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Hlongwane, B (Blessing)

Chess SA id

104086479

FIDE id

Date of birth

2004-08-29 (Adult)

Gender

Male

Region

Ekurhuleni (GE)

Citizen

RSA

Titles

Chess SA registered

Last active game

2025-10-12

Personal details last changed

1900-01-01

Junior GPX Games

Junior GPX Points

Item	Main	Standard	Rapid	Blitz
Rating	1760.6	1776.3	1059.8	1014.6
Raw rating	1760.6	1776.3	1059.8	1014.6
Weighted rating	1746.2	1767.6	1059.8	1014.6
Weighted performance	1329.4	1321.3	0	0
Floor	1260.6	1276.3	559.8	514.6
K-factor	28	28	40	40
Min/Max rating change allowed	74.6	73	202.5	215.9
Highest rating	1760.6 2025-11-01	1776.3 2025-11-01	1200 2018-02-01	1200 2024-02-01
Highest raw rating	1760.6 2025-11-01	1776.3 2025-11-01	1059.8 2024-02-01	1014.6 2024-02-01
Highest weighted rating	1746.2 2025-11-01	1767.6 2025-11-01	1059.8 2024-11-01	1014.6 2024-11-01
Highest weighted performance	1751.2 2019-09-01	1746.7 2019-09-01	1200 2018-02-01	1200 2024-02-01

Prediction
Item	Main	Standard	Rapid	Blitz
Rating change	0	0	0	0
New rating	1760.6	1776.3	1059.8	1014.6
Analysis
Rating	1760.6	1776.3	1059.8	1014.6
Raw rating	1760.6	1776.3	1059.8	1014.6
Weighted rating	1746.2	1767.6	1059.8
Weighted performance	1329.4	1321.3	0
K-factor	28	28	40	40
Floor	1260.6	1276.3	559.8	514.6
Max/Min rating change allowed	74.6	73	202.5	215.9
Games	0	0	0	0
Score	0	0	0	0
Expected score	0	0	0	0
Score-Expected	0	0	0	0
Temp raw +/-	0	0	0	0
Final raw +/-	0	0	0	0
New raw rating	1760.6	1776.3	1059.8	1014.6
New weighted rating	1747.5	1768.5	1059.8	1014.6
New weighted performance	1318.9	1311	0	0
Temp new rating	1760.6	1776.3	1059.8	1014.6
Temp new rating +/-	0	0	0	0
Final new rating +/-	0	0	0	0
New rating	1760.6	1776.3	1059.8	1014.6
New K-factor	28	28	40	40
New floor	1260.6	1276.3	559.8	514.6

Item	Main	Standard	Rapid
	0	0	0
	6	6	0
	0	0	0
	6	6	0
	18	18	0
	5	5	0
History	282	257	25

Games since
	Main 6	Standard 6		Rapid 0		Blitz 0
Gender	Male
Age group	Adult
Region	Ekurhuleni (GE)
Province	Gauteng (GT)
Main
	RSA		Province		Region
Overall	-1		-1		-1
Male	-1		-1		-1
Adult	-1		-1		-1
Adult Male	-1		-1		-1
Standard
	RSA		Province		Region
Overall	-1		-1		-1
Male	-1		-1		-1
Adult	-1		-1		-1
Adult Male	-1		-1		-1
Rapid
	RSA		Province		Region
Overall	-1		-1		-1
Male	-1		-1		-1
Adult	-1		-1		-1
Adult Male	-1		-1		-1
Blitz
	RSA		Province		Region
Overall	-1		-1		-1
Male	-1		-1		-1
Adult	-1		-1		-1
Adult Male	-1		-1		-1


