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August, Siyolise
🇿🇦FIDE 14373572· Female· South Africa· Born in 2010
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Siyolise August, a 16-year-old South African player, is rated 1439 — just 1 short of her peak of 1440 (Feb 2026, age 16). She is progressing steadily with +26 Elo over the past 12 months. 18 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include 2025 Mzansi Inter Provincial Team Championships (U16 Girls Championship), Buffalo City Chess Clubs League 2025 (A), and Eastern Cape Closed 2025 (U16 Girls). Also played 1 rapid event (including Buffalo City Open 2025 (B)) recently.
Current rating
1439
Standard
Rpd1417·Blz—
All-time high
1440
−1 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 16
Feb 2026 · age 16
Activity
20
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#207,627
#207,627 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
4 entries2026
All-time peak 1440
at age 16 · −1 from today
Feb 2026
2025
Crossed 1400
at age 15
Aug 2025
Crossed 1200
at age 15
Aug 2025
First FIDE rating
1413 · at age 15
Aug 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+26
1413 → 1439
Tournaments
6
31 games
Score
17.5/ 3156.5%
16W3D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsJaculene Bothma1,410·Eastern Cape Inter-Regional Individual Chess Championship 2025 (U16G)·R6·-20.2
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Dec 2025 | 5/2 | #6 | 2320 | +10.4 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 1/3 | #8 | 1427 | +0.4 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4/4 | #4 | 2283 | +15.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 2/3 | #15 | 1416 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3/2 | #7 | 648 | 0.0 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 2.5/1 | #1 | 1579 | 0.0 |
Hot streak: 6 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
South Africa
#1,658
out of 1,876 players
Africa
#8,832
in continent
World
#207,379
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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