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Badenhorst, Daniel

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FIDEFIDE 14350769· Male· South Africa· Born in 2015

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Daniel Badenhorst, a 11-year-old South African player, is rated 1824 — just 1 short of his peak of 1825 (Dec 2025, age 10) and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide under 12. He is progressing steadily with +71 Elo over the past 12 months. 56 rated games in the past year (≈47/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include PRAGUE OPEN 2026 - A - IM open, FE 6 Roma citta' aperta - B, and Open Tournament 1900 Chess Club Radnicki Kovin. Also played 1 rapid and 2 blitz events (including Memorijalni brzopotezni turnir "Moma Vucicevic 2025") recently.

At junior level, he reached World #32 in U8 and #1 and #1 nationally in U12 and U10.

Current rating

1824

Standard

Rpd1804·Blz1752

All-time high

1825

−1 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 10

Activity

45

games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo

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

Signature stat

Top 5%

#697 · players worldwide under 12 · of 14,529

Career timeline

11 entries
2026
1st South African U12 player
at age 11 · rated 1824
Feb 2026
Re-crossed 1800
at age 11
Feb 2026
2025
Crossed 1800
at age 10
Dec 2025
All-time peak 1825
at age 10 · −1 from today
Dec 2025
100 career games
at age 10
Aug 2025
1st South African U10 player
at age 10 · rated 1766
Apr 2025

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Best result
Open Tournament 1900 Chess Club Radnicki Kovin
perf 1996 (+171) · 4.5/9 · #23
Top opponent
vs Sreekarthika VelmuruganWFM 2,066
Open Tournament 1900 Chess Club Radnicki Kovin · Nov 2025 · +32.0 Elo
Evolution
+71
1753 → 1824
Tournaments
6
56 games
Score
27.5/ 5649.1%
25W5D26L

Last 12 months — tournaments

6 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
PRAGUE OPEN 2026 - A - IM open
Open Swiss
Jan 20263.5/9#1151887+46.4
FE 6 Roma citta' aperta - B
Open Swiss
Dec 20253/9#541729-48.4
Open Tournament 1900 Chess Club Radnicki Kovin
Open Swiss
Nov 20254.5/9#231996+116.0
FIDE WORLD CADET CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 U10 group
Open Swiss
Sep 20256/11#481684-26.8
FE 2 Trinakria - B
Swiss
Jul 20255.5/9#61761+5.2
6e Memorial Aloyzas Kveinys - Open B (-2000)
Open Swiss
Jul 20255/9#281704-20.8
Worst Elo result: FE 6 Roma citta' aperta - B (-48.4 Elo, finished #54).

Rankings

/
South Africa
#200
out of 1,876 players
Africa
#2,255
in continent
World
#68,980
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
South Africa
1
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2
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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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8
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2,268
9
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10
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2,237
...
200🇿🇦Badenhorst, Daniel1,824
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
...
2255🇿🇦Badenhorst, Daniel1,824
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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4
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4
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6
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7
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8
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9
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9
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68980🇿🇦Badenhorst, Daniel1,824