	Games	Score	%	Dp	AvgOpp	Performance
Main	0	0	0	0	0	0
Standard	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rapid	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blitz	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Games	Score	%	Dp	AvgOpp	Performance
Main	6	5	83.33	283.3	1542.5	1825.8
Standard	6	5	83.33	283.3	1542.5	1825.8
Rapid	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blitz	0	0	0	0	0	0
History
	Games	Score	%	Dp	AvgOpp	Performance
Main	212	136	64.15	120.3	1390.4	1510.7
Standard	205	133	64.88	126.5	1389.2	1515.6
Rapid	7	3	42.86	-60.7	1425.9	1365.2
Blitz	0	0	0	0	0	0

Date	Main	Standard	Rapid	Blitz
2025-11-01	1760.6	1776.3	1059.8	1014.6
2025-09-30	1745	1767	1059.8	1014.6
2025-09-01	1745	1767	1059.8	1014.6
2025-08-01	1745	1767	1059.8	1014.6
2025-07-01	1745	1767	1059.8	1014.6
2025-06-01	1745	1767	1059.8	1014.6
2025-05-01	1745	1767	1059.8	1014.6
2025-04-01	1745	1767	1059.8	1014.6
2025-03-01	1745	1767	1059.8	1014.6
2025-02-01	1745	1767	1059.8	1014.6
2025-01-01	1745	1767	1059.8	1014.6
2024-12-01	1745	1767	1059.8	1014.6
2024-11-01	1745	1767	1059.8	1014.6
2024-10-01	1745	1767	1059.8	1014.6
2024-09-01	1745	1767	1059.8	1014.6
2024-08-01	1745	1767	1059.8	1014.6
2024-07-01	1745	1767	1059.8	1014.6
2024-09-01	1745	1767	1059.8	1014.6
2024-05-01	1745	1767	1059.8	1014.6
2024-04-01	1745	1767	1059.8	1014.6
2024-03-01	1745	1767	1059.8	1014.6
2024-02-01	1745	1767	1059.8	1014.6
2024-01-01	1745	1767	1059.8	1014.6
2023-12-01	1726.6	1731	1059.8	1014.6

Comming soon.

Tournaments

History

No tournaments found.

#	Tournament	Start	End	Type	Host	Rounds	Games	Score	Cfr	Analysis

#	Tournament	Start	End	Type	Host	Rounds	Games	Score	Cfr	Analysis
1	UCT Open Chess Championship 2025 (Advanced)	2025-10-10	2025-10-12	Standard	Cape Town (WCT)	6	6	5	Yes	Analysis

