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Gumbe, Farirai
🇿🇼FIDE 11000996· Male· Zimbabwe· Born in 1985
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Farirai Gumbe, a 41-year-old player, is rated 1701. He has slipped back 88 Elo over the past 12 months. 21 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 April Marshall Premier FIDE - U2000, 2025 Marshall Chess Club Amateur Championship - Jerry Simon Memorial, and 2025 August Marshall Monthly FIDE - U2400. Also played 1 rapid (including Marshall Friday Night FIDE Rapid 2) and 2 blitz events (including Marshall FIDE Blitz 77) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 44 months (2015–2019), 29 months (2019–2021, COVID-19 included), 12 months (2021–2022) and 20 months (2023–2025). His peak of 1840 was reached at age 40 (Jan 2025); he also reached #29 nationally in May 2015.
Current rating
1701
Standard
Rpd1707·Blz1747
All-time high
1840
−139 pts below
Jan 2025 · age 40
Jan 2025 · age 40
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#109,593
#109,593 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2026
10th 40-45 player nationally
at age 41 · rated 1712
Apr 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+126 Elo)
1714 → 1840
Jan 2025
All-time peak 1840
at age 40 · −139 from today
Jan 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 39
Mar 2024
2023
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 38
Apr 2023
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1714 → returned at 1840
Apr 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-64
1765 → 1701
Tournaments
3
12 games
Score
3.5/ 1229.2%
3W1D8L
Top 1 win
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsTaekyum Kim1,619·2025 Marshall Chess Club Amateur Championship - Jerry Simon Memorial·R4·-12.6
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2.5/3 | #27 | 1848 | -11.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 1/3 | #86 | 1677 | -26.2 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 0/3 | #55 | 996 | -27.6 |
Rankings
/
Zimbabwe
#184
out of 372 players
Africa
#4,168
in continent
World
#109,590
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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