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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 89 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 1 blitz events (including Marshall FIDE Blitz 64) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 44 months (2015–2019), 29 months (2019–2021, COVID-19 included) and 12 months (2021–2022). His peak of 1840 was reached at age 40 (Jan 2025); he also reached #29 nationally in May 2015.
Current rating
1701
Standard
Rpd1707·Blz1762
All-time high
1840
−139 pts below
Jan 2025 · age 40
Jan 2025 · age 40
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
21 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#109,326
#109,326 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
12 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
2021
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1753 → returned at 1746
Sep 2021
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-88
1789 → 1701
Tournaments
7
26 games
Score
10/ 2638.5%
9W2D15L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsTaekyum Kim1,619·2025 Marshall Chess Club Amateur Championship - Jerry Simon Memorial·R4·-12.6
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 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 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 1/4 | #50 | 1646 | -14.8 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 2/3 | #22 | 1878 | -12.4 |
Rankings
/
Zimbabwe
#185
out of 368 players
Africa
#4,134
in continent
World
#109,324
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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