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Paul Swarts
1760146855Cape Winelands (WCW)Personal
Main rating
| Rating | 1544.9 |
| K-factor | 32 |
| Floor | 1044.9 |
| Highest | 1558.2 (2023-07-01) |
| Min/Max +/- allowed | 100 |
| Rating Change () | |
| Games | 0 |
| Score | 0 |
| We | 0 |
| SWe | 0 |
| Temp +/- | 0 |
| Penalties | 0 |
| Weight perform | 1391.4 |
| Final +/- | 0 |
| New Rating () | |
| Rating | 1544.9 |
| K-factor | 32 |
| Floor | 1044.9 |
| Highest | 1558.2 (2023-07-01) |
| Min/Max +/- allowed | 99.5 |
Standard rating
| Rating | 1512.5 |
| K-factor | 32 |
| Floor | 1012.5 |
| Highest | 1529.2 (2022-10-01) |
| Min/Max +/- allowed | 103.7 |
| Rating Change () | |
| Games | 0 |
| Score | 0 |
| We | 0 |
| SWe | 0 |
| Temp +/- | 0 |
| Penalties | 0 |
| Weight perform | 1425.9 |
| Final +/- | 0 |
| New Rating () | |
| Rating | 1512.5 |
| K-factor | 32 |
| Floor | 1012.5 |
| Highest | 1529.2 (2022-10-01) |
| Min/Max +/- allowed | 103.7 |
Rapid rating
| Rating | 1457.7 |
| K-factor | 32 |
| Floor | 1013.9 |
| Highest | 1530.3 (2023-07-01) |
| Min/Max +/- allowed | 103.6 |
| Rating Change () | |
| Games | 0 |
| Score | 0 |
| We | 0 |
| SWe | 0 |
| Temp +/- | 0 |
| Penalties | 0 |
| Weight perform | 1401.2 |
| Final +/- | 0 |
| New Rating () | |
| Rating | 1457.7 |
| K-factor | 32 |
| Floor | 1013.9 |
| Highest | 1530.3 (2023-07-01) |
| Min/Max +/- allowed | 103.6 |
Blitz rating
| Rating | 1300 |
| K-factor | 36 |
| Floor | 800 |
| Highest | 1300 (2024-02-01) |
| Min/Max +/- allowed | 143.8 |
| Rating Change () | |
| Games | 0 |
| Score | 0 |
| We | 0 |
| SWe | 0 |
| Temp +/- | 0 |
| Penalties | 0 |
| Weight perform | 0 |
| Final +/- | 0 |
| New Rating () | |
| Rating | 1300 |
| K-factor | 36 |
| Floor | 800 |
| Highest | 1300 (2024-02-01) |
| Min/Max +/- allowed | 143.8 |
Rating Graph
Tournaments
| # | Tournament | Type | Start | End | Host | Rounds | Rating | Games | Score | Perform | Rat+/- | Details |
| # | Tournament | Type | Start | End | Host | Rounds | Rating | Games | Score | Perform | Rat+/- | Details |
| 1 | Heideveld Open Rapid Chess Championship 2025 (A) | Rapid | 2025-11-29 | 2025-11-29 | Cape Town (WCT) | 5 | 1544.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Details |
| 2 | Cape Town Chess Federation Club League 2025 (C) | Classical | 2025-07-26 | 2025-09-27 | Cape Town (WCT) | 11 | 1525.5 | 11 | 6.5 | 1605.6 | 0 | Details |
| 3 | UCT Open Chess Championship 2025 (Open) | Rapid | 2025-10-12 | 2025-10-12 | Cape Town (WCT) | 6 | 1525.5 | 6 | 3 | 1426.1 | 0 | Details |
| 4 | 4th Curro Durbanville Rapid Open 2025 (Advanced) | Rapid | 2025-07-19 | 2025-07-19 | Cape Town (WCT) | 7 | 1521.6 | 7 | 3.5 | 1559 | 0 | Details |
| 5 | Bellville Rapid 2025 (A) | Rapid | 2025-06-07 | 2025-06-07 | Cape Town (WCT) | 6 | 1521.6 | 6 | 2 | 1510.8 | 0 | Details |
| 6 | West Coast And Mykonos Open 2025 (Open) | Standard | 2025-05-02 | 2025-05-04 | West Coast (WCU) | 6 | 1518 | 6 | 3.5 | 1534.5 | 0 | Details |
| 7 | Hermanus Chess Club Open 2025 (Advanced) | Rapid | 2025-04-12 | 2025-04-12 | Overberg (WOS) | 7 | 1521.3 | 7 | 3 | 1503.8 | 0 | Details |
| 8 | Steinitz Festival 2025 (Open) | Rapid | 2025-03-15 | 2025-03-15 | Cape Town (WCT) | 7 | 1483.1 | 7 | 4 | 1547.4 | 0 | Details |
