Top chess players in South Africa

The 100 highest-rated active players registered with the South Africa chess federation (RSA), ranked by FIDE standard rating out of 1,766 rated players. Open a profile to see the player's ratings, opening repertoire and available games, or to prepare for a game against them.

Rank	Player	Federation	Standard	Rapid	Blitz	Platform
#01	Henry Robert Steel IM	RSA	2,408	2,399	2,424	Chess.com
#02	Jan Karsten IM	RSA	2,387	2,277	-	Chess.com
#03	Banele Mhango FM	RSA	2,344	2,271	2,314
#04	Caleb Levi Levitan IM	RSA	2,336	2,219	2,223	Chess.com
#05	Daniel Cawdery IM	RSA	2,312	2,346	2,328	Chess.com
#06	Raphael Felix FM	RSA	2,307	1,897	2,015	Chess.com
#07	Kenneth Terence Solomon GM	RSA	2,282	2,334	2,431	Chess.com
#08	Charlton Mnyasta	RSA	2,273	2,079	2,136
#09	Roland Bezuidenhout FM	RSA	2,269	-	-
#10	Daniel Barrish FM	RSA	2,245	2,162	2,183	Chess.com
#11	Watu Kobese IM	RSA	2,237	2,315	2,296	Chess.com
#12	Ryan Pierre Van Rensburg IM	RSA	2,228	2,239	2,241	Chess.com
#13	Keith Khumalo CM	RSA	2,224	2,039	2,090	Chess.com
#14	Ja Ophoff CM	RSA	2,223	-	2,226	Chess.com
#15	Michael Simpson IM	RSA	2,212	1,969	2,091	Chess.com
#16	Jack Van Zyl-Rudd FM	RSA	2,209	2,164	2,164
#17	Jacob Dumisani Mnguni CM	RSA	2,179	2,194	2,037	Chess.com
#18	Mohamed Ozayr Bhawoodien FM	RSA	2,178	2,084	2,153	Chess.com
#19	Calvin John Klaasen FM	RSA	2,177	2,167	2,270	Chess.com
#20	Alexander van der Merwe	RSA	2,174	-	1,852
#21	David Gluckman IM	RSA	2,160	2,153	2,086	Chess.com
#22	Calvin Nicholas Jacobs	RSA	2,156	-	1,961
#23	Judah Nathan Levitan FM	RSA	2,149	2,173	1,881	Chess.com
#24	Johannes Manyedi Mabusela IM	RSA	2,138	2,297	2,199	Chess.com
#25	Benjamin Vincent Hercules CM	RSA	2,121	2,162	2,152	Chess.com
#26	Chigozie Egeonu	RSA	2,114	2,105	2,012
#27	Reegan Palmer CM	RSA	2,110	1,956	1,911	Chess.com
#28	James Dinham	RSA	2,110	2,134	2,053
#29	Johannes Jabu Masango	RSA	2,107	-	-
#30	Jorah Soojay FM	RSA	2,098	1,732	1,910	Chess.com
#31	Nashlen Govindasamy CM	RSA	2,089	-	-
#32	Lehlogonolo D. Mathe	RSA	2,076	-	-
#33	Craig Glen Willenberg	RSA	2,063	1,963	2,019
#34	Tezihano Mnyasta	RSA	2,056	1,967	1,804
#35	Ethan Samuels	RSA	2,053	1,993	1,981
#36	Lwazi Selepe	RSA	2,049	1,757	1,871
#37	Lyndon Bouah CM	RSA	2,045	2,123	2,044
#38	Raynier Claassen	RSA	2,043	1,966	2,002
#39	Michael Cuthbert	RSA	2,037	-	-
#40	Khanya Mazibuko CM	RSA	2,036	1,910	1,950	Chess.com
#41	Dmitar S. Ristovich	RSA	2,032	2,044	2,015
#42	Shabir Hussain Bhawoodien FM	RSA	2,020	1,993	2,007
