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Nhial Jeremiah Machar
🇰🇪FIDE 10832696· Male· Kenya· Born in 1997
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Nhial Jeremiah Machar, a 29-year-old player, is rated 1779 — his current career high. He has held steady between 1750 and 1800 for 2 years. 38 rated games in the past year (≈26/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Mavens Open International Chess Championship 2026 - Open, 2026 PMadol Chess Championship - U1800, and Kenya National Chess League 2025- Super League Playoffs. Also played 3 rapid (including KICC Rapids and Blitz 3rd Edition - Rapid) and 7 blitz events (including KICC Rapid and Blitz 4th edition - Blitz) recently. He reached #65 nationally in Jan 2024.
Current rating
1779
Standard
Rpd1718·Blz1805
All-time high
1779
at best
Apr 2026 · age 29
Apr 2026 · age 29
Activity
29
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
38 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#82,929
#82,929 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
8 entries2026
All-time peak 1779
at age 29
Apr 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+313 Elo)
1464 → 1777
Nov 2024
Peak national rank: #65
at age 27 · rated 1685
Jan 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 27
Jan 2024
2023
Crossed 1600
at age 26
Dec 2023
Crossed 1500
at age 26
Dec 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+15
1764 → 1779
Tournaments
5
34 games
Score
18/ 3452.9%
14W8D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/7 | #61 | 1918 | +18.2 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3.5/5 | #6 | 1818 | -14.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 2/5 | #11 | 1635 | -17.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/7 | #27 | 1771 | -0.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/4 | #100 | 2657 | +9.6 |
Worst Elo result: Kenya National Chess League 2025- Super League Playoffs (-17.8 Elo, finished #11).
Most-Played Opponents
vsKarani Ezekiel
🇰🇪KEN·1968
+0 −10 =1
11 games·last met Aug 2026
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vsOmbiro Clifford
🇰🇪KEN·1644
+5 −1 =0
6 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsLenny Mataiga Shile
🇰🇪KEN·1853
+4 −2 =0
6 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsJames Madol Panchol
🇸🇸SSD·1948
+1 −4 =0
5 games·last met Aug 2026
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vsTimothy Mwabu
🇰🇪KEN·1922
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Feb 2026
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Rankings
/
Kenya
#115
out of 1,173 players
Africa
#2,878
in continent
World
#82,927
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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