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Mburu Stephen Ndungu
🇰🇪FIDE 10842330· Male· Kenya· Born in 2000
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Mburu Stephen Ndungu, a 26-year-old player, is rated 1518 — just 26 short of his peak of 1544 (Dec 2025, age 25). He has held steady between 1500 and 1550 for 6 months. 10 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include Jumuia Ya Afrika Mashariki End Year Open Chess Festival 2025 - U1600, Mombasa Open Chess Championship 2025 - U1700, and Coast Chess Classics - Open. Also played 1 rapid (including Kivukoni Rapid Tournament) and 7 blitz events (including KICC Rapid and Blitz 4th edition - Blitz) recently.
Current rating
1518
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1481
All-time high
1544
−26 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 25
Dec 2025 · age 25
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#177,809
#177,809 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
5 entries2025
Crossed 1500
at age 25
Dec 2025
Crossed 1400
at age 25
Dec 2025
Crossed 1200
at age 25
Dec 2025
All-time peak 1544
at age 25 · −26 from today
Dec 2025
First FIDE rating
1544 · at age 25
Dec 2025
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
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Tournaments
3
16 games
Score
9.5/ 1659.4%
8W3D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsNolan Alex Nio1,428·Jumuia Ya Afrika Mashariki End Year Open Chess Festival 2025 - U1600·R5·-25.1
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/1 | #57 | 2228 | -26.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2.5/5 | #12 | 1556 | 0.0 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 2/3 | #6 | 1448 | 0.0 |
Worst Elo result: Jumuia Ya Afrika Mashariki End Year Open Chess Festival 2025 - U1600 (-26.4 Elo, finished #57).
Rankings
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Kenya
#621
out of 1,103 players
Africa
#7,456
in continent
World
#177,765
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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