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Gitonga Austin Muthui
🇰🇪FIDE 10810277· Male· Kenya· Born in 2006
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Gitonga Austin Muthui, a 20-year-old player, is rated 1462 — just 30 short of his peak of 1492 (Dec 2024, age 18). He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months). Recent appearances: Mavens Open International Chess Championship 2026 - Open and JSPS Alumni Tournament.
At junior level, he reached #42 and #32 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1462
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1476
All-time high
1492
−30 pts below
Dec 2024 · age 18
Dec 2024 · age 18
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#199,869
#199,869 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
6 entries2025
42nd U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 1490
May 2025
2024
32nd U18 player nationally
at age 18 · rated 1492
Dec 2024
All-time peak 1492
at age 18 · −30 from today
Dec 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 18
Nov 2024
Crossed 1200
at age 18
Nov 2024
First FIDE rating
1489 · at age 18
Nov 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-10
1472 → 1462
Tournaments
2
11 games
Score
5.5/ 1150.0%
5W1D5L
Top 1 win
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2.5/4 | #154 | 1870 | -24.4 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/2 | #5 | 2325 | +14.4 |
Worst Elo result: Mavens Open International Chess Championship 2026 - Open (-24.4 Elo, finished #154).
Rankings
/
Kenya
#798
out of 1,173 players
Africa
#8,503
in continent
World
#199,740
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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