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Adu Jnr, Lionel
CM🇬🇭INACTIVE · since January 2024FIDE 12600750· Male· Ghana· Born in 1984
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Lionel Adu Jnr, a 42-year-old Candidate Master, is rated 1854. He plays around 16 rated games per year and took a 15-month break between Sep 2022 and Jan 2024. His peak of 1968 was reached at age 33 (Sep 2017, #3 nationally at the time); he spent 44 months in top 5.
Awarded CM in 2016 (age 32).
Current rating
1854
Standard
Rpd1918·Blz1855
All-time high
1968
−114 pts below
Sep 2017 · age 33
Sep 2017 · age 33
Activity
2
games / yr avg.
classical only
Occasional
Occasional
Signature stat
#60,213
#60,213 · players worldwide · of 216,808
44 months in National top 5 (2015–2020)
44 months in National top 5 (2015–2020)
Career timeline
13 entries2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 40
Mar 2024
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 1756 → still inactive
Jan 2024
2022
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1804 → returned at 1756
Sep 2022
2020
44 months in national top 5
longest streak 19 months · since Sep 2015
Jan 2020
2019
100 career games
at age 35
Aug 2019
2017
Peak national rank: #3
at age 33 · rated 1968
Sep 2017
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
1854 → 1854
Most-Played Opponents
vsJoseph Jamena MensahCM
🇬🇭GHA·1913
+3 −7 =4
14 games·last met Jan 2022
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vsEdward Nii Lamptey ThompsonCM
🇬🇭GHA·1742
+8 −3 =2
13 games·last met Apr 2023
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vsPhilip Elikem Ameku
🇬🇭GHA·1868
+5 −7 =0
12 games·last met Apr 2023
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vsFrancis Eric AnquandahIM
🇬🇭GHA·1873
+2 −6 =2
10 games·last met Dec 2021
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vsJohn Kojo HasfordFM
🇬🇭GHA·1947
+4 −5 =1
10 games·last met Dec 2021
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Rankings
/
Ghana
#9
out of 59 players
Africa
#1,817
in continent
World
#58,256
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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