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Setipe Tsepo
🇱🇸FIDE 21302960· Male· Lesotho· Born in 2005
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Setipe Tsepo, a 21-year-old player, is rated 1416. He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 20 months (2021–2023) and 16 months (2024–2026). Recent appearances: 2026 BMI Lesotho Open Chess Championship-Open Section and 2025 Lesotho National Chess Championship. Also played 1 blitz event (including 2025 Year End Blitz Tournament) recently. His peak of 1603 was reached at age 19 (Mar 2024); he also reached #22 nationally in May 2023.
At junior level, he reached #8, #4 and #4 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1416
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1545
All-time high
1603
−187 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 19
Mar 2024 · age 19
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#212,754
#212,754 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
13 entries2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 21
Mar 2026
2024
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1511 → returned at 1465
Aug 2024
Best 12-month gain (+269 Elo)
1334 → 1603
Mar 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 19
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 19
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 19
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
-95
1511 → 1416
Tournaments
2
14 games
Score
6.5/ 1446.4%
6W1D7L
Top 1 win
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2/3 | #33 | 1653 | -48.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4.5/5 | #41 | 2025 | -46.4 |
Rankings
/
Lesotho
#74
out of 85 players
Africa
#8,892
in continent
World
#212,371
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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