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Smit, Yoshua
🇿🇦FIDE 14325012· Male· South Africa· Born in 2006
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Yoshua Smit, a 20-year-old South African player, is rated 1720 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (3 games in the last 12 months) and took a 20-month break between Jul 2024 and Apr 2026. Recent appearance: 2026 AHS Open Chess Tournament (A).
At junior level, he reached #29, #23, #8, #8 and #9 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1720
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1586
All-time high
1720
at best
Jun 2024 · age 18
Jun 2024 · age 18
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
3 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#102,783
#102,783 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2025
29th South African U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1720
Jan 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2025
2024
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1720 → returned at 1720
Jul 2024
23rd South African U18 player
at age 18 · rated 1720
Jun 2024
Best 12-month gain (+264 Elo)
1456 → 1720
Jun 2024
All-time peak 1720
at age 18
Jun 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
1720 → 1720
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
2.5/ 550.0%
2W1D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2.5/3 | #10 | 2013 | 0.0 |
Rankings
/
South Africa
#432
out of 1,876 players
Africa
#3,821
in continent
World
#102,781
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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