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Apamo Shem Mali
🇰🇪FIDE 10842659· Male· Kenya· Born in 2014
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Apamo Shem Mali, a 12-year-old player, is rated 1637 — just 19 short of his peak of 1656 (Mar 2026, age 12). He is climbing fast, having gained +189 Elo over the past 12 months. 53 rated games in the past year (≈52/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Kenya National Youth and Cadet Chess Championship Playoffs - U12 Open, East Africa Juniors Chess Championship 2026 - Youth Category, and Jumuia Ya Afrika Mashariki End Year Open Chess Festival 2025 - U1800. Also played 2 rapid (including KICC Rapids and Blitz 3rd Edition - Rapid) and 2 blitz events (including Nairobi County Blitz Chess Championship 2025 - Blitz) recently.
At junior level, he reached #5 and #4 nationally in U12 and U10.
Current rating
1637
Standard
Rpd1627·Blz1521
All-time high
1656
−19 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 12
Mar 2026 · age 12
Activity
49
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
42 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#133,061
#133,061 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2026
Best 12-month gain (+198 Elo)
1458 → 1656
Apr 2026
All-time peak 1656
at age 12 · −19 from today
Mar 2026
5th U12 player nationally
at age 12 · rated 1655
Feb 2026
2025
Crossed 1600
at age 11
Sep 2025
Re-crossed 1500
at age 11
Sep 2025
2024
4th U10 player nationally
at age 10 · rated 1583
Oct 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Best result
Jumuia Ya Afrika Mashariki End Year Open Chess Festival 2025 - U1800perf 1870 (+230) · 4.5/6 · #2
Top opponent
Best comeback
Jumuia Ya Afrika Mashariki End Year Open Chess Festival 2025 - U1800finished #2 (seeded #16 of 100)
Evolution
+157
1480 → 1637
Tournaments
7
54 games
Score
36/ 5466.7%
32W8D14L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsZadock Nyakundi1,788·Jumuia Ya Afrika Mashariki End Year Open Chess Festival 2025 - U1800·R2·+28.0
2.[W]vsMikuli Lewis Owino1,776·Jumuia Ya Afrika Mashariki End Year Open Chess Festival 2025 - U1800·R3·+27.5
3.[W]vsKenneth Koome Kinoti1,741·Jumuia Ya Afrika Mashariki End Year Open Chess Festival 2025 - U1800·R1·+25.7
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsWema Dylan1,567·Kenya National Youth and Cadet Chess Championship Playoffs - U12 Open·R6·-24.0
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jun 2026 | 3/4 | #36 | 1811 | -23.6 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6.5/10 | #5 | 1688 | -19.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5.5/4 | #5 | 2425 | +16.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4.5/6 | #2 | 1870 | +82.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/4 | #15 | 2454 | -32.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/2 | #25 | 2332 | -8.4 |
Round-Robin | Aug 2025 | 8/10 | #1 | 1754 | +143.6 |
Worst Elo result: 16th AFRICAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 UNDER 12 OPEN (-32.8 Elo, finished #15).
Rankings
/
Kenya
#377
out of 1,173 players
Africa
#5,378
in continent
World
#133,054
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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