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Muhebwa Shafik
🇺🇬FIDE 10011811· Male· Uganda· Born in 2006
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Muhebwa Shafik, a 20-year-old player, is rated 1864 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +41 Elo over the past 12 months. 47 rated games in the past year (≈31/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 National Juniors Chess Championship - Open Section, Kireka Open Chess Championship 2025 - Open, and SOM Inter - Project Chess Championship 2025 18th Edition. Also played 2 rapid (including 2025 Premier Bet Uganda Chess League - Rapid) and 1 blitz events (including 2025 Premier Bet Uganda Chess League - Blitz) recently. He reached #57 nationally in Feb 2025.
At junior level, he reached #6, #4, #3 and #3 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1864
Standard
Rpd1749·Blz1764
All-time high
1864
at best
Mar 2026 · age 20
Mar 2026 · age 20
Activity
46
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
47 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#57,499
#57,499 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
15 entries2026
6th U20 player nationally
at age 20 · rated 1864
May 2026
All-time peak 1864
at age 20
Mar 2026
Re-crossed 1800
at age 20
Feb 2026
2025
Peak national rank: #57
at age 19 · rated 1812
Feb 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2025
2024
4th U18 player nationally
at age 18 · rated 1825
Nov 2024
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+40
1824 → 1864
Tournaments
6
52 games
Score
33.5/ 5264.4%
30W7D15L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 7/6 | #8 | 2503 | +29.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/7 | #21 | 2174 | +54.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/7 | #13 | 1748 | -28.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/8 | #24 | 1878 | +8.6 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/8 | #39 | 1655 | -37.0 |
Rankings
/
Uganda
#68
out of 786 players
Africa
#1,794
in continent
World
#57,499
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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