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ID: 14332337

Lovers Mthembu

FIDE ratings

1,900Classical
1,747Rapid
1,849Blitz

Performance

37 games
35% Win
8% Draw
57% Loss

Lovers Mthembu's playing style

Overall score:39%13W 3D 21L over 37 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:48%in 20 games
Steady recent form:43%8W 1D 11L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, French Defense: Exchange Variation has the largest White sample, with 6 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

French Defense: Exchange Variation
50%
50%
6g
Italian Game: Giuoco Piano
100%
3g
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Stoltz Attack
100%
2g
Italian Game
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation, Modern Variation, Kasparov Attack
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense has the largest Black sample, with 3 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense
100%
3g
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Anti-Berlin Variation
100%
3g
Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation
100%
1g
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation
100%
1g
Scotch Game: Classical Variation
100%
1g

Repertoire

20 games as white in scope
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

20 games in this line · White to move

Results for Mthembu, Lovers as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
45%
5%
50%
Move
20 · 100%
45%
5%
50%

Game History

(37 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Oct 16, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Yeoh, Yuan Hui(1937)
W—
Oct 15, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
FMFecker, Noah(2352)
L—
Oct 14, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Dissanayake, R K T(1997)
W—
Oct 14, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Phokela, Osia(1910)
D—
Oct 14, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Araki, Dai(1831)
W—
Oct 14, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Hou, Yifan(HLJ)(2338)
L—
Oct 14, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Kiriella, K G T S D(1954)
L—
Oct 14, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
IMPham, Khoi(2423)
L—
Oct 14, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Araki, Dai(1831)
W—
Oct 14, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
IMWachinger, Nikolas(2438)
L—

Research Lovers Mthembu’s games and opening repertoire

Lovers Mthembu is rated 1900 in standard, 1747 in rapid, 1849 in blitz by FIDE. Lovers Mthembu plays for South Africa.

Lovers Mthembu has FIDE ID 14332337.

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