Format
DB
Damse, Bongolethu
🇿🇦FIDE 534016007· Male· South Africa· Born in 2007
Follow Bongolethu DamseTrack his monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
Bongolethu Damse, a 19-year-old South African player, is rated 1513. He has slipped back 43 Elo over the past 12 months. 15 rated games in the past year (≈26/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Eastern Cape Inter-Regional Team Chess Championship 2025 (U20 and Open), Eastern Cape Inter-Regional Individual Chess Championship 2025 (U20B), and NMB Closed 2025 (U20 and Adult). His peak of 1562 was reached at age 18 (Jun 2025).
Current rating
1513
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1562
−49 pts below
Jun 2025 · age 18
Jun 2025 · age 18
Activity
24
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#179,733
#179,733 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
5 entries2025
All-time peak 1562
at age 18 · −49 from today
Jun 2025
Crossed 1500
at age 18
May 2025
Crossed 1400
at age 18
May 2025
Crossed 1200
at age 18
May 2025
First FIDE rating
1556 · at age 18
May 2025
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-49
1562 → 1513
Tournaments
4
22 games
Score
11/ 2250.0%
9W4D9L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsOthandwayo Gcwabe1,604·Eastern Cape Inter-Regional Individual Chess Championship 2025 (U20B)·R2·+25.1
2.[W]vsDillon DU PREEZ1,445·Eastern Cape Inter-Regional Individual Chess Championship 2025 (U20B)·R4·+16.1
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsEmorej Mella1,502·Eastern Cape Inter-Regional Individual Chess Championship 2025 (U20B)·R5·-20.6
3.[L]vsUnathi Mokitimi1,614·Eastern Cape Inter-Regional Team Chess Championship 2025 (U20 and Open)·R2·-14.3
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 0.5/3 | #21 | 1336 | -23.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/4 | #2 | 2325 | +22.0 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 2.5/4 | #14 | 1708 | -48.4 |
Swiss | May 2025 | 4/4 | #4 | — | +6.0 |
Rankings
/
South Africa
#1,323
out of 1,842 players
Africa
#7,538
in continent
World
#179,687
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
South Africa
| 1 | 🇿🇦Follow Henry Robert SteelTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,408 |
| 2 | 🇿🇦Follow Jan KarstenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,382 |
| 3 | 🇿🇦Follow Daniel CawderyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,312 |
| 4 | 🇿🇦Follow Roland BezuidenhoutTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,293 |
| 4 | 🇿🇦Follow Raphael FelixTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,293 |
| 6 | 🇿🇦Follow Caleb Levi LevitanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,291 |
| 7 | 🇿🇦Follow Kenneth Terence SolomonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,270 |
| 8 | 🇿🇦Follow Watu KobeseTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,258 |
| 9 | 🇿🇦Follow Banele MhangoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,256 |
| 10 | 🇿🇦Follow Daniel BarrishTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,245 |
| ... | ||
| 1323 | 1,513 | |
Africa
| 1 | 🇪🇬Follow Bassem AminTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,627 |
| 2 | 🇪🇬Follow Ahmed AdlyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,580 |
| 3 | 🇲🇦Follow Hicham HamdouchiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,502 |
| 4 | 🇩🇿Follow Bilel BellahceneTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,493 |
| 5 | 🇪🇬Follow Adham FawzyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,467 |
| 6 | 🇩🇿Follow Adlane ArabTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,453 |
| 7 | 🇪🇬Follow Samy ShokerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,442 |
| 8 | 🇲🇬Follow Fy Antenaina RakotomaharoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,441 |
| 9 | 🇹🇳Follow Kamel NjiliTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,414 |
| 10 | 🇪🇬Follow Ibrahim Hasan LabibTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,412 |
| ... | ||
| 7538 | 1,513 | |
World
| 1 | 🇳🇴Follow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,840 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 3 | 🇺🇸Follow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,788 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,780 |
| 5 | 🇺🇿Follow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,776 |
| 6 | 🇳🇱Follow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,767 |
| 7 | 🇩🇪Follow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,759 |
| 7 | 🇫🇷Follow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,759 |
| 9 | 🇺🇸Follow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,754 |
| 10 | 🇨🇳Follow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| ... | ||
| 179687 | 1,513 | |