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Selepe, Lwazi

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FIDEFIDE 14339056· Male· South Africa· Born in 2004

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Lwazi Selepe, a 22-year-old South African player, is rated 2028 and ranked 42nd among South African players. He has fluctuated between 1898 and 2070 over the past 2 years. 97 rated games in the past year (≈42/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include EC Open 2026 (Open), 2026 BMI Lesotho Open Chess Championship-Prestige, and 2026 MCA Welcome Tshwane (A). Also played 2 blitz events (including 2025 South African Open Chess Championships (Blitz)) recently. His peak of 2070 was reached at age 21 (Oct 2025, South African #30 at the time).

At junior level, he reached #5, #8 and #26 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.

Current rating

2028

Standard

Rpd1746·Blz1889

All-time high

2070

42 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 21

Activity

69

games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo

77 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#42

#42 · South African players · of 1,804

Career timeline

11 entries
2025
Peak South African rank: #30
at age 21 · rated 2070
Oct 2025
All-time peak 2070
at age 21 · −42 from today
Oct 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 21
Jun 2025
2024
5th South African U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1949
Nov 2024
100 career games
at age 20
Jul 2024
2023
Crossed 1800
at age 19
Oct 2023

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Best result
2025 JMCA Open Chess Tournament (A)
perf 2224 (+182) · 4.5/5 · #2
Evolution
-14
20422028
Tournaments
13
100 games
Score
57/ 10057.0%
65W16D19L

Last 12 months — tournaments

13 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Swiss
Apr 20264/5#81934-25.6
Open Swiss
Feb 20266/7#12168+18.0
Swiss
Jan 20263.5/5#81972-5.0
Swiss
Oct 20254/5#22020-4.4
Swiss
Oct 20254.5/5#12217+16.8
Swiss
Oct 20253/6#101772-41.0
Swiss
Aug 20255.5/6#12186+13.0
Open Swiss
Aug 20255/8#92059-10.2
Open Swiss
Jul 20253.5/4#132432+35.0
Open Swiss
Jun 20253.5/7#391973-10.4
Worst Elo result: UCT OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 (Championship) (-41.0 Elo, finished #10).

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

Europe
World
South Africa
1
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3
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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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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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23484🇿🇦Selepe, Lwazi2,028