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KipkoECH Hekima
🇰🇪FIDE 10833196· Male· Kenya· Born in 2010
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Kipkoech Hekima, a 16-year-old player, is rated 1444. He has slipped back 65 Elo over the past 12 months. 17 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent appearances: Kenya National Youth and Cadet Chess Championship Playoffs - U16 Open and CTC Open Chess Championship 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including 2025 NOBLE KNIGHTS JUNIOR FIDE RATED CHESS TOURNAMENT - Open) and 1 blitz events (including CTC Open Chess Championship 2025 - Blitz) recently. His peak of 1546 was reached at age 14 (Nov 2024).
At junior level, he reached #30 and #20 nationally in U16 and U14.
Current rating
1444
Standard
Rpd1414·Blz1523
All-time high
1546
−102 pts below
Nov 2024 · age 14
Nov 2024 · age 14
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
17 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#206,009
#206,009 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
7 entries2025
30th U16 player nationally
at age 15 · rated 1509
Jan 2025
2024
20th U14 player nationally
at age 14 · rated 1546
Nov 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 14
Nov 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 14
Nov 2024
Crossed 1200
at age 14
Nov 2024
All-time peak 1546
at age 14 · −102 from today
Nov 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-68
1512 → 1444
Tournaments
2
19 games
Score
5/ 1926.3%
4W2D13L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsNamosa Nicholas1,621·Kenya National Youth and Cadet Chess Championship Playoffs - U16 Open·R1·+29.4
2.[D]vsOchieng Kennedy1,569·Kenya National Youth and Cadet Chess Championship Playoffs - U16 Open·R5·+6.9
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsDylan Maina Muraguri1,556·Kenya National Youth and Cadet Chess Championship Playoffs - U16 Open·R9·-13.8
2.[L]vsMagor Marcarius Onyango1,586·Kenya National Youth and Cadet Chess Championship Playoffs - U16 Open·R3·-12.3
3.[L]vsNevin Nduati Mwangi1,600·Kenya National Youth and Cadet Chess Championship Playoffs - U16 Open·R10·-11.6
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2/10 | #17 | 1394 | -44.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/3 | #99 | 2561 | -23.2 |
Worst Elo result: Kenya National Youth and Cadet Chess Championship Playoffs - U16 Open (-44.8 Elo, finished #17).
Rankings
/
Kenya
#854
out of 1,173 players
Africa
#8,773
in continent
World
#205,790
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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