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Fourie, Brandon
🇿🇦FIDE 14324865· Male· South Africa· Born in 2005
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Brandon Fourie, a 21-year-old South African player, is rated 1748 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (4 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 16 months (2022–2024) and 20 months (2024–2026). Recent appearance: 2026 Tshwane Chess Open Registration Tournament (A).
At junior level, he reached #18, #8, #6, #6 and #6 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1748
Standard
Rpd1754·Blz1728
All-time high
1748
at best
Mar 2026 · age 21
Mar 2026 · age 21
Activity
2
games / yr avg.
4 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#93,232
#93,232 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
17 entries2026
All-time peak 1748
at age 21
Mar 2026
2024
18th South African U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1739
Oct 2024
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1739 → returned at 1748
Jun 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 19
Mar 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2024
2022
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1578 → returned at 1557
Sep 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+9
1739 → 1748
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
3/ 560.0%
3W0D2L
Top wins
No noteworthy wins (no Elo gained on any game).
Top losses
No noteworthy losses.
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/4 | #20 | — | +8.6 |
Rankings
/
South Africa
#345
out of 1,876 players
Africa
#3,365
in continent
World
#93,230
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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