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Mootseng, Phillip

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FIDEFIDE 15201040· Male· Namibia· Born in 1999

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Phillip Mootseng, a 27-year-old player, is rated 1717. He has slipped back 54 Elo over the past 12 months. 17 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent appearances: Munster Chess Union Club League Division 2 Rounds 5-6 and Kinsale Winter Open. Also played 1 blitz event (including Kinsale Winter Blitz) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 31 months (2017–2019) and 39 months (2019–2023, COVID-19 included). His peak of 1773 was reached at age 25 (Mar 2024); he also reached #2 nationally in Nov 2017 and spent 13 months in top 10.

At junior level, he reached #4 and #1 nationally in U20 and U18.

Current rating

1717

Standard

Rpd—·Blz1729

All-time high

1773

−56 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 25

Activity

9

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

17 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#103,816

#103,816 · players worldwide · of 218,279
13 months in National top 10 (2016–2017)

Career timeline

15 entries
2024
Best 12-month gain (+196 Elo)
1577 → 1773
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1773
at age 25 · −56 from today
Mar 2024
2023
Re-crossed 1600
at age 24
Apr 2023
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 24
Apr 2023
2019
Inactive for 39 months
paused at 1577 → returned at 1636
Dec 2019
4th U20 player nationally
at age 20 · rated 1585
Nov 2019

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Colm Keane 1,738
Munster Chess Union Club League Division 2 Rounds 5-6 · Feb 2026 · +10.6 Elo
Evolution
-54
1771 → 1717
Tournaments
2
7 games
Score
3.5/ 750.0%
3W1D3L
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsDavid Murphy1,544·Kinsale Winter Open·R4·-14.2
2.[L]vsMichal Surowka1,835·Kinsale Winter Open·R2·-6.3

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Munster Chess Union Club League Division 2 Rounds 5-6
Team
Feb 20262/2#12473+18.0
Kinsale Winter Open
Open Swiss
Jan 20261.5/3#311662-13.8

Rankings

/
Namibia
#39
out of 163 players
Africa
#3,864
in continent
World
#103,813
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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10
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1,879
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39🇳🇦Mootseng, Phillip1,717
Africa
1
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2,628
2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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8
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2,437
9
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2,425
10
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2,412
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3864🇳🇦Mootseng, Phillip1,717
World
1
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2
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6
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7
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8
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9
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9
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103813🇳🇦Mootseng, Phillip1,717