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Moketa, Lira
🇱🇸FIDE 21303037· Male· Lesotho· Born in 2008
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Lira Moketa, a 18-year-old player, is rated 1521. He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and took a 13-month break between Jan 2024 and Mar 2025. Recent standard appearances include 2025 Lesotho National Chess Championship, 2025 CBL & NUL Open Chess Championship, and Lesotho Independence Chess Championship 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including Summer Rapid Chess Championship 2025) and 1 blitz events (including 2026 New Year Opener Chess Championship Blitz) recently. His peak of 1693 was reached at age 16 (Mar 2024); he also reached #13 nationally in Jan 2024.
Competes for Lesotho since Oct 2025. At junior level, he reached #4 and #2 nationally in U18 and U16.
Current rating
1521
Standard
Rpd1553·Blz1467
All-time high
1693
−172 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 16
Mar 2024 · age 16
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#177,513
#177,513 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2025
Switched federation: FID → LES
at age 17
Oct 2025
4th U18 player nationally
at age 17 · rated 1569
Sep 2025
2024
Crossed 1600
at age 16
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 16
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1693
at age 16 · −172 from today
Mar 2024
Peak national rank: #13
at age 16 · rated 1488
Jan 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-48
1569 → 1521
Tournaments
3
26 games
Score
10/ 2638.5%
14W0D12L
Top 1 win
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2/2 | #58 | 2523 | -21.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/2 | #41 | 2682 | -10.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/3 | #18 | 2391 | -17.2 |
Rankings
/
Lesotho
#61
out of 85 players
Africa
#7,541
in continent
World
#177,473
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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