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Wachira, William Wachania

CM🇰🇪

FIDEFIDE 10800328· Male· Kenya· Born in 1977

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William Wachania Wachira, a 49-year-old Candidate Master, is rated 1686. He has slipped back 69 Elo over the past 12 months. 10 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent appearances: 2025 Washington Class Championships - Kasparov (1600-1799) and 2025 Washington Open - Premier (U1800). Also played 1 rapid event (including 2025 Washington Open Carlsen Rapid - Kasparov (1600 and Over)) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 83 months (2006–2013), 20 months (2013–2015) and 67 months (2018–2024, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2073 was reached at age 29 (Jul 2006); he also reached #5 nationally in Oct 2013 and spent 21 months in top 10.

Awarded CM in 2007 (age 30).

Current rating

1686

Standard

Rpd1916·Blz—

All-time high

2073

−387 pts below
Jul 2006 · age 29

Activity

5

games / yr avg.

10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#114,757

#114,757 · players worldwide · of 216,808
21 months in National top 10 (2006–2015)

Career timeline

17 entries
2024
5th 45-50 player nationally
at age 47 · rated 1818
May 2024
100 career games
at age 47
Apr 2024
Best 12-month gain (+98 Elo)
1756 → 1854
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 47
Mar 2024
2018
Inactive for 67 months
paused at 1756 → returned at 1854
Jul 2018
4th 40-45 player nationally
at age 41 · rated 1828
Jan 2018

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Vemuri Vihari 1,598
2025 Washington Class Championships - Kasparov (1600-1799) · Nov 2025 · +7.5 Elo
Evolution
-25
1711 → 1686
Tournaments
2
12 games
Score
5.5/ 1245.8%
4W3D5L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2025 Washington Class Championships - Kasparov (1600-1799)
Swiss
Nov 20253/5#171662-25.4
2025 Washington Open - Premier (U1800)
Open Swiss
May 20252.5/5#271564-44.4
Worst Elo result: 2025 Washington Open - Premier (U1800) (-44.4 Elo, finished #27).

Rankings

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Kenya
#270
out of 1,103 players
Africa
#4,415
in continent
World
#114,754
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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1
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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270🇰🇪Wachira, William Wachania1,686
Africa
1
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2,627
2
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3
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4
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5
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2,467
6
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2,453
7
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8
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2,441
9
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2,414
10
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2,412
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World
1
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2,840
2
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3
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6
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7
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2,759
7
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9
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10
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