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Knowles, Kendrick
CM🇧🇸FIDE 10400451· Male· Bahamas· Born in 1988
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Kendrick Knowles, a 38-year-old Candidate Master, is rated 1881. He has held steady between 1850 and 1900 for 2 years. 20 rated games in the past year (≈18/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Bahamas National Chess Championship 2026, Fall Chess Classic 2025, and Orjan Lindroth Memorial 2025 - Open. Also played 1 rapid event (including Clasificatorio Masculino XXV Juegos Centroamericanos y C, RD 2026) recently. His peak of 1912 was reached at age 34 (Apr 2022); he also reached #1 nationally in Apr 2020 and spent 31 months as #1, with a longest streak of 2 consecutive years.
Awarded CM in 2014 (age 26).
Current rating
1881
Standard
Rpd1870·Blz—
All-time high
1912
−31 pts below
Apr 2022 · age 34
Apr 2022 · age 34
Activity
12
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#52,933
#52,933 · players worldwide · of 218,279
31 months in #1 nationally (2020–2023)
31 months in #1 nationally (2020–2023)
Career timeline
12 entries2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 36
Mar 2024
2023
31 months in National #1
longest streak 24 months · since Apr 2020
Mar 2023
2022
All-time peak 1912
at age 34 · −31 from today
Apr 2022
2020
Peak national rank: #1
at age 32 · rated 1882
Apr 2020
2019
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 1882 → returned at 1903
Dec 2019
2017
100 career games
at age 29
Apr 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+3
1878 → 1881
Tournaments
2
13 games
Score
9.5/ 1373.1%
9W1D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 5.5/8 | #5 | 1848 | -2.2 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/4 | #2 | 2524 | +4.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsCecil MoncurFM
🇧🇸BAH·1875
+12 −10 =7
29 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsChapell WhymsCM
🇧🇸BAH·1686
+11 −3 =3
17 games·last met Jun 2024
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vsPolina KarelinaWFM
🇧🇸BAH·1930
+8 −4 =4
16 games·last met Nov 2019
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vsClive Stuart
🇧🇸BAH·1610
+14 −0 =1
15 games·last met Apr 2022
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vsValentine Cox
🇧🇸BAH·1822
+4 −8 =2
14 games·last met Jun 2025
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Rankings
/
Bahamas
#4
out of 29 players
Americas
#5,867
in continent
World
#52,932
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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World
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World
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