What is Leslie-Smith, Lance's FIDE rating?

Leslie-Smith, Lance's current standard FIDE rating is 1749.

What is Leslie-Smith, Lance's rapid rating?

Leslie-Smith, Lance's current FIDE rapid rating is 1819.

What is Leslie-Smith, Lance's blitz rating?

Leslie-Smith, Lance's current FIDE blitz rating is 1780.

What is Leslie-Smith, Lance's world ranking?

Leslie-Smith, Lance is currently ranked #92,869 in the world (standard rating).

What is Leslie-Smith, Lance's ranking in South Africa?

Leslie-Smith, Lance is currently ranked #342 in South Africa.

What is Leslie-Smith, Lance's continental ranking?

Leslie-Smith, Lance is currently ranked #3,347 in their continent.

What is Leslie-Smith, Lance's ranking in the 20-35 category?

Leslie-Smith, Lance is ranked #147 in South Africa in the 20-35 age group.

What is Leslie-Smith, Lance's all-time highest FIDE rating?

Leslie-Smith, Lance's all-time peak standard rating is 1749.

When did Leslie-Smith, Lance receive their first FIDE rating?

Leslie-Smith, Lance first appeared in the FIDE rating list in 2017.

Which federation does Leslie-Smith, Lance represent?

Leslie-Smith, Lance represents South Africa (RSA).

How old is Leslie-Smith, Lance?

Leslie-Smith, Lance was born in 2002 and is 24 years old.

When did Leslie-Smith, Lance reach their peak rating?

Leslie-Smith, Lance reached their peak standard rating of 1749 in 2026, at age 24.

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Leslie-Smith, Lance

🇿🇦

FIDE 14326906· Male· South Africa· Born in 2002

Lance Leslie-Smith, a 24-year-old South African player, is rated 1749 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (2 games in the last 12 months) and had 4 career breaks: 12 months (2017–2018), 40 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included), 17 months (2022–2023) and 15 months (2024–2026). Recent appearance: Northampton FIDE Congress - 28 and 29 March 2026 - U1900. Also played 6 rapid (including Muswell Hill FIDE Rapid - 16 September 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Middlesex FIDE Blitz Number 6) recently.

At junior level, he reached #23, #46 and #31 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.

Current rating

1749

Standard

Rpd1819·Blz1780

All-time high

1749

at best
Apr 2026 · age 24

Activity

6

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

2 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#92,871

#92,871 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

14 entries

2026

All-time peak 1749

at age 24

Apr 2026

2024

K-factor lowered to 20

at age 22

Dec 2024

Inactive for 15 months

paused at 1738 → returned at 1749

Dec 2024

Best 12-month gain (+378 Elo)

1364 → 1742

Mar 2024

Crossed 1600

at age 22

Mar 2024

2023

Crossed 1500

at age 21

Dec 2023

Standard rating history

Peak

FIDE title

Threshold

First rated

Inactive period

COVID-19

FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent

vs Alice Li 1,577

Northampton FIDE Congress - 28 and 29 March 2026 - U1900 · Mar 2026 · +5.4 Elo

Evolution

+11

1738 → 1749

Tournaments

1

2 games

Score

2/ 2100.0%

2W0D0L

Top 2 wins

1.[W]vsAlice Li1,577·Northampton FIDE Congress - 28 and 29 March 2026 - U1900·R2·+5.4

2.[W]vsJames Peel1,556·Northampton FIDE Congress - 28 and 29 March 2026 - U1900·R3·+5.0

Top losses

Undefeated in the last 12 months.

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event

Event	Date	Score	Rank	Perf	Δ Elo
Northampton FIDE Congress - 28 and 29 March 2026 - U1900 Swiss	Mar 2026	2/2	#3	2367	+10.8	▸

Rankings

/

South Africa

#342

out of 1,876 players

Africa

#3,347

in continent

World

#92,869

out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe

World

South Africa

1	🇿🇦Steel, Henry Robert	2,408
2	🇿🇦Karsten, Jan	2,386
3	🇿🇦Cawdery, Daniel	2,312
4	🇿🇦Levitan, Caleb Levi	2,295
5	🇿🇦Felix, Raphael	2,293
6	🇿🇦Bezuidenhout, Roland	2,284
7	🇿🇦Solomon, Kenneth Terence	2,277
8	🇿🇦Mhango, Banele	2,268
9	🇿🇦Barrish, Daniel	2,245
10	🇿🇦Kobese, Watu	2,237
...
342	🇿🇦Leslie-Smith, Lance	1,749

Africa

1	🇪🇬Amin, Bassem	2,628
2	🇪🇬Adly, Ahmed	2,581
3	🇲🇦Hamdouchi, Hicham	2,502
4	🇩🇿Bellahcene, Bilel	2,493
5	🇪🇬Fawzy, Adham	2,464
6	🇩🇿Arab, Adlane	2,453
7	🇪🇬Shoker, Samy	2,443
8	🇲🇬Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina	2,437
9	🇩🇿Rizouk, Aimen	2,425
10	🇪🇬Labib, Ibrahim Hasan	2,412
...
3347	🇿🇦Leslie-Smith, Lance	1,749

World

1	🇳🇴Carlsen, Magnus	2,841
2	🇺🇸Nakamura, Hikaru	2,792
2	🇺🇸Caruana, Fabiano	2,792
4	🇺🇿Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2,777
4	🇺🇿Sindarov, Javokhir	2,777
6	🇩🇪Keymer, Vincent	2,767
7	🇳🇱Giri, Anish	2,764
8	🇮🇳Erigaisi Arjun	2,761
9	🇺🇸So, Wesley	2,753
9	🇨🇳Wei, Yi	2,753
...
92869	🇿🇦Leslie-Smith, Lance	1,749