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Sekharume, Lefu

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FIDEFIDE 14331853· Male· South Africa· Born in 1998

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Lefu Sekharume, a 28-year-old South African player, is rated 1909 — just 19 short of his peak of 1928 (Jun 2024, age 26). He plays occasionally (4 games in the last 12 months) and had 4 career breaks: 14 months (2018–2019), 20 months (2021–2023), 15 months (2023–2024) and 16 months (2024–2025). Recent appearance: 11th Piet van Zyl Festival 2025 (A). Also played 1 blitz event (including Smart Chess Vryfees Blitz 2025 (A)) recently. He reached South African #34 in Apr 2022.

At junior level, he reached #5 nationally in U20.

Current rating

1909

Standard

Rpd—·Blz1925

All-time high

1928

−19 pts below
Jun 2024 · age 26

Activity

1

games / yr avg.

4 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#45,888

#45,888 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

11 entries
2024
All-time peak 1928
at age 26 · −19 from today
Jun 2024
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1928 → returned at 1909
Jun 2024
2023
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1867 → returned at 1928
Feb 2023
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 25
Feb 2023
2022
Peak South African rank: #34
at age 24 · rated 1886
Apr 2022
2021
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1886 → returned at 1867
May 2021

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs HJ de Villiers 1,569
11th Piet van Zyl Festival 2025 (A) · Oct 2025 · +2.5 Elo
Evolution
-19
1928 → 1909
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
3.5/ 570.0%
3W1D1L
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsOfentse Modirwa1,699·11th Piet van Zyl Festival 2025 (A)·R3·-15.4

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
11th Piet van Zyl Festival 2025 (A)
Swiss
Oct 20253.5/4#51946-19.2
Worst Elo result: 11th Piet van Zyl Festival 2025 (A) (-19.2 Elo, finished #5).

Rankings

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South Africa
#102
out of 1,876 players
Africa
#1,310
in continent
World
#45,887
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
South Africa
1
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2,408
2
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2,386
3
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2,312
4
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2,295
5
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2,293
6
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2,284
7
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2,277
8
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2,268
9
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2,245
10
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2,237
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102🇿🇦Sekharume, Lefu1,909
Africa
1
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2,628
2
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2,581
3
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2,502
4
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2,493
5
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2,464
6
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2,453
7
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2,443
8
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2,437
9
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2,425
10
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2,412
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World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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2,753
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