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Shile, Lenny Mataiga
🇰🇪FIDE 10808868· Male· Kenya· Born in 1997
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Lenny Mataiga Shile, a 29-year-old player, is rated 1853. He has slipped back 42 Elo over the past 12 months. 81 rated games in the past year (≈29/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Sataranji Africa Grand Prix - Open, Mavens Open International Chess Championship 2026 - Open, and Kisumu Open 2nd edition - Grand Prix. Also played 5 rapid (including The Grand Royale Rapidplay Championship 2025) and 9 blitz events (including CTC Open Chess Championship 2025 - Blitz) recently. His peak of 1962 was reached at age 28 (Jul 2025, #10 nationally at the time).
Previously known as Lenny Mataiga (until Jun 2017). At junior level, he reached #2 nationally in U20.
Current rating
1853
Standard
Rpd1826·Blz1818
All-time high
1962
−109 pts below
Jul 2025 · age 28
Jul 2025 · age 28
Activity
56
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
81 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#60,573
#60,573 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2025
Peak national rank: #10
at age 28 · rated 1962
Jul 2025
All-time peak 1962
at age 28 · −109 from today
Jul 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 27
Feb 2024
2022
100 career games
at age 25
Apr 2022
2020
Inactive for 22 months
paused at 1751 → returned at 1780
Mar 2020
2018
Best 12-month gain (+163 Elo)
1584 → 1747
Jul 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-109
1962 → 1853
Tournaments
10
68 games
Score
38/ 6855.9%
33W10D25L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsMichael Deng Khor Kuol2,001·Mavens Open International Chess Championship 2026 - Open·R3·+14.7
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/6 | #4 | 2020 | +28.6 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5/8 | #23 | 1990 | +35.2 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2.5/6 | #26 | 1621 | -30.4 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 3/10 | #9 | 1861 | -3.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6/7 | #17 | 2092 | +1.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2.5/5 | #37 | 1676 | -27.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5.5/8 | #18 | 1981 | +13.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2.5/6 | #36 | 1688 | -40.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsOluka Robert McligeyoCM
🇰🇪KEN·2102
+6 −8 =0
14 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsJames Madol Panchol
🇸🇸SSD·1948
+6 −7 =1
14 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsMartin Njoroge
🇰🇪KEN·1905
+2 −8 =0
10 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsHugh Misiko Okonga
🇰🇪KEN·1955
+4 −4 =1
9 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsVictor Ngani
🇰🇪KEN·1980
+2 −6 =1
9 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
/
Kenya
#56
out of 1,173 players
Africa
#1,905
in continent
World
#60,572
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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