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Angula, Sibusiso
🇳🇦FIDE 15205797· Male· Namibia· Born in 2009
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Sibusiso Angula, a 17-year-old player, is rated 1781 — his current career high. He is rising rapidly, having gained +108 Elo over the past 12 months. 65 rated games in the past year (≈32/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 April Chess Challenge 2nd Edition - GRIT Swiss Open, Bank Windhoek - 2026 Namibia National Junior Closed Chess Championships Open U18, and Bank Windhoek 2026 Namibia National Closed Chess Championships - Open B-Section. Also played 2 rapid (including 2026 Africa Youth Chess Championship 17th Edition Rapid Open Section) and 3 blitz events (including 2026 Africa Youth Chess Championship 17th Edition Blitz Open Section) recently. He reached #23 nationally in Jun 2026.
At junior level, he reached #2, #1 and #1 nationally in U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1781
Standard
Rpd1692·Blz1778
All-time high
1781
at best
Jun 2026 · age 17
Jun 2026 · age 17
Activity
33
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
65 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#82,325
#82,325 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
Peak national rank: #23
at age 17 · rated 1781
Jun 2026
2nd U18 player nationally
at age 17 · rated 1781
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1781
at age 17
Jun 2026
100 career games
at age 17
Apr 2026
2025
1st U16 player nationally
at age 16 · rated 1738
Oct 2025
Best 12-month gain (+389 Elo)
1284 → 1673
Feb 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
Bank Windhoek 2026 Namibia National Closed Chess Championships - Open B-Sectionperf 2444 (+708) · 7/7 · #2
Evolution
+73
1708 → 1781
Tournaments
8
66 games
Score
36/ 6654.5%
27W18D21L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsBernhard Schwarz1,796·Bank Windhoek 2025 Namibia National Closed Chess Championship - Open Section·R1·+24.2
2.[W]vsFame Thipunga Thindhimba1,795·Bank Windhoek 2025 Namibia National Closed Chess Championship - Open Section·R9·+24.1
3.[W]vsSimiyu Baraka Daniel1,850·2026 Africa Youth Chess Championship - 17th Edition (U18 Boys)·R6·+23.9
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4/6 | #14 | 2038 | +12.4 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4.5/4 | #2 | 2396 | +32.8 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 5/4 | #1 | 2410 | +31.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 7/7 | #2 | 2444 | +58.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4.5/8 | #13 | 1690 | -36.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3.5/9 | #125 | 1736 | -54.4 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4/6 | #16 | 1955 | -8.8 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3.5/9 | #8 | 1748 | +13.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsTuhafifa Pomwene Haipinge
🇳🇦NAM·1753
+2 −2 =3
7 games·last met May 2026
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vsUrib Tacco
🇳🇦NAM·1684
+3 −1 =3
7 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsBoois Ivan
🇳🇦NAM·1763
+2 −5 =0
7 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsTrevor Tala-Omwene Tjitavi Karipi
🇳🇦NAM·1482
+5 −1 =0
6 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsMclean HandjabaCM
🇳🇦NAM·1942
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met Sep 2025
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Rankings
/
Namibia
#23
out of 163 players
Africa
#2,846
in continent
World
#82,323
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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