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Mahlangu, Sello

CM🇿🇦

FIDEFIDE 14334623· Male· South Africa· Born in 2001

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Sello Mahlangu, a 25-year-old South African Candidate Master, is rated 2028 and ranked 42nd among South African players. He has held steady between 2000 and 2050 for 14 months. 52 rated games in the past year (≈29/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 BMI Lesotho Open Chess Championship-Prestige, Gauteng Inter-Region 2025 at Emerald Resort (Adults and Seniors), and Trojan Horse Open. Also played 1 blitz event (including 2025 South African Open Chess Championships (Blitz)) recently. His peak of 2201 was reached at age 21 (Oct 2022, South African #6 at the time).

Awarded CM in 2025 (age 24).

Current rating

2028

Standard

Rpd·Blz2002

All-time high

2201

173 pts below
Oct 2022 · age 21

Activity

31

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

43 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#42

#42 · South African players · of 1,804

Career timeline

11 entries
2026
100 career games
at age 25
Mar 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+42 Elo)
1990 → 2032
Nov 2025
CM title awardedCM
at age 24
May 2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 24
May 2025
2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 23
Aug 2024
2022
Peak South African rank: #6
at age 21 · rated 2201
Oct 2022

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated

Activity & highlights

Best result
2025 Elise Steenkamp Open Chess Tournament (King)
perf 2196 (+171) · 6/7 · #1
Top opponent
vs Raphael FelixFM 2,227

Last 12 months — tournaments

7 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Open Swiss
Feb 20265.5/7#32091+14.6
Team
Dec 20252.5/3#262158-17.8
Swiss
Aug 20254/6#41932-9.4
Open Swiss
Jun 20256/11#162069+15.8
Open Swiss
Jun 20253/5#321954-24.6
Swiss
Jun 20256/7#12196+27.6
Swiss
Jun 20253.5/4#22106+7.0
Worst Elo result: MOAZAMBIQUE CHESS OPEN 2025 - OPEN SECTION (-24.6 Elo, finished #32).

Rankings

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South Africa
#42
out of 1,876 players
Africa
#510
in continent
World
#23,484
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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World
South Africa
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2
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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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42🇿🇦Mahlangu, Sello2,028
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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510🇿🇦Mahlangu, Sello2,028
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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