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Baraka Arunga
🇰🇪FIDE 10841792· Male· Kenya· Born in 2008
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Baraka Arunga, a 18-year-old player, is rated 1743 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +59 Elo over the past 12 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈19/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Mavens Open International Chess Championship 2026 - Open, 3rd Kenya University and College Championship, and Kisumu Open 2nd edition - Grand Prix. Also played 2 rapid events (including KICC Rapids and Blitz 3rd Edition - Rapid) recently.
At junior level, he reached #7 and #24 nationally in U18 and U16.
Current rating
1743
Standard
Rpd1604·Blz1556
All-time high
1743
at best
Apr 2026 · age 18
Apr 2026 · age 18
Activity
18
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#94,989
#94,989 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
8 entries2026
7th U18 player nationally
at age 18 · rated 1743
May 2026
All-time peak 1743
at age 18
Apr 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+539 Elo)
1146 → 1685
Jan 2025
Crossed 1600
at age 17
Jan 2025
2024
24th U16 player nationally
at age 16 · rated 1542
Oct 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 16
Jun 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+58
1685 → 1743
Tournaments
4
26 games
Score
15/ 2657.7%
13W4D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4.5/4 | #100 | 2659 | +15.6 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5/5 | #23 | 2589 | +3.2 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3.5/5 | #24 | 1928 | +38.0 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2/4 | #4 | 1690 | +0.8 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
Kenya
#175
out of 1,173 players
Africa
#3,444
in continent
World
#94,987
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Kenya
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World
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