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Hlophe, Smilo

CM🇸🇿

FIDEFIDE 20700245· Male· Eswatini· Born in 1990

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Smilo Hlophe, a 36-year-old Candidate Master, is rated 1876 — his current career high. He has held steady between 1850 and 1900 for 2 years. 10 rated games in the past year (≈20/year long-term). Recent appearances: Eswatini National Championship Qualifiers 2025 and Trojan Horse Open. He took a 13-month break between Jun 2017 and Aug 2018. He reached #1 nationally in Feb 2016 and has been #1 for 61 months and counting (3 consecutive years on his current run).

Awarded CM in 2018 (age 28).

Current rating

1876

Standard

Rpd—·Blz1800

All-time high

1876

at best
Oct 2025 · age 35

Activity

13

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#54,227

#54,227 · players worldwide · of 216,808
#1 nationally since Nov 2025

Career timeline

13 entries
2026
61 months in National #1 (ongoing)
longest streak 42 months · since Feb 2016
May 2026
2025
All-time peak 1876
at age 35
Oct 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+139 Elo)
1722 → 1861
Jun 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 34
Mar 2024
2021
100 career games
at age 31
Jun 2021
2018
CM title awardedCM
at age 28
Nov 2018

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Best result
Eswatini National Championship Qualifiers 2025
perf 2329 (+453) · 5/5 · #2
Top opponent
vs Dlamini SimphiweCM 1,789
Trojan Horse Open · Aug 2025 · +8.0 Elo
Evolution
+17
1859 → 1876
Tournaments
2
11 games
Score
8/ 1172.7%
8W0D3L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsDlamini SimphiweCM1,789·Trojan Horse Open·R4·+8.0
2.[W]vsMabuza Nkosivile1,730·Trojan Horse Open·R3·+6.4
3.[W]vsAriyawansa Ranwalage Sanjul1,628·Trojan Horse Open·R2·+4.2
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsSikhanyiso SihlongonyaneCM1,831·Trojan Horse Open·R6·-10.8
2.[L]vsLwazi Selepe2,067·Trojan Horse Open·R5·-4.6

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Eswatini National Championship Qualifiers 2025
Swiss
Sep 20255/5#22329+13.2
Trojan Horse Open
Swiss
Aug 20253/5#61879+3.4

Most-Played Opponents

vsMabuza MbongeniCM
🇸🇿SWZ·1813
+6 −7 =4
17 games·last met Oct 2024
View head-to-head →
vsSikhanyiso SihlongonyaneCM
🇸🇿SWZ·1841
+6 −3 =7
16 games·last met Aug 2025
View head-to-head →
vsDlamini SimphiweCM
🇸🇿SWZ·1761
+7 −4 =2
13 games·last met Aug 2025
View head-to-head →
vsVuyo Nxumalo
🇸🇿SWZ·1688
+8 −2 =3
13 games·last met Apr 2024
View head-to-head →
vsQiniso Matsebula
🇸🇿SWZ·1561
+6 −2 =0
8 games·last met Oct 2024
View head-to-head →

Rankings

/
Eswatini
#1
out of 53 players
Africa
#1,659
in continent
World
#54,227
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Eswatini
11,876
2
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1,841
3
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1,813
4
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1,793
5
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1,761
6
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1,739
7
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1,736
8
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1,727
9
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1,709
10
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1,688
Africa
1
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2,627
2
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2,580
3
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4
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5
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6
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2,453
7
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8
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9
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10
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1659🇸🇿Hlophe, Smilo1,876
World
1
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2
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