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Namosa Nicholas
🇰🇪FIDE 10845712· Male· Kenya· Born in 2010
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Namosa Nicholas, a 16-year-old player, is rated 1429. He has slipped back 192 Elo over the past 12 months. 17 rated games in the past year. Recent appearance: Kenya National Youth and Cadet Chess Championship Playoffs - U16 Open. His peak of 1621 was reached at age 15 (Jul 2025).
At junior level, he reached #31 nationally in U16.
Current rating
1429
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1621
−192 pts below
Jul 2025 · age 15
Jul 2025 · age 15
Activity
17
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#210,648
#210,648 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
6 entries2026
31st U16 player nationally
at age 16 · rated 1621
Jan 2026
2025
Crossed 1600
at age 15
Jul 2025
Crossed 1500
at age 15
Jul 2025
Crossed 1400
at age 15
Jul 2025
All-time peak 1621
at age 15 · −192 from today
Jul 2025
First FIDE rating
1621 · at age 15
Jul 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-192
1621 → 1429
Tournaments
1
11 games
Score
0.5/ 114.5%
0W1D10L
Top 1 win
1.[D]vsJesse Fabian1,739·Kenya National Youth and Cadet Chess Championship Playoffs - U16 Open·R11·+14.3
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsKipkoECH Hekima1,489·Kenya National Youth and Cadet Chess Championship Playoffs - U16 Open·R1·-16.6
2.[L]vsAdiel Kipkorir1,528·Kenya National Youth and Cadet Chess Championship Playoffs - U16 Open·R5·-14.5
3.[L]vsJeremiah Kagambi1,545·Kenya National Youth and Cadet Chess Championship Playoffs - U16 Open·R4·-13.6
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 0.5/10 | #18 | 1088 | -191.6 |
Worst Elo result: Kenya National Youth and Cadet Chess Championship Playoffs - U16 Open (-191.6 Elo, finished #18).
Rankings
/
Kenya
#885
out of 1,173 players
Africa
#8,939
in continent
World
#210,332
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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