| 9 | Western Cape Closed 2025 (B) | Standard | 2025-03-08 | 2025-03-09 | Cape Town (WCT) | 6 | 1483.1 | 6 | 3 | 1629.9 | 0 | Details |
| 10 | 2025 Kraaifontein Open Chess Championships (Rapid Open) | Rapid | 2025-01-05 | 2025-01-05 | Cape Town (WCT) | 6 | 1449.4 | 6 | 4 | 1685.8 | 0 | Details |
| 11 | Rylib Summer Slam 2024 (Championship) | Rapid | 2024-12-03 | 2024-12-03 | Cape Town (WCT) | 6 | 1450.6 | 6 | 1 | 1508.8 | 0 | Details |
| 12 | UCT Open Chess Championship 2024 (Open Rapid) | Rapid | 2024-10-12 | 2024-10-13 | Cape Town (WCT) | 6 | 1442.6 | 5 | 3 | 1574.1 | 0 | Details |
| 13 | Spring Slam 2024 (A) | Rapid | 2024-10-05 | 2024-10-05 | Cape Town (WCT) | 6 | 1442.6 | 6 | 2 | 1392.4 | 0 | Details |
| 14 | CT League 2024 (D-Playoffs) | Standard | 2024-09-07 | 2024-09-08 | Cape Town (WCT) | 5 | 1417.3 | 5 | 1 | 1389 | 0 | Details |
| 15 | CT League 2024 (D) | Standard | 2024-08-03 | 2024-08-03 | Cape Town (WCT) | 6 | 1417.3 | 6 | 3.5 | 1570.6 | 0 | Details |
| 16 | Rylib Winter Slam 2024 (Championship) | Rapid | 2024-06-19 | 2024-06-19 | Cape Town (WCT) | 6 | 1418.7 | 6 | 2 | 1406.1 | 0 | Details |
| 17 | West Coast & Mykonos Open 2024 (Elite) | Standard | 2024-05-17 | 2024-05-19 | West Coast (WCU) | 6 | 1441.3 | 5 | 1 | 1418.5 | 0 | Details |
| 18 | Steinitz Chess Festival 2024 (Open) | Standard | 2024-05-10 | 2024-05-12 | Cape Town (WCT) | 6 | 1441.3 | 5 | 3 | 1337.4 | 0 | Details |
| 19 | Hermanus Chess Club Open 2024 (Championship) | Rapid | 2024-04-20 | 2024-04-20 | Overberg (WOS) | 7 | 1426.9 | 6 | 1.5 | 1798.9 | 0 | Details |
| 20 | Chas Everitt and MHI Attorneys Rapid 2024 (B) | Rapid | 2024-03-09 | 2024-03-09 | Cape Town (WCT) | 6 | 1418.6 | 6 | 4 | 1487.5 | 0 | Details |
| 21 | Cape of Good Hope Open Chess Tournament 2024 (Open) | Rapid | 2024-02-18 | 2024-02-18 | Cape Town (WCT) | 6 | 1435.3 | 6 | 3 | 1311.6 | 0 | Details |
| 22 | Cape Town Masters Challenge 2024 (Advanced) | Classical | 2024-01-03 | 2024-01-07 | Cape Town (WCT) | 7 | 1461.2 | 6 | 2 | 1346.6 | 0 | Details |
| 23 | Rylib Summer Slam 2023 (Intermediate) | Rapid | 2023-12-12 | 2023-12-12 | Cape Town (WCT) | 6 | 1435.3 | 6 | 4 | 1464.1 | 0 | Details |
| 24 | Kraaifontein Open 2023 (Adanced) | Standard | 2023-12-09 | 2023-12-10 | Cape Town (WCT) | 6 | 1435.3 | 6 | 3 | 1550.6 | 0 | Details |
| 25 | Chas Everitt and MHI Attorneys Rapid 2023 (B) | Rapid | 2023-11-04 | 2023-11-04 | Cape Town (WCT) | 6 | 1449.1 | 6 | 3 | 1347.3 | 0 | Details |
| 26 | 2023 Moja Chess Extravaganza (Prestige) | Classical | 2023-09-30 | 2023-10-04 | Frances Baard (NCF) | 9 | 1477.3 | 8 | 1 | 1386.5 | 0 | Details |
| 27 | WP Club League 2023 (A) | Classical | 2023-07-29 | 2023-09-09 | Cape Town (WCT) | 11 | 1460.1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1787.6 | 0 | Details |
| 28 | WP Club League 2023 (D PlayOffs) | Standard | 2023-09-02 | 2023-09-09 | Cape Town (WCT) | 5 | 1460.1 | 2 | 1.5 | 1522.1 | 0 | Details |
| 29 | Western Cape Closed Championship 2023 (C) | Standard | 2023-09-24 | 2023-09-25 | Cape Town (WCT) | 6 | 1460.1 | 6 | 3.5 | 1457.4 | 0 | Details |
| 30 | WP Club League 2023 (D1) | Standard | 2023-07-29 | 2023-08-19 | Cape Town (WCT) | 6 | 1474.4 | 3 | 2 | 1402.9 | 0 | Details |
