanced). He had 2 career breaks: 13 months (2016–2017) and 47 months (2019–2023, COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #28 nationally in U20.
Current rating
1807
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1807
at best
Oct 2025 · age 28
Oct 2025 · age 28
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
4 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#74,142
#74,142 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2025
Crossed 1800
at age 28
Oct 2025
All-time peak 1807
at age 28
Oct 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+135 Elo)
1662 → 1797
Mar 2024
2020
76th South African 20-35 player
at age 23 · rated 1662
Sep 2020
2019
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 22
Oct 2019
Inactive for 47 months
paused at 1662 → returned at 1662
Oct 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+18
1789 → 1807
Tournaments
1
6 games
Score
5/ 683.3%
5W0D1L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsAmmen Mohammed De Villiers1,628·Western Cape Women's Chess Championship 2025 (Advanced)·R2·+5.7
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/4 | #7 | 2574 | +18.2 |
Rankings
/
South Africa
#227
out of 1,876 players
Africa
#2,490
in continent
World
#74,141
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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