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CM Keith Khumalo

Keith Khumalo
Full name
Keith Khumalo
Born
2001 (age 25)‎
Place of birth
Federation
South Africa
Profiles
#
World Ranking
2179
Classical
1987
Rapid
2147
Blitz

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (4 games)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (2 games)
Queen's Pawn Opening: Zukertort Variation (2 games)
Queen's Pawn Opening: Chigorin Variation (2 games)
Catalan Opening: Closed (2 games)
Black Pieces
Queen's Pawn Opening: Chigorin Variation (2 games)
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (2 games)
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Glek Defense (2 games)
Queen's Pawn Opening: Horwitz Defense (1 games)
English Opening: Anglo-Indian, Queen's Knight Variation (1 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Keith Khumalo (2707)
Guadalupe Montano Vicente (2320)
1-0 30 2026
Keith Khumalo (2711)
Kirill Klukin (3009)
1-0 41 2026
Keith Khumalo (2720)
Hieu Linh Mai (2504)
1-0 56 2026
Keith Khumalo (2687)
Akeem Brown (2489)
1-0 15 2026
Keith Khumalo (2737)
Dmitrii Marcziter (2346)
0-1 43 2026
Keith Khumalo (2725)
Ihor Samunenkov (3033)
0-1 52 2026
Keith Khumalo (2749)
Artin Ashraf (3090)
0-1 25 2026
Keith Khumalo (2748)
S Rohith Krishna (3016)
0-1 22 2026
Keith Khumalo (2747)
Axel Bachmann (3067)
0-1 40 2026
Keith Khumalo (2718)
Nikolas Theodorou (3269)
0-1 67 2026
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