| 31 | CW Top Schools 2023 (Advanced) | Standard | 2023-08-11 | 2023-08-13 | West Coast (WCU) | 6 | 1474.4 | 6 | 3 | 1483.9 | 0 | Details |
| 32 | Rylib Chess Winter Slam 2023 (A) | Rapid | 2023-07-06 | 2023-07-06 | Cape Town (WCT) | 6 | 1401.9 | 5 | 3 | 1700.4 | 0 | Details |
| 33 | Curro Durbanville Chess Open Rapid 2023 (Advanced) | Rapid | 2023-07-15 | 2023-07-15 | Cape Town (WCT) | 6 | 1401.9 | 6 | 4.5 | 1717.2 | 0 | Details |
| 34 | GPCA Rapid 2023 (Advanced) | Rapid | 2023-06-24 | 2023-06-24 | Cape Town (WCT) | 7 | 1376.2 | 7 | 4.5 | 1543.9 | 0 | Details |
| 35 | Steinitz Open 2023 (A+B) | Standard | 2023-05-26 | 2023-05-28 | Cape Town (WCT) | 6 | 1328.4 | 5 | 2 | 1508.3 | 0 | Details |
| 36 | Hermanus Rapid 2023 (A) | Rapid | 2023-04-22 | 2023-04-22 | Overberg (WOS) | 6 | 1252 | 6 | 2 | 1438.4 | 0 | Details |
| 37 | Silver Lakes Open Chess Tournament (B) | Standard | 2023-04-15 | 2023-04-15 | Tshwane (GTP) | 5 | 1252 | 5 | 3 | 1566.1 | 0 | Details |
| 38 | Cape Town Open 2023 (Advanced) | Standard | 2023-03-24 | 2023-03-26 | Cape Town (WCT) | 6 | 1294.3 | 6 | 1 | 1120.4 | 0 | Details |
| 39 | Kraaifontein Open 2022 (Advanced) | Standard | 2022-12-16 | 2022-12-18 | Cape Town (WCT) | 6 | 1304.8 | 6 | 1.5 | 1264.2 | 0 | Details |
| 40 | Kenridge Rapid 2022 (B) | Rapid | 2022-11-05 | 2022-11-05 | Cape Town (WCT) | 6 | 1300.3 | 5 | 3 | 1346.1 | 0 | Details |
| 41 | 2022 Western Province Club League (Premier) | Classical | 2022-08-20 | 2022-10-01 | Cape Town (WCT) | 11 | 1221.9 | 6 | 2 | 1381.1 | 0 | Details |
| 42 | 2022 Western Province Club League (D) | Standard | 2022-08-27 | 2022-10-01 | Cape Town (WCT) | 7 | 1221.9 | 2 | 2 | 1747.4 | 0 | Details |
| 43 | Western Cape Closed Championship 2022 (Open) | Standard | 2022-09-24 | 2022-09-25 | Cape Winelands (WCW) | 6 | 1200 | 6 | 4 | 1287.3 | 0 | Details |
Game statistics ( )
| Games | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Draws | 0 |
| Losses | 0 |
| White | 0 |
| Black | 0 |
| White wins | 0 |
| Black wins | 0 |
| Score | 0 |
| Percent | 0 |
| Dp | 0 |
| AOR | 0 |
| Performance | 0 |
Game statistics ()
| Games | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Draws | 0 |
| Losses | 0 |
| White | 0 |
| Black | 0 |
| White wins | 0 |
| Black wins | 0 |
| Score | 0 |
| Percent | 0 |
| Dp | 0 |
| AOR | 0 |
| Performance | 0 |
Game statistics (History)
| Games | 239 |
| Wins | 104 |
| Draws | 19 |
| Losses | 116 |
| White | 119 |
| Black | 120 |
| White wins | 56 |
| Black wins | 48 |
| Score | 113.5 |
| Percent | 47.5 |
| Dp | -21.3 |
| AOR | 1503.7 |
| Performance | 1482.4 |
Rankings (Main)
| National | |
| Overall | 1371 |
| Gender | 1240 |
| Age group | 118 |
| Gender/Age | 118 |
| Provincial | |
| Overall | 419 |
| Gender | 375 |
| Age group | 49 |
| Gender/Age | 49 |
| Regional | |
| Overall | 47 |
| Gender | 37 |
| Age group | 4 |
| Gender/Age | 4 |
Rankings (Standard)
| National | |
| Overall | 1547 |
| Gender | 1363 |
| Age group | 125 |
| Gender/Age | 125 |
| Provincial | |
| Overall | 446 |
| Gender | 383 |
| Age group | 48 |
| Gender/Age | 48 |
| Regional | |
| Overall | 55 |
| Gender | 41 |
| Age group | 3 |
| Gender/Age | 3 |
Rankings (Rapid)
| National | |
| Overall | 467 |
