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Wambugu, Jane Wanjiru

WCM🇰🇪

FIDEFIDE 10800310· Female· Kenya· Born in 1982

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Jane Wanjiru Wambugu, a 44-year-old Woman Candidate Master, is rated 1671 — just 5 short of her peak of 1676 (Apr 2025, age 43). She plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 15 months (2014–2016), 15 months (2016–2018) and 75 months (2018–2025). Recent standard appearances include Coupe du Leman GE 2025-26 Category C, Team 2026 - ARA Octobre, and Wil 2 Days Open. She reached #16 nationally in Jul 2014.

Awarded WCM in 2014 (age 32).

Current rating

1671

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

1676

−5 pts below
Apr 2025 · age 43

Activity

2

games / yr avg.

5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#120,372

#120,372 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

15 entries
2025
15th 40-45 player nationally
at age 43 · rated 1676
Jun 2025
All-time peak 1676
at age 43 · −5 from today
Apr 2025
2024
Crossed 1600
at age 42
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 42
Mar 2024
2018
Inactive for 75 months
paused at 1455 → returned at 1676
Dec 2018
2016
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1517 → returned at 1516
Oct 2016

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Christian Scheffler 1,826
Team 2026 - ARA Octobre · Oct 2025 · +4.4 Elo
Evolution
-5
1676 → 1671
Tournaments
3
8 games
Score
4.5/ 856.3%
4W1D3L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsRemi Boivin1,735·Wil 2 Days Open·R4·-7.9
2.[L]vsThomas Wunderlin1,887·Wil 2 Days Open·R3·-4.3
3.[L]vsManuel Dietiker1,993·Wil 2 Days Open·R1·-2.6

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Coupe du Leman GE 2025-26 Category C
Swiss
Jan 20262/1#192366+7.4
Team 2026 - ARA Octobre
Team
Oct 20250.5/1#1621826+4.4
Wil 2 Days Open
Swiss
Aug 20252/3#541992-15.6
Worst Elo result: Wil 2 Days Open (-15.6 Elo, finished #54).

Rankings

/
Kenya
#297
out of 1,173 players
Africa
#4,734
in continent
World
#120,366
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Kenya
1
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2,142
2
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2,108
3
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2,102
4
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2,045
5
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2,035
6
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2,020
7
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2,004
8
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2,002
9
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1,980
10
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1,979
...
297🇰🇪Wambugu, Jane Wanjiru1,671
Africa
1
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2,628
2
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2,581
3
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2,502
4
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2,493
5
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2,464
6
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2,453
7
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2,443
8
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2,437
9
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2,425
10
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2,412
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World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
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2,753
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