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Mokitimi, Unathi
🇿🇦FIDE 14352117· Male· South Africa· Born in 2005
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Unathi Mokitimi, a 21-year-old South African player, is rated 1564. He has slipped back 50 Elo over the past 12 months. 12 rated games in the past year (≈13/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Eastern Cape Inter-Regional Individual Chess Championship 2025 (Open), Eastern Cape Inter-Regional Team Chess Championship 2025 (U20 and Open), and Amathole Closed Chess Championship 2025 (Open). His peak of 1614 was reached at age 20 (May 2025).
At junior level, he reached #39 nationally in U20.
Current rating
1564
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1544
All-time high
1614
−50 pts below
May 2025 · age 20
May 2025 · age 20
Activity
12
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#160,005
#160,005 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
8 entries2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 20
Aug 2025
Crossed 1600
at age 20
May 2025
All-time peak 1614
at age 20 · −50 from today
May 2025
2024
39th South African U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1599
May 2024
Best 12-month gain (+267 Elo)
1332 → 1599
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 19
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-50
1614 → 1564
Tournaments
3
14 games
Score
6.5/ 1446.4%
5W3D6L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsEmihle Sahluko1,567·Eastern Cape Inter-Regional Individual Chess Championship 2025 (Open)·R4·+10.1
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 2.5/4 | #10 | 1761 | -8.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 1/4 | #16 | 1583 | -27.6 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 3/4 | #4 | 1739 | -14.4 |
Worst Elo result: Eastern Cape Inter-Regional Team Chess Championship 2025 (U20 and Open) (-27.6 Elo, finished #16).
Rankings
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South Africa
#1,087
out of 1,842 players
Africa
#6,666
in continent
World
#159,987
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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