| Gender | 425 |
| Age group | 50 |
| Gender/Age | 50 |
| Provincial | |
| Overall | 236 |
| Gender | 210 |
| Age group | 22 |
| Gender/Age | 22 |
| Regional | |
| Overall | 33 |
| Gender | 27 |
| Age group | 1 |
| Gender/Age | 1 |
Rankings (Blitz)
| National | |
| Overall | -1 |
| Gender | -1 |
| Age group | -1 |
| Gender/Age | -1 |
| Provincial | |
| Overall | -1 |
| Gender | -1 |
| Age group | -1 |
| Gender/Age | -1 |
| Regional | |
| Overall | -1 |
| Gender | -1 |
| Age group | -1 |
| Gender/Age | -1 |
Performance ( )
| Games | 0 |
| Score | 0 |
| Percent | 0 |
| Aor | 0 |
| Dp | 0 |
| Prat | 0 |
Performance ()
| Games | 0 |
| Score | 0 |
| Percent | 0 |
| Aor | 0 |
| Dp | 0 |
| Prat | 0 |
Performance (12 months)
| Games | 56 |
| Score | 28.5 |
| Percent | 50.9 |
| Aor | 1537.8 |
| Dp | 7.6 |
| Prat | 1545.4 |
Performance (History)
| Games | 239 |
| Score | 113.5 |
| Percent | 47.5 |
| Aor | 1503.7 |
| Dp | -21.3 |
| Prat | 1482.4 |
Top 5 opponents most often played
| Type | # | Opponent | Games | White | Black | First tournament | Last tournament | Details |
| Overall | 1 | Willenberg, RC (Roland Chester) | 4 | 3 | 1 | Cape of Good Hope Open Chess Tournament 2024 (Open) | Bellville Rapid 2025 (A) | Details |
| Overall | 2 | Manning, C (Callan) | 4 | 3 | 1 | Western Cape Closed Championship 2023 (C) | CT League 2024 (D-Playoffs) | Details |
| Overall | 3 | Mcmanus, D (Dale) | 2 | 1 | 1 | Kraaifontein Open 2022 (Advanced) | UCT Open Chess Championship 2025 (Open) | Details |
| Overall | 4 | Strydom, H (Henroux) | 2 | 0 | 2 | Western Cape Closed 2025 (B) | Hermanus Chess Club Open 2025 (Advanced) | Details |
| Overall | 5 | Rogov, E (Evgenij) | 2 | 1 | 1 | Spring Slam 2024 (A) | Rylib Summer Slam 2024 (Championship) | Details |
| Standard | 1 | Manning, C (Callan) | 4 | 3 | 1 | Western Cape Closed Championship 2023 (C) | CT League 2024 (D-Playoffs) | Details |
| Standard | 2 | Grove, E (Emily) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2022 Western Province Club League (D) | Western Cape Closed 2025 (B) | Details |
| Standard | 3 | Schroeder, L (Liam) | 2 | 1 | 1 | West Coast & Mykonos Open 2024 (Elite) | West Coast And Mykonos Open 2025 (Open) | Details |
| Standard | 4 | Schwartz, M (Michael) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2023 Moja Chess Extravaganza (Prestige) | Kraaifontein Open 2023 (Adanced) | Details |
| Standard | 5 | Esbagh, SC (Steven Cameron) | 2 | 1 | 1 | CT League 2024 (D) | CT League 2024 (D-Playoffs) | Details |
| Rapid | 1 | Willenberg, RC (Roland Chester) | 3 | 2 | 1 | Cape of Good Hope Open Chess Tournament 2024 (Open) | Bellville Rapid 2025 (A) | Details |
| Rapid | 2 | Bhawoodien, SH (Shabier Husain) | 2 | 0 | 2 | Hermanus Chess Club Open 2024 (Championship) | Rylib Summer Slam 2024 (Championship) | Details |
| Rapid | 3 | Chironda, S (Sean Kudzai) | 2 | 0 | 2 | Hermanus Rapid 2023 (A) | 2025 Kraaifontein Open Chess Championships (Rapid Open) | Details |
| Rapid | 4 | Dlamini, N (Njabulo) | 2 | 2 | 0 | Rylib Summer Slam 2023 (Intermediate) | Rylib Summer Slam 2024 (Championship) | Details |
| Rapid | 5 | Sinden, RJ (Reginald John) | 2 | 0 | 2 | GPCA Rapid 2023 (Advanced) | Rylib Chess Winter Slam 2023 (A) | Details |