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Tsephe, Lebajoa
CM🇱🇸FIDE 21302197· Male· Lesotho· Born in 2005
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Lebajoa Tsephe, a 21-year-old Candidate Master, is rated 2002 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +52 Elo over the past 12 months. 38 rated games in the past year (≈35/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 National Team Chess Championship-Finals, 2026 BMI Lesotho Open Chess Championship-Prestige, and 2026 New Year Opener Chess Championship. Also played 1 rapid (including Summer Rapid Chess Championship 2025) and 2 blitz events (including 2026 New Year Opener Chess Championship Blitz) recently. He reached #1 nationally in Sep 2023 and has been #1 for 31 months and counting (2 consecutive years on his current run).
Awarded CM in 2025 (age 20). At junior level, he reached #1, #1, #1 and #1 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2002
Standard
Rpd1926·Blz1902
All-time high
2002
at best
Apr 2026 · age 21
Apr 2026 · age 21
Activity
48
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
38 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#27,179
#27,179 · players worldwide · of 218,279
#1 nationally since Apr 2024
#1 nationally since Apr 2024
Career timeline
16 entries2026
31 months in National #1 (ongoing)
longest streak 27 months · since Sep 2023
Jun 2026
Crossed 2000
at age 21
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2002
at age 21
Apr 2026
2025
CM title awardedCM
at age 20
Nov 2025
1st U20 player nationally
at age 20 · rated 1955
Jan 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 19
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+52
1950 → 2002
Tournaments
5
46 games
Score
32/ 4669.6%
34W8D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 7.5/9 | #1 | 2058 | +17.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5.5/7 | #2 | 2073 | +19.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5.5/7 | #2 | 1931 | -2.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 7.5/9 | #1 | 2025 | +12.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6/6 | #2 | 2519 | +6.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMotsamai Bokang
🇱🇸LES·1779
+12 −3 =8
23 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsSechaba Khalema
🇱🇸LES·1785
+10 −8 =3
21 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsGeorge Mahommed
🇱🇸LES·1915
+13 −2 =4
19 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsLetsatsi Khama
🇱🇸LES·1747
+11 −4 =1
16 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsTokelo KlaasCM
🇱🇸LES·1882
+3 −6 =6
15 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
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Lesotho
#1
out of 85 players
Africa
#640
in continent
World
#27,179
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Lesotho
| 1 | 2,002 | |
| 2 | 🇱🇸Follow George MahommedTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1,915 |
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| 5 | 🇱🇸Follow Mphane ThabangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1,805 |
| 6 | 🇱🇸Follow Sechaba KhalemaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1,785 |
| 7 | 🇱🇸Follow Motsamai BokangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1,779 |
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