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Meluleki Mdluli
🇸🇿FIDE 20700121· Male· Eswatini· Born in 1990
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Meluleki Mdluli, a 36-year-old player, is rated 1565 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 13 months (2017–2018), 18 months (2022–2023) and 12 months (2024–2025). Recent appearances: The Eanna Classic Major 2025 and City of Dublin 2025 Challengers. Also played 1 rapid (including The Irish Rapid Championship 2025) and 2 blitz events (including The Irish Blitz Championship 2025) recently. He reached #2 nationally in Jun 2015.
Current rating
1565
Standard
Rpd1574·Blz1758
All-time high
1565
at best
Nov 2025 · age 35
Nov 2025 · age 35
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#159,653
#159,653 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
12 entries2025
All-time peak 1565
at age 35
Nov 2025
2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1549 → returned at 1553
Sep 2024
Best 12-month gain (+308 Elo)
1255 → 1563
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 34
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 34
Mar 2024
100 career games
at age 34
Jan 2024
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
+16
1549 → 1565
Tournaments
2
8 games
Score
4.5/ 856.3%
2W5D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 1.5/3 | #32 | 1709 | +12.4 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3/2 | #12 | 2159 | +4.0 |
Rankings
/
Eswatini
#28
out of 53 players
Africa
#6,651
in continent
World
#159,635
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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