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Mthobisi Sydwell Maluka
189061568Ehlanzeni (MEN)Personal
Main rating
| Rating | 1769 |
| K-factor | 28 |
| Floor | 1269 |
| Highest | 1769 (2025-11-01) |
| Min/Max +/- allowed | 74 |
| Rating Change () | |
| Games | 0 |
| Score | 0 |
| We | 0 |
| SWe | 0 |
| Temp +/- | 0 |
| Penalties | 0 |
| Weight perform | 1651.5 |
| Final +/- | 0 |
| New Rating () | |
| Rating | 1769 |
| K-factor | 28 |
| Floor | 1269 |
| Highest | 1769 (2025-11-01) |
| Min/Max +/- allowed | 73.7 |
Standard rating
| Rating | 1794.8 |
| K-factor | 24 |
| Floor | 1300.7 |
| Highest | 1800.7 (2024-02-01) |
| Min/Max +/- allowed | 70.5 |
| Rating Change () | |
| Games | 0 |
| Score | 0 |
| We | 0 |
| SWe | 0 |
| Temp +/- | 0 |
| Penalties | 0 |
| Weight perform | 1646.9 |
| Final +/- | 0 |
| New Rating () | |
| Rating | 1794.8 |
| K-factor | 24 |
| Floor | 1300.7 |
| Highest | 1800.7 (2024-02-01) |
| Min/Max +/- allowed | 70.5 |
Rapid rating
| Rating | 1552.8 |
| K-factor | 32 |
| Floor | 1052.8 |
| Highest | 1552.8 (2025-01-01) |
| Min/Max +/- allowed | 100.3 |
| Rating Change () | |
| Games | 0 |
| Score | 0 |
| We | 0 |
| SWe | 0 |
| Temp +/- | 0 |
| Penalties | 0 |
| Weight perform | 0 |
| Final +/- | 0 |
| New Rating () | |
| Rating | 1552.8 |
| K-factor | 32 |
| Floor | 1052.8 |
| Highest | 1552.8 (2025-01-01) |
| Min/Max +/- allowed | 100.3 |
Blitz rating
| Rating | 1516 |
| K-factor | 32 |
| Floor | 1016 |
| Highest | 1516 (2019-10-01) |
| Min/Max +/- allowed | 105.7 |
| Rating Change () | |
| Games | 0 |
| Score | 0 |
| We | 0 |
| SWe | 0 |
| Temp +/- | 0 |
| Penalties | 0 |
| Weight perform | 0 |
| Final +/- | 0 |
| New Rating () | |
| Rating | 1516 |
| K-factor | 32 |
| Floor | 1016 |
| Highest | 1516 (2019-10-01) |
| Min/Max +/- allowed | 105.7 |
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 | TRAC Mbombela 3rd Annual Tournament 2025 (Open) | Standard | 2025-09-13 | 2025-09-13 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 5 | 1743.6 | 5 | 4 | 1837.5 | 0 | Details |
| 2 | Mpumalanga Regional Chess Trials 2025 (Open) | Standard | 2025-09-06 | 2025-09-06 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 5 | 1743.6 | 5 | 4 | 1827.4 | 0 | Details |
| 3 | Uplands Chess Tournament 2025 (Open) | Standard | 2025-02-08 | 2025-02-08 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 5 | 1723.8 | 5 | 4 | 1860.8 | 0 | Details |
| 4 | Chess and Wine Social Rapid Challenge 2024 | Rapid | 2024-12-07 | 2024-12-07 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 11 | 1723 | 11 | 9 | 1706.7 | 0 | Details |
| 5 | TRAC Mbombela 2024 (Open) | Standard | 2024-10-26 | 2024-10-26 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 5 | 1756.4 | 5 | 3 | 1448.2 | 0 | Details |
| 6 | Uplands Chess Tournament 2024 (Open) | Standard | 2024-07-27 | 2024-07-27 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 5 | 1747 | 5 | 4.5 | 1810.8 | 0 | Details |
| 7 | Trac N4 Mbombela Chess Tournament 2023 (Open) | Standard | 2023-09-09 | 2023-09-09 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 5 | 1628.3 | 5 | 4.5 | 1902.3 | 0 | Details |
| 8 | Bergvlam Tournament 2020 (Senior) | Classical | 2020-03-13 | 2020-03-14 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 5 | 1601.7 | 5 | 3.5 | 1780.8 | 0 | Details |
