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Hongo, Victor Machel

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FIDEFIDE 10803491· Male· Kenya· Born in 1987

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Victor Machel Hongo, a 39-year-old player, is rated 1766 — just 7 short of his peak of 1773 (Nov 2024, age 37). He is on a steady climb with +34 Elo over the past 12 months. 22 rated games in the past year (≈14/year long-term). Recent appearances: KCB Chess Open 2025 - Open Section and Quo Valdis Chess Open 2025. He reached #37 nationally in Apr 2015.

Previously known as Hongo Victor (until Mar 2017).

Current rating

1766

Standard

Rpd1804·Blz1796

All-time high

1773

7 pts below
Nov 2024 · age 37

Activity

16

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

22 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#87,208

#87,208 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

12 entries
2024
Best 12-month gain (+135 Elo)
1638 → 1773
Nov 2024
All-time peak 1773
at age 37 · −7 from today
Nov 2024
2023
100 career games
at age 36
Jan 2023
2020
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1703 → returned at 1709
Feb 2020
2017
Renamed to Hongo, Victor Machel
at age 30
Mar 2017
2016
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 29
Nov 2016

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Best result
Quo Valdis Chess Open 2025
perf 2107 (+360) · 5/6 · #18
Top opponent
Quo Valdis Chess Open 2025 · Jun 2025 · +14.8 Elo
Evolution
+19
17471766
Tournaments
2
16 games
Score
9/ 1656.3%
9W0D7L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Open Swiss
Oct 20254/7#761852-7.6
Open Swiss
Jun 20255/6#182107+15.0

Rankings

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Kenya
#142
out of 1,173 players
Africa
#3,066
in continent
World
#87,206
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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6
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7
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8
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10
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Africa
1
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2,628
2
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3
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4
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5
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8
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9
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10
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World
1
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2
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