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Selepe, Lwazi
🇿🇦FIDE 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
Oct 2025 · age 21
Activity
69
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
77 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#42
#42 · South African players · of 1,804
Career timeline
11 entries2025
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
Top opponent
Evolution
-14
2042 → 2028
Tournaments
13
100 games
Score
57/ 10057.0%
65W16D19L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsGillan BwalyaIM2,299·2025 Cracking Series International Chess Challenge-Open Section·R2·+15.8
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/5 | #8 | 1934 | -25.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6/7 | #1 | 2168 | +18.0 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/5 | #8 | 1972 | -5.0 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/5 | #2 | 2020 | -4.4 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/5 | #1 | 2217 | +16.8 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/6 | #10 | 1772 | -41.0 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/6 | #1 | 2186 | +13.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/8 | #9 | 2059 | -10.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3.5/4 | #13 | 2432 | +35.0 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 3.5/7 | #39 | 1973 | -10.4 |
Rankings
/
South Africa
#42
out of 1,876 players
Africa
#510
in continent
World
#23,484
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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