| 9 | Uplands 2020 (Open) | Standard | 2020-01-25 | 2020-01-25 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 5 | 1607 | 5 | 2.5 | 1563.3 | 0 | Details |
| 10 | Ehlanzeni Prestige 2019 | Standard | 2019-09-12 | 2019-09-13 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 7 | 1597 | 7 | 4 | 1644.6 | 0 | Details |
| 11 | Rob Ferreira 2019 (Open) | Standard | 2019-04-06 | 2019-04-06 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 5 | 1572.3 | 5 | 3 | 1651.1 | 0 | Details |
| 12 | Curro Open 2019 (Open) | Standard | 2019-04-12 | 2019-04-12 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 5 | 1572.3 | 5 | 3 | 1671.1 | 0 | Details |
| 13 | Chess Unlimited Open 2019 (Open) | Standard | 2019-01-26 | 2019-01-26 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 5 | 1563.5 | 5 | 3 | 1634.8 | 0 | Details |
| 14 | Nelpsruit Prestige 2018 (A) | Standard | 2018-09-14 | 2018-09-15 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 6 | 1606.3 | 6 | 2 | 1333.4 | 0 | Details |
| 15 | Curro Age Open 2018 (Open) | Standard | 2018-05-12 | 2018-05-12 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 5 | 1561.7 | 5 | 4 | 1797 | 0 | Details |
| 16 | Uplands College Open (Open) | Standard | 2018-03-03 | 2018-03-03 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 5 | 1516 | 5 | 4 | 1591.5 | 0 | Details |
| 17 | Rob Ferreira Hoerskool Open 2018 (Open) | Standard | 2018-03-17 | 2018-03-17 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 5 | 1516 | 4 | 2 | 1689.3 | 0 | Details |
| 18 | Ehlanzeni Prestige Chess Championship 2017 | Standard | 2017-09-22 | 2017-09-23 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 7 | 1558 | 6 | 1 | 1274 | 0 | Details |
| 19 | Malelane Open Tournament 2017 (Open) | Standard | 2017-07-29 | 2017-07-29 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 5 | 1533 | 3 | 1 | 1284 | 0 | Details |
| 20 | Penryn Open Tournament 2017 (Open) | Standard | 2017-06-24 | 2017-06-24 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 5 | 1533 | 5 | 5 | 1837 | 0 | Details |
| 21 | Komatipoort Open Tournament 2017 (Open) | Standard | 2017-05-13 | 2017-05-13 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 5 | 1522 | 5 | 3 | 1421 | 0 | Details |
| 22 | Curro Open Age Tournament 2017 (Senior) | Standard | 2017-05-06 | 2017-05-06 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 5 | 1522 | 5 | 3.5 | 1605 | 0 | Details |
| 23 | Sabie Open 2017 (Open) | Standard | 2017-03-11 | 2017-03-11 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 5 | 1532 | 5 | 3 | 1454 | 0 | Details |
| 24 | Rob Ferreira Open 2017 (A1) | Standard | 2017-02-25 | 2017-02-25 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 5 | 1531 | 5 | 3.5 | 1405 | 0 | Details |
| 25 | Lowveld Open 2016 (A) | Standard | 2016-09-10 | 2016-09-10 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 6 | 1516 | 6 | 4 | 1575 | 0 | Details |
| 26 | Malelane Primary Abc Open 2016 (A Boys) | Standard | 2016-07-30 | 2016-07-30 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 5 | 1523 | 5 | 4 | 1484 | 0 | Details |
| 27 | White River Open 2016 (Senior) | Standard | 2016-06-04 | 2016-06-04 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 5 | 1525 | 5 | 3 | 1464 | 0 | Details |
| 28 | Curro Abc Open 2016 (A Open) | Standard | 2016-05-07 | 2016-05-07 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 5 | 1453 | 5 | 4 | 1555 | 0 | Details |
