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Severin, Martin
🇿🇦FIDE 14359405· Male· South Africa· Born in 2006
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Martin Severin, a 20-year-old South African player, is rated 1694. He has slipped back 50 Elo over the past 12 months. 53 rated games in the past year (≈23/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Commonwealth Chess Championship 2026, 2026 PBHS Open Chess Tournament (A), and 2026 South African Junior Closed (U20 Boys). Also played 1 rapid (including Commonwealth Chess Championship 2026 - Rapid) and 3 blitz events (including COMMONWEALTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 - Blitz Open Event) recently. His peak of 1757 was reached at age 20 (Mar 2026).
At junior level, he reached #27 and #17 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1694
Standard
Rpd1741·Blz1648
All-time high
1757
−63 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 20
Mar 2026 · age 20
Activity
27
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
46 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#112,159
#112,159 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2026
All-time peak 1757
at age 20 · −63 from today
Mar 2026
2025
27th South African U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1755
Sep 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
May 2025
Best 12-month gain (+283 Elo)
1416 → 1699
Jan 2025
2024
Crossed 1600
at age 18
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 18
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-50
1744 → 1694
Tournaments
8
54 games
Score
25.5/ 5447.2%
18W15D21L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 1.5/8 | #91 | 1441 | -66.8 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2/2 | #3 | 2562 | +3.8 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/8 | #13 | 1770 | +3.2 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2.5/4 | #2 | 1843 | -2.0 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/5 | #4 | 1792 | +2.4 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2.5/5 | #10 | 1795 | +4.4 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/7 | #74 | 1730 | -5.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 7/7 | #63 | 2602 | +10.6 |
Rankings
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South Africa
#511
out of 1,876 players
Africa
#4,294
in continent
World
#112,155
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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