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Coetzee, Samual
🇿🇦FIDE 14370140· Male· South Africa· Born in 2011
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Samual Coetzee, a 15-year-old South African player, is rated 1485. He has slipped back 30 Elo over the past 12 months. 23 rated games in the past year (≈25/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2025 Mzansi Individual Championships (U16 Open), 2025 Mzansi Inter Provincial Team Championships (U16 Open Championship), and Eastern Cape Closed 2025 (U16 Open). His peak of 1566 was reached at age 14 (May 2025).
At junior level, he reached #50 nationally in U14.
Current rating
1485
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1566
−81 pts below
May 2025 · age 14
May 2025 · age 14
Activity
24
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#191,403
#191,403 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
7 entries2025
50th South African U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1566
May 2025
Best 12-month gain (+142 Elo)
1424 → 1566
May 2025
Crossed 1500
at age 14
May 2025
All-time peak 1566
at age 14 · −81 from today
May 2025
2024
Crossed 1400
at age 13
Nov 2024
Crossed 1200
at age 13
Nov 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Best result
Eastern Cape Inter-Regional Individual Chess Championship 2025 (U16B)perf 1638 (+123) · 4/6 · #1
Top opponent
Evolution
-26
1511 → 1485
Tournaments
5
25 games
Score
13/ 2552.0%
9W8D8L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsLevi Blandy1,499·Eastern Cape Inter-Regional Individual Chess Championship 2025 (U16B)·R1·+19.1
3.[W]vsKamvalethu Sonti1,465·Eastern Cape Inter-Regional Individual Chess Championship 2025 (U16B)·R5·+17.1
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsAishwarya Ranjith1,583·Eastern Cape Inter-Regional Team Chess Championship 2025 (U16)·R3·-16.1
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #76 | 2367 | -17.2 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 3/1 | #88 | 2407 | -15.2 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4/3 | #21 | 2325 | +1.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/6 | #1 | 1638 | +41.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 1/2 | #24 | 1535 | -37.2 |
Worst Elo result: Eastern Cape Inter-Regional Team Chess Championship 2025 (U16) (-37.2 Elo, finished #24).
Rankings
/
South Africa
#1,485
out of 1,876 players
Africa
#8,156
in continent
World
#191,327
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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