Format
BW
Brander, Waylon
🇿🇦FIDE 14351323· Male· South Africa· Born in 2005
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Waylon Brander, a 21-year-old South African player, is rated 1953 — just 1 short of his peak of 1954 (Nov 2025, age 20) and sitting in the top 4% of South African players. He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 8 months. 20 rated games in the past year (≈46/year long-term). Recent appearances: COMMONWEALTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 - Open Event and Cape Town Chess Federation Club League 2025 (B). Also played 1 rapid event (including UWC Chess Club Open Rapid 2026 (A)) recently. He reached South African #49 in Oct 2023.
At junior level, he reached #6 and #5 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1953
Standard
Rpd1940·Blz1855
All-time high
1954
−1 pts below
Nov 2025 · age 20
Nov 2025 · age 20
Activity
44
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
20 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#77 · South African players · of 1,804
Career timeline
10 entries2025
All-time peak 1954
at age 20 · −1 from today
Nov 2025
6th South African U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1953
Feb 2025
2024
100 career games
at age 19
Jun 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2024
2023
Peak South African rank: #49
at age 18 · rated 1899
Oct 2023
5th South African U18 player
at age 18 · rated 1868
Feb 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+4
1949 → 1953
Tournaments
2
20 games
Score
13.5/ 2067.5%
11W5D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/9 | #39 | 1948 | -1.4 |
Team | Jul 2025 | 8.5/11 | #1 | 1959 | +5.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsCharlton Mnyasta
🇿🇦RSA·2206
+2 −4 =3
9 games·last met Apr 2025
View head-to-head →
vsJiraan Braaf
🇿🇦RSA·1889
+4 −2 =0
6 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsTezihano Mnyasta
🇿🇦RSA·1997
+3 −2 =1
6 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsClayden Taute
🇿🇦RSA·1694
+4 −0 =2
6 games·last met Mar 2025
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Rankings
/
South Africa
#77
out of 1,876 players
Africa
#958
in continent
World
#36,050
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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