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CK
Chege Kairu
🇰🇪FIDE 10806830· Male· Kenya· Born in 1999
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Chege Kairu, a 27-year-old player, is rated 1932 — his current career high and ranked 22nd among KEN players. He is progressing steadily with +57 Elo over the past 12 months. 44 rated games in the past year (≈15/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Kiambu Chess Championship - Grand Prix Circuit 2026 - Open, Kisumu Open 2nd edition - Grand Prix, and CTC Open Chess Championship 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including KICC RAPID CHESS TOURNAMENT - Open) and 4 blitz events (including CTC Open Chess Championship 2025 - Blitz) recently. He reached #19 nationally in Jun 2024.
At junior level, he reached #1 nationally in U20.
Current rating
1932
Standard
Rpd1872·Blz1920
All-time high
1932
at best
Jun 2026 · age 27
Jun 2026 · age 27
Activity
24
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
40 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#22
#22 · KEN players · of 951
Career timeline
10 entries2026
All-time peak 1932
at age 27
Jun 2026
2025
100 career games
at age 26
Jul 2025
2024
Peak national rank: #19
at age 25 · rated 1894
Jun 2024
Best 12-month gain (+157 Elo)
1737 → 1894
Jun 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 25
Mar 2024
2021
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 22
Oct 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+62
1870 → 1932
Tournaments
4
24 games
Score
16/ 2466.7%
13W6D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4/5 | #9 | 2085 | +22.6 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/5 | #21 | 2022 | +18.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/7 | #34 | 1973 | +3.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/6 | #10 | 1996 | +21.4 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsGabriel Njuki
🇰🇪KEN·2002
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsJoseph Muragu Methu
🇰🇪KEN·1938
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsGithinji Hinga
🇰🇪KEN·1929
+0 −4 =1
5 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsJoyce Nyaruai NdiranguWFM
🇰🇪KEN·1841
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsZadock Nyakundi
🇰🇪KEN·1764
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Jun 2025
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Rankings
/
Kenya
#22
out of 1,173 players
Africa
#1,112
in continent
World
#40,526
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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