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Grove, Emily
🇿🇦FIDE 14373181· Female· South Africa· Born in 2009
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Emily Grove, a 17-year-old South African player, is rated 1586 — her current career high. She has held steady between 1550 and 1600 for 16 months. 22 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include 16th AFRICAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 UNDER 16 GIRLS, World Youth Chess Championship 2025 - G16, and Cape Town Chess Federation Club League 2025 (B).
At junior level, she reached #65 and #28 nationally in U16 and U14.
Current rating
1586
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1485
All-time high
1586
at best
Nov 2025 · age 16
Nov 2025 · age 16
Activity
21
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
22 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#152,333
#152,333 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
8 entries2025
All-time peak 1586
at age 16
Nov 2025
65th South African U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1571
Mar 2025
Best 12-month gain (+377 Elo)
1148 → 1525
Feb 2025
2024
Crossed 1500
at age 15
Nov 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 15
Mar 2024
Crossed 1200
at age 15
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+9
1577 → 1586
Tournaments
4
27 games
Score
11/ 2740.7%
9W4D14L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsDasha Zalwango Kibuule1,556·16th AFRICAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 UNDER 16 GIRLS·R5·-21.7
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4.5/6 | #10 | 1837 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/10 | #96 | 1687 | +23.6 |
Team | Jul 2025 | 0/2 | #139 | 1003 | -17.2 |
Team | Jul 2025 | 2.5/4 | #113 | 1776 | +2.8 |
Rankings
/
South Africa
#988
out of 1,876 players
Africa
#6,356
in continent
World
#152,318
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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