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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
#214,118
#214,118 · players worldwide · of 218,279
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
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
FIDE recal.
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
#75
out of 85 players
Africa
#9,088
in continent
World
#213,667
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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