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Van Zyl, Tyler
🇿🇦FIDE 534021701· Male· South Africa· Born in 2009
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Tyler Van Zyl, a 17-year-old South African player, is rated 1544. He has slipped back 96 Elo over the past 12 months. 10 rated games in the past year. Recent appearances: 2025 Mzansi Inter Provincial Team Championships (U18 Open Championship) and Eastern Cape Closed 2025 (U18 Open). His peak of 1640 was reached at age 16 (Oct 2025).
At junior level, he reached #75 and #50 nationally in U18 and U16.
Current rating
1544
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1640
−96 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 16
Oct 2025 · age 16
Activity
13
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#168,621
#168,621 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
7 entries2026
75th South African U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1639
Jan 2026
2025
50th South African U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1640
Oct 2025
Crossed 1600
at age 16
Oct 2025
Crossed 1500
at age 16
Oct 2025
Crossed 1400
at age 16
Oct 2025
All-time peak 1640
at age 16 · −96 from today
Oct 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-96
1640 → 1544
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
3.5/ 1819.4%
2W5D11L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsTjaart Steyn1,512·2025 Mzansi Inter Provincial Team Championships (U18 Open Championship)·R2·-27.0
2.[L]vsJohrne Rossouw1,559·2025 Mzansi Inter Provincial Team Championships (U18 Open Championship)·R5·-24.5
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/5 | #107 | 1281 | -95.2 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3/5 | #16 | 1575 | 0.0 |
Worst Elo result: 2025 Mzansi Inter Provincial Team Championships (U18 Open Championship) (-95.2 Elo, finished #107).
Rankings
/
South Africa
#1,185
out of 1,876 players
Africa
#7,154
in continent
World
#168,596
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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