Last 500 tournaments since 01 January 2018

#	Tournament	Start	End	Type	Host	Rounds	Games	Score	Cfr	Analysis
1	UCT Open Chess Championship 2025 (Advanced)	2025-10-10	2025-10-12	Standard	Cape Town (WCT)	6	6	5	Yes	Analysis
2	WP Club League 2023 (A)	2023-07-29	2023-09-09	Standard	Cape Town (WCT)	11	6	2.5	Yes	Analysis
3	2022 South African Junior Wild Card Chess Championships (U18+U20 Open)	2022-12-09	2022-12-12	Standard	4 Knights (4K)	7	7	5	Yes	Analysis
4	2022 South African Junior Team Chess Championships (U20 Open+Girls)	2022-12-04	2022-12-08	Standard	4 Knights (4K)	7	6	5	Yes	Analysis
5	Alberton Chess Club Open 2022 (A)	2022-07-16	2022-07-16	Standard	Ekurhuleni (GE)	5	5	4	Yes	Analysis
6	Ekurhuleni Trials (3)	2021-11-06	2021-11-06	Standard	Ekurhuleni (GE)	5	5	4	Yes	Analysis
7	Ekurhuleni Chess Kempton Park Open 2020 (A)	2020-11-21	2020-11-21	Standard	Ekurhuleni (GE)	5	5	3	Yes	Analysis
8	Alberton Chess Club Open 2020 (A)	2020-02-22	2020-02-22	Standard	Ekurhuleni (GE)	5	5	1.5	Yes	Analysis
9	Springs Chess Club Open 2020 (A)	2020-01-25	2020-01-25	Standard	Ekurhuleni (GE)	5	5	4	Yes	Analysis
10	2019 South African Junior Team Championships (U16A)	2020-01-04	2020-01-08	Standard	4 Knights (4K)	7	7	4	Yes	Analysis
11	Chess Power House End of Year Rapid 2019 (A)	2019-12-16	2019-12-16	Rapid	Johannesburg Metro (GJM)	7	7	3	Yes	Analysis
12	GJM vs GE Inter Region 2019 (U16B)	2019-10-05	2019-10-05	Standard	Johannesburg Metro (GJM)	5	5	2.5	Yes	Analysis
13	GE vs GSV Inter Regional 2019 (U20B)	2019-10-26	2019-10-26	Standard	Ekurhuleni (GE)	5	5	4	Yes	Analysis
14	Ekurhuleni Grand Prix 2019 (A)	2019-09-14	2019-09-14	Standard	Ekurhuleni (GE)	5	5	3	Yes	Analysis
15	Springs Open 2019 (A)	2019-08-31	2019-08-31	Standard	Ekurhuleni (GE)	5	5	4	Yes	Analysis
16	Boksburg Chess Club Open 2019 (A)	2019-07-13	2019-07-13	Standard	Ekurhuleni (GE)	5	5	2	Yes	Analysis
17	Ekurhuleni Trials (3)	2019-06-08	2019-06-08	Standard	Ekurhuleni (GE)	5	5	4	Yes	Analysis
18	Primrose Chess Club Open 2019 (A)	2019-04-13	2019-04-13	Standard	Ekurhuleni (GE)	5	5	3	Yes	Analysis
19	Ekurhuleni Trials 1 2019 (U16)	2019-03-09	2019-03-09	Standard	Ekurhuleni (GE)	5	5	3	Yes	Analysis
20	2019 South African Junior Closed Chess Championship (U16 Open)	2019-03-17	2019-03-22	Standard	Chess South Africa (CSA)	9	9	4.5	Yes	Analysis
21	Springs Chess Club Open 2019 (A)	2019-02-09	2019-02-09	Standard	Ekurhuleni (GE)	5	5	2	Yes	Analysis
22	Boksburg Open 2019 (A)	2019-01-19	2019-01-19	Standard	Ekurhuleni (GE)	5	5	1.5	Yes	Analysis
23	2018 Wild Card Chess Championships (U16 Open)	2018-12-21	2018-12-24	Standard	4 Knights (4K)	7	7	5	Yes	Analysis
24	South African Junior Team Championships 2018 (U16A)	2018-12-16	2018-12-20	Standard	4 Knights (4K)	7	7	4.5	Yes	Analysis
25	2018 Interregion Sedibeng vs Ekurhuleni (N)	2018-11-03	2018-11-03	Standard	Sedibeng (GSV)	6	5	5	Yes	Analysis
26	Inter Region GE vs JHB Metro 2018 (U16A)	2018-10-06	2018-10-06	Standard	Ekurhuleni (GE)	5	5	1.5	Yes	Analysis
27	Ekurhuleni Grand Prix Open 2018 (B)	2018-09-14	2018-09-15	Standard	Ekurhuleni (GE)	6	6	3	Yes	Analysis
28	Ekurhuleni Open 2018 (B)	2018-08-18	2018-08-18	Standard	Ekurhuleni (GE)	5	5	4	Yes	Analysis
29	Witfield Open 2018 (B)	2018-07-21	2018-07-21	Standard	Ekurhuleni (GE)	5	4	3	Yes	Analysis
30	Ekurhuleni Trials 3 2018 (U16)	2018-06-16	2018-06-16	Standard	Ekurhuleni (GE)	5	5	3.5	Yes	Analysis
31	2018 Gauteng Secondary Schools Individual Chess Championships (U15 Boys)	2018-05-26	2018-05-26	Standard	Tshwane (GTP)	5	5	4	Yes	Analysis
32	Ekurhuleni South D6 Individual Finals 2018 (U15 Boys+Girls)	2018-05-19	2018-05-19	Standard	Ekurhuleni (GE)	5	5	3.5	Yes	Analysis
33	Dalpark Open 2018 (B)	2018-05-04	2018-05-05	Standard	Ekurhuleni (GE)	6	6	2.5	Yes	Analysis
34	Ekurhuleni Trials 2 2018 (U16)	2018-04-21	2018-04-21	Standard	Ekurhuleni (GE)	5	5	4	Yes	Analysis
35	Human Rights Day Open 2018 (B)	2018-03-21	2018-03-21	Standard	Ekurhuleni (GE)	5	5	4	Yes	Analysis
36	2018 Volkskool Open (B)	2018-02-17	2018-02-17	Standard	Sedibeng (GSV)	5	5	3	Yes	Analysis
37	South African Junior Wildcard Championships 2017 (U14 Open)	2018-01-09	2018-01-12	Standard	4 Knights (4K)	7	7	4	Yes	Analysis
38	South African Junior Team Championships 2017 (U14C)	2018-01-04	2018-01-08	Standard	4 Knights (4K)	7	7	7	Yes	Analysis

