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Shekupe Fidel
🇳🇦FIDE 15209415· Male· Namibia· Born in 2010
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Shekupe Fidel, a 16-year-old player, is rated 1645 — his current career high. He is rising rapidly, having gained +92 Elo over the past 12 months. 50 rated games in the past year (≈31/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 U16, and 2026 Namibia National Open Chess Championships Qualifiers (Open). Also played 1 rapid (including 2026 Africa Youth Chess Championship 17th Edition Rapid Open Section) and 1 blitz events (including 2026 Africa Youth Chess Championship 17th Edition Blitz Open Section) recently. He reached #44 nationally in Sep 2023.
At junior level, he reached #3, #2 and #1 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1645
Standard
Rpd1579·Blz1591
All-time high
1645
at best
Jun 2026 · age 16
Jun 2026 · age 16
Activity
30
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
50 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#130,075
#130,075 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
3rd U16 player nationally
at age 16 · rated 1645
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1645
at age 16
Jun 2026
Crossed 1600
at age 16
Apr 2026
100 career games
at age 16
Feb 2026
2024
2nd U14 player nationally
at age 14 · rated 1566
May 2024
Best 12-month gain (+425 Elo)
1087 → 1512
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+114
1531 → 1645
Tournaments
7
57 games
Score
31/ 5754.4%
22W18D17L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4.5/7 | #20 | 1853 | +46.8 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3.5/2 | #10 | 2320 | -9.6 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 5/4 | #2 | 2369 | +14.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/6 | #18 | 2021 | +4.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/7 | #9 | 1854 | +73.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2.5/9 | #136 | 1637 | +12.8 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 6.5/6 | #1 | 2330 | +16.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMax Baron NitzbornCM
🇳🇦NAM·1735
+0 −2 =3
5 games·last met Dec 2026
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vsPinehas Tangeni Mweya
🇳🇦NAM·1569
+1 −1 =3
5 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsMclean HandjabaCM
🇳🇦NAM·1942
+0 −4 =1
5 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsJunior Nafimane Heita
🇳🇦NAM·1782
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Oct 2024
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Rankings
/
Namibia
#64
out of 163 players
Africa
#5,225
in continent
World
#130,069
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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