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Irungu Brian Mwangi
🇰🇪FIDE 10815406· Male· Kenya· Born in 2002
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Irungu Brian Mwangi, a 24-year-old player, is rated 1870. He has slipped back 57 Elo over the past 12 months. 77 rated games in the past year (≈31/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Kiambu Chess Championship - Grand Prix Circuit 2026 - Open, Mavens Open International Chess Championship 2026 - Open, and Kisumu Open 2nd edition - Grand Prix. Also played 2 rapid (including 6th Trojan Warriors Internal Chess Tournament) and 3 blitz events (including KICC Rapid and Blitz 4th edition - Blitz) recently. His peak of 1972 was reached at age 23 (Aug 2025, #8 nationally at the time).
At junior level, he reached #1 and #6 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1870
Standard
Rpd1773·Blz1914
All-time high
1972
−102 pts below
Aug 2025 · age 23
Aug 2025 · age 23
Activity
51
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
71 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#55,831
#55,831 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2025
Peak national rank: #8
at age 23 · rated 1971
Sep 2025
All-time peak 1972
at age 23 · −102 from today
Aug 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 22
Mar 2024
100 career games
at age 22
Feb 2024
2023
Crossed 1800
at age 21
May 2023
2022
Best 12-month gain (+416 Elo)
1330 → 1746
Oct 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-89
1959 → 1870
Tournaments
9
60 games
Score
35.5/ 6059.2%
31W9D20L
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 | #11 | 1732 | -19.4 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4.5/8 | #31 | 1862 | -9.2 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/6 | #11 | 1831 | -6.2 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1.5/4 | #12 | 1805 | -9.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/5 | #8 | 2630 | +23.4 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 3/10 | #10 | 1852 | -29.4 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/6 | #13 | 1864 | -12.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/8 | #30 | 1960 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/6 | #2 | 2022 | +13.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRishit Ravat
🇰🇪KEN·1899
+6 −1 =0
7 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsJoseph Muragu Methu
🇰🇪KEN·1938
+3 −3 =1
7 games·last met May 2025
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vsEgesa emmanuelCM
🇺🇬UGA·2078
+1 −5 =1
7 games·last met Aug 2024
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vsGong Thon GongCM
🇸🇸SSD·2111
+0 −5 =1
6 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsMartin Njoroge
🇰🇪KEN·1905
+3 −2 =1
6 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
Kenya
#50
out of 1,173 players
Africa
#1,720
in continent
World
#55,830
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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