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Sagwa, Hillary
🇰🇪FIDE 10814850· Male· Kenya· Born in 1991
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Hillary Sagwa, a 35-year-old player, is rated 1830 — just 28 short of his peak of 1858 (Jan 2025, age 34). He has fluctuated between 1776 and 1858 over the past 2 years. 64 rated games in the past year (≈33/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Kiambu Chess Championship - Grand Prix Circuit 2026 - Open, 2026 Sataranji Africa Grand Prix - Open, and Mavens Open International Chess Championship 2026 - Open. Also played 1 rapid (including KICC Rapids and Blitz 3rd Edition - Rapid) and 3 blitz events (including KICC Rapid and Blitz 4th edition - Blitz) recently. He reached #18 nationally in May 2022.
Current rating
1830
Standard
Rpd1785·Blz1711
All-time high
1858
−28 pts below
Jan 2025 · age 34
Jan 2025 · age 34
Activity
50
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
59 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#67,178
#67,178 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2026
Re-crossed 1800
at age 35
Apr 2026
2025
All-time peak 1858
at age 34 · −28 from today
Jan 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 33
Mar 2024
2023
Re-crossed 1800
at age 32
Dec 2023
2022
100 career games
at age 31
Aug 2022
Peak national rank: #18
at age 31 · rated 1849
May 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-9
1839 → 1830
Tournaments
9
56 games
Score
33.5/ 5659.8%
32W3D21L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4/6 | #12 | 1918 | +18.0 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/6 | #10 | 1843 | +8.4 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5/6 | #69 | 2040 | -3.2 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/5 | #16 | 2101 | +18.8 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1.5/4 | #14 | 1783 | -1.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/8 | #22 | 1822 | +2.4 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/5 | #25 | 1756 | -26.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/5 | #43 | 1790 | -23.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4/4 | #18 | 2482 | -16.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMehul Gohil
🇰🇪KEN·1965
+0 −9 =0
9 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsManyeki Nathaniel
🇰🇪KEN·1892
+1 −2 =2
5 games·last met Aug 2026
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vsJoseph Muragu Methu
🇰🇪KEN·1938
+2 −2 =1
5 games·last met May 2026
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vsGabriel Njuki
🇰🇪KEN·2002
+2 −3 =0
5 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsJoseph Ngooro Maigua
🇰🇪KEN·1851
+5 −0 =0
5 games·last met Nov 2019
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Rankings
/
Kenya
#71
out of 1,173 players
Africa
#2,184
in continent
World
#67,177
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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