#	Games	Start				End
1	8	Tournament South African Junior Team Championships 2017				Tournament South African Junior Wildcard Championships 2017
		date 2018-01-04	rnd 1	type Standard	result 1	date 2018-01-09	rnd 1	type Standard	result 1
		Opponent Van Den Berg, R (Reynard)				Opponent Bambo, K (Kamogelo)
2	6	Tournament WP Club League 2023				Tournament UCT Open Chess Championship 2025
		date 2023-08-19	rnd 6	type Standard	result 0.5	date 2025-10-11	rnd 3	type Standard	result 1
		Opponent Waguta, B (Brooklyn)				Opponent Brown, JR (John-Rodney)
3	6	Tournament Primrose Chess Club Open 2019				Tournament Ekurhuleni Trials
		date 2019-04-13	rnd 3	type Standard	result 1	date 2019-06-08	rnd 3	type Standard	result 1
		Opponent Felix, R (Raphael)				Opponent Nash, K (Keagan)

#	Games	Start				End
1	8	Tournament South African Junior Team Championships 2017				Tournament South African Junior Wildcard Championships 2017
		date 2018-01-04	rnd 1	type Standard	result 1	date 2018-01-09	rnd 1	type Standard	result 1
		Opponent Van Den Berg, R (Reynard)				Opponent Bambo, K (Kamogelo)
2	6	Tournament Primrose Chess Club Open 2019				Tournament Ekurhuleni Trials
		date 2019-04-13	rnd 3	type Standard	result 1	date 2019-06-08	rnd 3	type Standard	result 1
		Opponent Felix, R (Raphael)				Opponent Nash, K (Keagan)
3	5	Tournament 2022 South African Junior Team Chess Championships				Tournament 2022 South African Junior Wild Card Chess Championships
		date 2022-12-07	rnd 5	type Standard	result 1	date 2022-12-09	rnd 2	type Standard	result 1
		Opponent Soojay, J (Jorah)				Opponent Maduna, S (Sanele)

#	Games	Start				End
1	3	Tournament Chess Power House End of Year Rapid 2019				Tournament Chess Power House End of Year Rapid 2019
		date 2019-12-16	rnd 3	type Rapid	result 1	date 2019-12-16	rnd 5	type Rapid	result 1
		Opponent Mazibuko, B (Buhle)				Opponent Vengai, D (Dean)

No games found.

