Top Chess Players in South Africa

IM Henry Robert Steel

IM Jan Karsten

FM Raphael Felix 2293 | #1871

IM Caleb Levi Levitan 2291 | #1898

GM Kenny Solomon

IM Watu Kobese

FM Banele Mhango 2256 | #2361

FM Daniel Barrish

Daniel Barrish is a South African FIDE master who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

IM Ryan Pierre Van Rensburg 2228 | #2873

CM Ja Ophoff

FM Judah Nathan Levitan 2192 | #3574

CM Keith Khumalo

FM Mohamed Ozayr Bhawoodien 2178 | #3885

FM Calvin Klaasen 2177 | #3908

IM Michael Simpson

Johannes Jabu Masango

IM Johannes Manyedi Mabusela

CM Benjamin Vincent Hercules

CM Reegan Palmer 2048 | #8741

WIM Jesse Nikki February 2003 | #11314

Jesse February is a South African woman international master, two-time South African Women's Champion, African Women's Champion, and chess streamer. February reached her peak rating of 1933 in 2018, two years after earning her WIM title. She won the Women's South African Chess Championship in 2017 and...

WIM Charlize Van Zyl

CM Neathan Peter

CM Liam Baruch 1934 | #17008

Kobus Geyser

Nathi Ndhlovu