| 29 | Penryn Age Open 2016 (Senior) | Standard | 2016-04-16 | 2016-04-16 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 5 | 1453 | 5 | 4.5 | 1770 | 0 | Details |
| 30 | White River Open (A) | Standard | 2015-06-20 | 2015-06-20 | Ehlanzeni (MEN) | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1922 | 0 | Details |
| 31 | Ussa Chess Championships 2014 Open | Standard | 2014-12-01 | 2014-12-05 | Western Province (WP) | 9 | 0 | 9 | 5.5 | 1442 | 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 | 93 |
| Wins | 60 |
| Draws | 8 |
| Losses | 25 |
| White | 45 |
| Black | 48 |
| White wins | 31 |
| Black wins | 29 |
| Score | 64 |
| Percent | 68.8 |
| Dp | 159.9 |
| AOR | 1527.4 |
| Performance | 1687.4 |
Rankings (Main)
| National | |
| Overall | 289 |
| Gender | 277 |
| Age group | 180 |
| Gender/Age | 174 |
| Provincial | |
| Overall | 4 |
| Gender | 4 |
| Age group | 4 |
| Gender/Age | 4 |
| Regional | |
| Overall | 3 |
| Gender | 3 |
| Age group | 3 |
| Gender/Age | 3 |
Rankings (Standard)
| National | |
| Overall | 247 |
| Gender | 237 |
| Age group | 160 |
| Gender/Age | 155 |
| Provincial | |
| Overall | 4 |
| Gender | 4 |
| Age group | 4 |
| Gender/Age | 4 |
| Regional | |
| Overall | 3 |
| Gender | 3 |
| Age group | 3 |
| Gender/Age | 3 |
Rankings (Rapid)
| National | |
| Overall | 215 |
| Gender | 207 |
| Age group | 103 |
| Gender/Age | 100 |
| Provincial | |
| Overall | 3 |
| Gender | 3 |
| Age group | 3 |
| Gender/Age | 3 |
| Regional | |
| Overall | 2 |
| Gender | 2 |
| Age group | 2 |
| Gender/Age | 2 |
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 | 10 |
| Score | 8 |
| Percent | 80 |
| Aor | 1577.5 |
| Dp | 255 |
| Prat | 1832.5 |
Performance (History)
| Games | 93 |
| Score | 64 |
| Percent | 68.8 |
| Aor | 1527.4 |
| Dp | 159.9 |
| Prat | 1687.4 |
Top 5 opponents most often played
| Type | # | Opponent | Games | White | Black | First tournament | Last tournament | Details |
| Overall | 1 | Mhango, BF (Banele) | 8 | 2 | 6 | Rob Ferreira Hoerskool Open 2018 (Open) | Bergvlam Tournament 2020 (Senior) | Details |
| Overall | 2 | Maluleke, PE (Pfumelani Emmanuel) | 8 | 4 | 4 | Uplands College Open (Open) | Chess and Wine Social Rapid Challenge 2024 | Details |
| Overall | 3 | Nkambule, M (Muzi) | 7 | 2 | 5 | Nelpsruit Prestige 2018 (A) | Mpumalanga Regional Chess Trials 2025 (Open) | Details |
| Overall | 4 | Nkosi, DJ (Dumisa Jacob) | 7 | 3 | 4 | Rob Ferreira Hoerskool Open 2018 (Open) | Bergvlam Tournament 2020 (Senior) | Details |
| Overall | 5 | Flattery, TJ (Tyrel) | 5 | 1 | 4 | Nelpsruit Prestige 2018 (A) | TRAC Mbombela 3rd Annual Tournament 2025 (Open) | Details |
| Standard | 1 | Mhango, BF (Banele) | 8 | 2 | 6 | Rob Ferreira Hoerskool Open 2018 (Open) | Bergvlam Tournament 2020 (Senior) | Details |
| Standard | 2 | Nkosi, DJ (Dumisa Jacob) | 7 | 3 | 4 | Rob Ferreira Hoerskool Open 2018 (Open) | Bergvlam Tournament 2020 (Senior) | Details |
| Standard | 3 | Maluleke, PE (Pfumelani Emmanuel) | 7 | 4 | 3 | Uplands College Open (Open) | Uplands 2020 (Open) | Details |
| Standard | 4 | Nkambule, M (Muzi) | 6 | 1 | 5 | Nelpsruit Prestige 2018 (A) | Mpumalanga Regional Chess Trials 2025 (Open) | Details |
| Standard | 5 | Flattery, TJ (Tyrel) | 5 | 1 | 4 | Nelpsruit Prestige 2018 (A) | TRAC Mbombela 3rd Annual Tournament 2025 (Open) | Details |