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Kiplangat Baraka
🇰🇪FIDE 10846840· Male· Kenya· Born in 2015
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Kiplangat Baraka, a 11-year-old player, is rated 1531 — his current career high. He is on a breakout run, having gained +112 Elo over the past 12 months. 42 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include Kenya National Youth and Cadet Chess Championship Playoffs - U12 Open, 2026 PMadol Chess Championship - U1600, and CTC Open Chess Championship 2025. Also played 3 rapid (including The Grand Royale Rapidplay Championship 2025) and 1 blitz events (including CTC Open Chess Championship 2025 - Blitz) recently.
At junior level, he reached #22 and #10 nationally in U12 and U10.
Current rating
1531
Standard
Rpd1486·Blz1490
All-time high
1531
at best
May 2026 · age 11
May 2026 · age 11
Activity
40
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
42 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#172,773
#172,773 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
8 entries2026
22nd U12 player nationally
at age 11 · rated 1531
May 2026
Best 12-month gain (+112 Elo)
1419 → 1531
May 2026
Crossed 1500
at age 11
May 2026
All-time peak 1531
at age 11
May 2026
2025
10th U10 player nationally
at age 10 · rated 1434
Jan 2025
Crossed 1400
at age 10
Jan 2025
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
4th Edition Jumuiya ya Afrika Mashariki Open Chess Tournament (Grand Prix) - Open Section · Sep 2025 · +18.3 Elo
Evolution
+128
1403 → 1531
Tournaments
9
65 games
Score
38.5/ 6559.2%
35W7D23L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsYator Mugo Waikwa1,485·Kenya National Youth and Cadet Chess Championship Playoffs - U12 Open·R5·-22.6
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 7/9 | #7 | 1791 | +64.8 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2.5/3 | #13 | 1865 | -0.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/5 | #64 | 1836 | +9.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3.5/4 | #16 | 2100 | +16.0 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4.5/2 | #56 | 2774 | +13.6 |
Rankings
/
Kenya
#600
out of 1,103 players
Africa
#7,252
in continent
World
#172,737
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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