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Kgwale, Obotegile
🇿🇦FIDE 14385074· Female· South Africa· Born in 2015
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Obotegile Kgwale, a 11-year-old South African player, is rated 1507 — her current career high. She is progressing steadily with +74 Elo over the past 12 months. 16 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include 2026 South African Junior Closed (U12 Girls), COMMONWEALTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 - U10 Girls Event, and World G-10 (Stage 1, Group-A) Cup 2025. Also played 1 blitz event (including COMMONWEALTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 - Blitz Youth Event) recently.
At junior level, she reached #36 nationally in U12.
Current rating
1507
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1503
All-time high
1507
at best
May 2026 · age 11
May 2026 · age 11
Activity
32
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#182,023
#182,023 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
7 entries2026
36th South African U12 player
at age 11 · rated 1507
May 2026
Best 12-month gain (+74 Elo)
1433 → 1507
May 2026
Crossed 1500
at age 11
May 2026
All-time peak 1507
at age 11
May 2026
Crossed 1400
at age 11
Mar 2026
Crossed 1200
at age 11
Mar 2026
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
—
Tournaments
3
45 games
Score
10/ 4522.2%
23W2D20L
Top 2 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6/4 | #4 | 1525 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/4 | #15 | 1330 | 0.0 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 1/4 | #20 | 734 | 0.0 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
South Africa
#1,359
out of 1,842 players
Africa
#7,648
in continent
World
#181,971
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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