#43	Sello Mahlangu CM	RSA	2,020	-	2,002
#44	Matsobane Mailula	RSA	2,016	1,934	1,956
#45	Heinco Du Plessis	RSA	2,015	-	1,990
#46	Alain Dekker	RSA	2,012	2,068	1,988
#47	Jesse Nikki February WIM	RSA	2,010	1,918	1,932	Chess.com
#48	Dirk Cornelis Uys Conradie	RSA	2,009	-	1,948
#49	Sven Stocklose	RSA	2,009	-	-
#50	Chenyi Lin	RSA	2,008	-	1,631
#51	Weilun Yan CM	RSA	2,005	1,747	1,862
#52	Chloe Badenhorst WFM	RSA	2,003	2,010	1,912
#53	Stephen Bulelani	RSA	2,002	1,852	1,935
#54	Tyler Nevin CM	RSA	1,995	1,879	1,904
#55	Shmuel Goldberg	RSA	1,995	1,928	1,988
#56	Michael Nicholas Longano	RSA	1,993	1,988	1,946
#57	Chase Salimu	RSA	1,988	1,948	1,970
#58	Edward Potgieter	RSA	1,985	-	1,700
#59	Minenhle Ngcongo	RSA	1,978	-	1,882
#60	Coenraad Hendrik Marais	RSA	1,978	-	-
#61	John D Laurie	RSA	1,975	2,026	2,050
#62	Jason S. Davies	RSA	1,972	-	1,967
#63	Clive Mthunzi	RSA	1,970	1,935	1,913
#64	Frederick Odendaal	RSA	1,968	2,052	2,082
#65	Keegan Agulhas FM	RSA	1,966	1,998	1,996
#66	Mfundo Masiya	RSA	1,965	1,950	1,879
#67	Daniel Wium	RSA	1,964	-	-
#68	Charlize Van Zyl WIM	RSA	1,963	-	1,904	Chess.com
#69	Mothupi Lekgau	RSA	1,961	1,962	1,890
#70	Michael James	RSA	1,959	2,005	2,010
#71	Dewald Coetsee	RSA	1,959	1,646	1,697
#72	Lindokuhle Xulu	RSA	1,957	1,882	1,917
#73	Waylon Brander	RSA	1,956	1,933	1,855
#74	Francis Parker	RSA	1,955	1,959	-
#75	Albrecht Van Zyl	RSA	1,953	-	1,872
#76	Hendrik Weideman	RSA	1,951	-	-
#77	Cherwin Kleinsmidt	RSA	1,951	1,887	1,914
#78	Bryan Aguirre	RSA	1,950	2,012	2,025
#79	Thabang Mamonyane	RSA	1,940	-	1,916
#80	Jaco Nelson	RSA	1,938	1,968	1,990
#81	Bernand A. Klein	RSA	1,935	-	-
#82	Liam Baruch CM	RSA	1,934	-	-	Chess.com
#83	Warrick Erlank	RSA	1,934	2,035	1,966
#84	Juan-Louis Combrink	RSA	1,931	1,897	1,825
#85	Neathan Peter CM	RSA	1,927	1,626	1,808	Chess.com
#86	Lizo Sikwati	RSA	1,926	1,862	1,857
#87	Shepard Sarakusebwa	RSA	1,925	-	1,857
#88	Lutho Mfazwe	RSA	1,924	-	2,002
#89	Clayton Macheka	RSA	1,924	1,862	1,772
#90	Harrison Scherzer	RSA	1,922	-	-
#91	Rannveer Tak	RSA	1,920	1,812	1,784
#92	Justin Barend Wilken	RSA	1,919	1,951	1,915
#93	Tshediso M Mpya	RSA	1,918	1,954	1,888
#94	Zhengfei Li	RSA	1,917	1,722	1,786
#95	Kobus Geyser	RSA	1,917	-	-
#96	Devon Smit	RSA	1,915	1,857	1,984
#97	Prince Ngombo	RSA	1,915	-	-
#98	Viraak Dharampall	RSA	1,914	1,880	1,835
#99	Andrew McInnes	RSA	1,912	-	-
#100	Lefu Sekharume	RSA	1,909	-	1,925

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