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Smit, Devon
🇿🇦FIDE 14330849· Male· South Africa· Born in 2005
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Devon Smit, a 21-year-old South African player, is rated 1920 — just 14 short of his peak of 1934 (Jan 2026, age 21). He has held steady between 1900 and 1950 for 17 months. 26 rated games in the past year (≈23/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Piet Robbertse Open Chess Tournament (A), Gauteng Inter-Region 2025 at Emerald Resort (Adults and Seniors), and 2025 South African Open Chess Championships (Championship). Also played 1 blitz event (including 2025 South African Open Chess Championships (Blitz)) recently. He reached South African #54 in Oct 2020.
At junior level, he reached #8, #7, #3 and #2 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1920
Standard
Rpd1857·Blz1984
All-time high
1934
−14 pts below
Jan 2026 · age 21
Jan 2026 · age 21
Activity
15
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
26 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#43,243
#43,243 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2026
All-time peak 1934
at age 21 · −14 from today
Jan 2026
2025
8th South African U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1928
Jul 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 19
Mar 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2024
2023
7th South African U18 player
at age 18 · rated 1771
Jan 2023
2022
Re-crossed 1800
at age 17
Aug 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-8
1928 → 1920
Tournaments
4
27 games
Score
16.5/ 2761.1%
14W5D8L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsSello MahlanguCM2,032·Gauteng Inter-Region 2025 at Emerald Resort (Adults and Seniors)·R5·+12.7
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsCalvin Nicholas Jacobs1,905·2025 South African Open Chess Championships (Championship)·R3·-10.5
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/5 | #6 | 1792 | -14.2 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 4/4 | #4 | 2599 | +12.4 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5/11 | #25 | 1902 | -6.4 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 4.5/6 | #5 | 1992 | +13.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJohannes Manyedi MabuselaIM
🇿🇦RSA·2112
+2 −6 =0
8 games·last met Aug 2023
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vsKeith KhumaloCM
🇿🇦RSA·2201
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsBrandon Fourie
🇿🇦RSA·1748
+4 −0 =2
6 games·last met Apr 2022
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vsJacob Dumisani MnguniCM
🇿🇦RSA·2179
+1 −4 =0
5 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsAbinavah Sathish
🇿🇦RSA·1849
+2 −2 =1
5 games·last met Jun 2025
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Rankings
/
South Africa
#96
out of 1,876 players
Africa
#1,207
in continent
World
#43,242
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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