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Pillay, Leeyah
🇿🇦FIDE 14375923· Female· South Africa· Born in 2009
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Leeyah Pillay, a 17-year-old South African player, is rated 1477. She has slipped back 37 Elo over the past 12 months. 16 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include Gauteng Inter-Region 2025 at Emerald Resort (U18 Championship), West Rand Closed 2025 (U18), and Bojanalas FIDE ON THE ORION EXPRESS (Rooks). Also played 1 blitz event (including 2025 South African Open Chess Championships (Blitz)) recently. Her peak of 1524 was reached at age 16 (Oct 2025).
Current rating
1477
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1449
All-time high
1524
−47 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 16
Oct 2025 · age 16
Activity
15
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#194,440
#194,440 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
5 entries2025
All-time peak 1524
at age 16 · −47 from today
Oct 2025
Crossed 1500
at age 16
Aug 2025
Crossed 1400
at age 16
Aug 2025
Crossed 1200
at age 16
Aug 2025
First FIDE rating
1514 · at age 16
Aug 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
—
Tournaments
5
31 games
Score
11/ 3135.5%
10W2D19L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsTjaart Van Der Walt1,490·Gauteng Inter-Region 2025 at Emerald Resort (U18 Championship)·R2·-19.3
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/2 | #52 | 802 | -31.2 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2.5/2 | #10 | — | -12.4 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2.5/1 | #35 | — | -2.8 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 1/2 | #9 | 1615 | +9.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5/5 | #34 | 1373 | 0.0 |
Worst Elo result: Gauteng Inter-Region 2025 at Emerald Resort (U18 Championship) (-31.2 Elo, finished #52).
Rankings
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South Africa
#1,519
out of 1,876 players
Africa
#8,289
in continent
World
#194,352
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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