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Lenyane, Tau
🇱🇸FIDE 21304777· Male· Lesotho· Born in 2005
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Tau Lenyane, a 21-year-old player, is rated 1524. He has slipped back 76 Elo over the past 12 months. 17 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include 2026 BMI Lesotho Open Chess Championship-Open Section, 2025 Lesotho National Chess Championship, and 2025 CBL & NUL Open 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. His peak of 1600 was reached at age 20 (Nov 2025, #27 nationally at the time).
At junior level, he reached #8 nationally in U20.
Current rating
1524
Standard
Rpd1704·Blz1590
All-time high
1600
−76 pts below
Nov 2025 · age 20
Nov 2025 · age 20
Activity
29
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
17 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#175,499
#175,499 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
8 entries2025
Peak national rank: #27
at age 20 · rated 1600
Nov 2025
8th U20 player nationally
at age 20 · rated 1600
Nov 2025
Crossed 1600
at age 20
Nov 2025
Crossed 1500
at age 20
Nov 2025
Crossed 1400
at age 20
Nov 2025
Crossed 1200
at age 20
Nov 2025
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-76
1600 → 1524
Tournaments
4
29 games
Score
14/ 2948.3%
13W2D14L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3.5/3 | #11 | 2268 | -11.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4.5/6 | #31 | 1840 | -37.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/3 | #33 | 2611 | -28.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/5 | #6 | 1518 | 0.0 |
Rankings
/
Lesotho
#59
out of 85 players
Africa
#7,356
in continent
World
#175,458
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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