Name: Watu Kobese
Federation:  South Africa
Sex:  Male
Born: 1973
 FIDE ID: 14300141 FIDE Profile
Title: International Master
ELO Classic: 2305
ELO Rapid: 2340
ELO Blitz: 2296
Years: 1990 - 2023
Total Games: 504
Wins: 216 (42.86 %)
Draws: 137 (27.18 %)
Losses: 151 (29.96 %)
Score: 56.45 %

Watu Kobese

Last tournaments played

Tournament Date Elo Avg. Country
Cape Town Masters IM 2023 01/04/2023 2237  South Africa
44th Olympiad 2022 07/29/2022 2018  India
43rd Olympiad 2018 09/24/2018 2117  Georgia
Capablanca Festival GM 04/26/2018 2393  South Africa

Watu Kobese Repertoire with White pieces (most played)

ECO Opening Games
B33 Sicilian defence 13 games
B08 Pirc, classical (two knights) system 13 games
B70 Sicilian, dragon variation 10 games
C19 French, Winawer, advance, 6...Ne7 8 games

Watu Kobese Repertoire with Black pieces (most played)

ECO Opening Games
C97 Ruy Lopez, closed, Chigorin defence 12 games
E11 Bogo-Indian defence 11 games
C55 Two knights defence 10 games
A88 Dutch, Leningrad, main variation with c6 8 games

Games played by Watu Kobese

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White ELO W Black ELO B Result Moves ECO Date Tournament View
Oatlhotse, P 2209 Kobese, W 2302 0-1 47 E94 2023 Cape Town Masters IM 2023
Salimu, R 1860 Kobese, W 2302 0-1 74 E91 2023 Cape Town Masters IM 2023
Kobese, W 2302 Fawzy, A 2489 0-1 25 B33 2023 Cape Town Masters IM 2023
Cawdery, D 2396 Kobese, W 2302 ½-½ 28 B53 2023 Cape Town Masters IM 2023
Kobese, W 2302 Karsten, J 2078 ½-½ 25 B92 2023 Cape Town Masters IM 2023
Kobese, W 2302 Bhawoodien, M 2196 ½-½ 24 B92 2023 Cape Town Masters IM 2023
Barrish, D 2257 Kobese, W 2302 ½-½ 22 C78 2023 Cape Town Masters IM 2023
Kobese, W 2302 Kayonde, A 2378 1-0 42 B27 2023 Cape Town Masters IM 2023
Kobese, W 2302 Klaasen, C 2200 ½-½ 19 B35 2023 Cape Town Masters IM 2023
Kobese, W 2311 Gabriel, D 1915 ½-½ 41 C88 2022 44th Olympiad 2022
Metuno Kuete Bleriot Rocalixt, Kobese, W 2311 0-1 23 E68 2022 44th Olympiad 2022
Iyti, B 2337 Kobese, W 2311 1-0 37 A45 2022 44th Olympiad 2022
Kobese, W 2311 Blagojevic, D 2499 ½-½ 39 C53 2022 44th Olympiad 2022
Shaw, J 1930 Kobese, W 2311 0-1 56 C69 2022 44th Olympiad 2022
Kobese, W 2311 Pleasants, A 2024 1-0 53 B08 2022 44th Olympiad 2022
Wageih, K 2387 Kobese, W 2311 1-0 57 E67 2022 44th Olympiad 2022
Kobese, W 2311 Antoniou, R 1817 1-0 32 B40 2022 44th Olympiad 2022
Westerberg, J 2476 Kobese, W 2311 ½-½ 38 C46 2022 44th Olympiad 2022
Kobese, W 2344 AlHuwar, J 2245 0-1 24 B13 2018 43rd Olympiad 2018
Kobese, W 2344 Gajadin, D 2010 1-0 49 C80 2018 43rd Olympiad 2018
Ismagambetov, A 2538 Kobese, W 2344 1-0 66 C97 2018 43rd Olympiad 2018
Kobese, W 2344 Sebenik, M 2570 0-1 19 C00 2018 43rd Olympiad 2018
Jean Louis, M 1992 Kobese, W 2344 0-1 51 C84 2018 43rd Olympiad 2018
Kobese, W 2344 Ayyad, H 2243 0-1 29 C80 2018 43rd Olympiad 2018
Kobese, W 2344 Barros Rivadeneira, C 2345 ½-½ 41 B34 2018 43rd Olympiad 2018
Saeheng, B 2163 Kobese, W 2344 0-1 27 E11 2018 43rd Olympiad 2018
Can, E 2588 Kobese, W 2344 1-0 41 E73 2018 43rd Olympiad 2018
Kobese, W 2336 Strikovic, A 2507 ½-½ 13 C79 2018 Capablanca Festival GM
Ralison, M 2326 Kobese, W 2336 0-1 45 C48 2018 Capablanca Festival GM
Hoffman, A 2488 Kobese, W 2336 ½-½ 41 E92 2018 Capablanca Festival GM
Roselli Mailhe, B 2433 Kobese, W 2336 1-0 36 E61 2018 Capablanca Festival GM
Kobese, W 2336 Van Zyl-Rudd, J 2252 1-0 29 C42 2018 Capablanca Festival GM
Grover, S 2490 Kobese, W 2336 1-0 30 B30 2018 Capablanca Festival GM
Kobese, W 2336 Cawdery, D 2429 ½-½ 11 B33 2018 Capablanca Festival GM
Kobese, W 2336 Klaasen, C 2272 1-0 34 B84 2018 Capablanca Festival GM
Kobese, W 2336 Kayonde, A 2394 ½-½ 40 B13 2018 Capablanca Festival GM
Kobese, W 2350 Davy, D 2117 1-0 33 B47 2016 42nd Olympiad 2016
Mandiza, F 2363 Kobese, W 2350 ½-½ 41 A13 2016 42nd Olympiad 2016
Palencia, W 2378 Kobese, W 2350 ½-½ 70 D02 2016 42nd Olympiad 2016
Kobese, W 2350 Tologontegin, S 2350 1-0 30 B07 2016 42nd Olympiad 2016
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