#	Games	Start				End

#	Games	Start				End
1	8	Tournament South African Junior Team Championships 2017				Tournament South African Junior Wildcard Championships 2017
		date 2018-01-04	rnd 1	type Standard	result 1	date 2018-01-09	rnd 1	type Standard	result 1
		Opponent Van Den Berg, R (Reynard)				Opponent Bambo, K (Kamogelo)
2	6	Tournament Primrose Chess Club Open 2019				Tournament Ekurhuleni Trials
		date 2019-04-13	rnd 3	type Standard	result 1	date 2019-06-08	rnd 3	type Standard	result 1
		Opponent Felix, R (Raphael)				Opponent Nash, K (Keagan)
3	5	Tournament 2022 South African Junior Team Chess Championships				Tournament 2022 South African Junior Wild Card Chess Championships
		date 2022-12-07	rnd 5	type Standard	result 1	date 2022-12-09	rnd 2	type Standard	result 1
		Opponent Soojay, J (Jorah)				Opponent Maduna, S (Sanele)

#	Games	Start				End
1	8	Tournament South African Junior Team Championships 2017				Tournament South African Junior Wildcard Championships 2017
		date 2018-01-04	rnd 1	type Standard	result 1	date 2018-01-09	rnd 1	type Standard	result 1
		Opponent Van Den Berg, R (Reynard)				Opponent Bambo, K (Kamogelo)
2	6	Tournament Primrose Chess Club Open 2019				Tournament Ekurhuleni Trials
		date 2019-04-13	rnd 3	type Standard	result 1	date 2019-06-08	rnd 3	type Standard	result 1
		Opponent Felix, R (Raphael)				Opponent Nash, K (Keagan)
3	5	Tournament 2022 South African Junior Team Chess Championships				Tournament 2022 South African Junior Wild Card Chess Championships
		date 2022-12-07	rnd 5	type Standard	result 1	date 2022-12-09	rnd 2	type Standard	result 1
		Opponent Soojay, J (Jorah)				Opponent Maduna, S (Sanele)

#	Games	Start				End
1	3	Tournament Chess Power House End of Year Rapid 2019				Tournament Chess Power House End of Year Rapid 2019
		date 2019-12-16	rnd 3	type Rapid	result 1	date 2019-12-16	rnd 5	type Rapid	result 1
		Opponent Mazibuko, B (Buhle)				Opponent Vengai, D (Dean)

No games found.

#	Games	Start				End

Top 10 opponents most often played

#	Opponent	Main			Standard			Rapid			Blitz
		Gms	Score	Dp	Gms	Score	Dp	Gms	Score	Dp	Gms	Score	Dp
		Gms	Aor	Prat	Gms	Aor	Prat	Gms	Aor	Prat	Gms	Aor	Prat
1	Mistry ,D (Devak)	4	3	212.5	4	3	212.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Mistry ,D (Devak)	4	1074.6	1287.1	4	1076.7	1287.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Singh ,N (Nimai)	4	3	212.5	4	3	212.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Singh ,N (Nimai)	4	1292.1	1504.6	4	1282.7	1504.6	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Steyn ,R (Roan)	4	3	212.5	4	3	212.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Steyn ,R (Roan)	4	1442.4	1654.9	4	1445.2	1654.9	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Maharaj ,A (Ameet)	4	2	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Maharaj ,A (Ameet)	4	1490.6	1490.6	4	1492.4	1490.6	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Khumalo ,KB (Keith Babongile)	3	0	-425	3	0	-425	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Khumalo ,KB (Keith Babongile)	3	2062.2	1637.2	3	2048	1637.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Dinham ,J (James)	3	1	-141.7	3	1	-141.7	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Dinham ,J (James)	3	1631.8	1490.1	3	1632.5	1490.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Maharaj ,A (Ajeet)	3	1.5	0	3	1.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Maharaj ,A (Ajeet)	3	1416	1416	3	1417.4	1416	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Simpson ,M (Michael)	3	1	-141.7	3	1	-141.7	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Simpson ,M (Michael)	3	1818.4	1676.7	3	1816.5	1676.7	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Schroeder ,D (Daniel)	3	2	141.7	3	2	141.7	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Schroeder ,D (Daniel)	3	1304.8	1446.5	3	1303	1446.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Booi ,N (Nande)	3	0.5	-283.3	3	0.5	-283.3	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Booi ,N (Nande)	3	1473	1189.7	3	1480.8	1189.7	0	0	0	0	0	0

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