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FIDE ID 14358387· born 1977 · last updated 5/12/2026
FIDE standard
1668
FIDE rapid
1584
FIDE blitz
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Real tournament games of Willem Francois Cloete from public sources. Select a game to replay it on the board.
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+8 =1 -10 · score45% · 19 games
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+2 =1 -7 · score25% · 10 games
As Black
+6 =0 -3 · score67% · 9 games
Mueller, Andrin(1840)
Cloete, Willem Francois(1668)0-1
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| Event | Games | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Round 7: Mueller, Andrin - Cloete, Willem Francois | 1 | 2026-07-23 |
| Round 5: Krstic, Aleksandar - Cloete, Willem Francois | 1 | 2026-07-22 |
| Round 3: Brixius, Dirk - Cloete, Willem Francois | 1 | 2026-07-21 |
| Round 4: Rohde, Bernhard - Cloete, Willem Francois | 1 | 2026-07-16 |
| Round 2: Cloete, Willem Francois - Hochstrasser, Sylvain | 1 | 2026-07-14 |
| 59th Biel Rapid Open 2026 | 1 | 2026-07-12 |
| Round 3: Cloete, Willem Francois - Materia, Matteo | 1 | 2026-07-12 |
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As Black
| Round 4: Cloete, Willem Francois - Tkhoruk, Roman | 1 | 2026-07-11 |
| 58th Biel ATO 2025 | 8 | 2025-07-15 to 2025-07-24 |
| 58th Biel Rapid Open | 3 | 2025-07-13 |
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