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Ngugi, Clinton
🇰🇪FIDE 10831312· Male· Kenya· Born in 2001
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Clinton Ngugi, a 25-year-old player, is rated 1819. He is rising rapidly, having gained +140 Elo over the past 12 months. 59 rated games in the past year (≈27/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include MCC Monthly Chess Tournament - Labour Day, Mavens Open International Chess Championship 2026 - Open, and KILIFI OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT 2025 - OPEN. Also played 9 rapid (including MCC CHESSMAS RAPID 2025) and 3 blitz events (including Mashariki Blitz Farewell 2025) recently. He took a 17-month break between Feb 2023 and Aug 2024. His peak of 1865 was reached at age 25 (Jan 2026, #45 nationally at the time).
Current rating
1819
Standard
Rpd1820·Blz1690
All-time high
1865
−46 pts below
Jan 2026 · age 25
Jan 2026 · age 25
Activity
29
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
55 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#70,455
#70,455 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2026
100 career games
at age 25
Apr 2026
Peak national rank: #45
at age 25 · rated 1865
Jan 2026
Crossed 1800
at age 25
Jan 2026
All-time peak 1865
at age 25 · −46 from today
Jan 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+290 Elo)
1395 → 1685
Jan 2025
2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 23
Nov 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+120
1699 → 1819
Tournaments
8
54 games
Score
30/ 5455.6%
30W6D18L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4.5/4 | #8 | 2420 | -6.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/6 | #87 | 1768 | -39.8 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/5 | #1 | 2531 | +32.4 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 2/5 | #13 | 1767 | -2.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/7 | #56 | 2037 | +36.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3.5/6 | #24 | 2010 | +45.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3/4 | #22 | 2091 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 4/6 | #6 | 1798 | +20.0 |
Worst Elo result: Mavens Open International Chess Championship 2026 - Open (-39.8 Elo, finished #87).
Most-Played Opponents
vsChahindi Muluda
🇰🇪KEN·1864
+4 −10 =0
14 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsJamie Obora Kanango
🇰🇪KEN·1783
+4 −2 =3
9 games·last met May 2026
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vsNdumia Samuel Nderitu
🇰🇪KEN·1526
+6 −3 =0
9 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsSamuel Macharia Mwangi
🇰🇪KEN·1690
+4 −3 =1
8 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsSajid Nurmohamed
🇰🇪KEN·1776
+2 −4 =1
7 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
Kenya
#78
out of 1,173 players
Africa
#2,312
in continent
World
#70,454
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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