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Mnyasta, Tezihano

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FIDEFIDE 14339447· Male· South Africa· Born in 2005

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Tezihano Mnyasta, a 21-year-old South African player, is rated 1997 — just 8 short of his peak of 2005 (Oct 2025, age 20) and sitting in the top 3% of South African players. He is on a steady climb with +42 Elo over the past 12 months. 69 rated games in the past year (≈50/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include CHESS ELEVATION SERIES 202605 (Level 6), Kraaifontein Open Chess Championships 2025 (Championship), and UCT OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 (Championship). Also played 4 rapid (including Cape Winelands Open Rapid 2026 (Championship)) and 1 blitz events (including Royal Alphas Chess Club 2025 (Invitational Championship Blitz)) recently. He reached South African #37 in Nov 2024.

At junior level, he reached #4, #4, #25 and #19 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.

Current rating

1997

Standard

Rpd1938·Blz1828

All-time high

2005

8 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 20

Activity

79

games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo

55 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

Top 3%

#57 · South African players · of 1,804

Career timeline

15 entries
2025
Crossed 2000
at age 20
Oct 2025
All-time peak 2005
at age 20 · −8 from today
Oct 2025
2024
Peak South African rank: #37
at age 19 · rated 1997
Nov 2024
4th South African U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1997
Nov 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 19
Feb 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2024

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Best result
Western Cape Women's Chess Championship 2025 (Advanced)
perf 2640 (+650) · 5/5 · #2
Evolution
+42
19551997
Tournaments
7
58 games
Score
31.5/ 5854.3%
31W9D18L

Last 12 months — tournaments

7 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Open Swiss
Apr 20263.5/9#241968-6.4
Swiss
Apr 20263/5#21907-9.6
Swiss
Dec 20253/5#91887-11.6
Swiss
Oct 20254.5/6#22096+14.4
Swiss
Aug 20255/5#22640+13.6
Team
Jul 20256/10#291960-18.2
Open Swiss
Jun 20256.5/10#122087+35.0
Worst Elo result: Cape Town Chess Federation Club League 2025 (A) (-18.2 Elo, finished #29).

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Rankings

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South Africa
#57
out of 1,876 players
Africa
#666
in continent
World
#27,972
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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1
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