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Murara, Maxence

CM🇷🇼

FIDEFIDE 16000013· Male· Rwanda· Born in 1972

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Maxence Murara, a 54-year-old Candidate Master, is rated 1814. He plays occasionally (4 games in the last 12 months) and had 9 career breaks: 17 months (2005–2006), 29 months (2006–2009), 21 months (2009–2010), 22 months (2010–2012), 19 months (2012–2014), 15 months (2014–2016), 15 months (2016–2017), 48 months (2020–2024, COVID-19 included) and 19 months (2024–2025). Recent appearance: 5th WACA Quarterly Classics. His peak of 1880 was reached at age 52 (Mar 2024); he also reached #1 nationally in Nov 2010 and has been in top 3 for 65 months and counting (3 consecutive years on his current run).

Awarded CM in 2014 (age 42).

Current rating

1814

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

1880

−66 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 52

Activity

4

games / yr avg.

4 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#72,011

#72,011 · players worldwide · of 218,279
National top 3 since Mar 2020

Career timeline

25 entries
2026
65 months in national top 3 (ongoing)
longest streak 43 months · since Jan 2005
Jun 2026
2025
1st 50-55 player nationally
at age 53 · rated 1841
Jan 2025
2024
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1841 → returned at 1814
Apr 2024
All-time peak 1880
at age 52 · −66 from today
Mar 2024
2022
1st 45-50 player nationally
at age 50 · rated 1800
Feb 2022
2020
Inactive for 48 months
paused at 1800 → returned at 1841
Mar 2020

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Emmanuel Kelvin Gyepi-Garbrah 1,577
5th WACA Quarterly Classics · Nov 2025 · +4.1 Elo
Evolution
-27
1841 → 1814
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
2.5/ 550.0%
2W1D2L
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsPaul Senyegah1,722·5th WACA Quarterly Classics·R4·-12.6
2.[L]vsIan Murara Urwintwari1,816·5th WACA Quarterly Classics·R3·-9.9

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
5th WACA Quarterly Classics
Swiss
Nov 20252.5/4#131764-27.0
Worst Elo result: 5th WACA Quarterly Classics (-27.0 Elo, finished #13).

Most-Played Opponents

vsJoseph Nzabanita
🇷🇼RWA·1863
+3 −3 =1
7 games·last met Dec 2019
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vsEugene Kagabo Mugema
🇷🇼RWA·1820
+4 −0 =1
5 games·last met Apr 2018
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vsAlain Patience Niyibizi
🇷🇼RWA·1783
+2 −2 =1
5 games·last met Mar 2018
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Rankings

/
Rwanda
#2
out of 2 players
Africa
#2,387
in continent
World
#72,010
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Rwanda
1
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1,842
21,814
Africa
1
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2,628
2
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2,581
3
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2,502
4
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2,493
5
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2,464
6
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2,453
7
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8
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2,437
9
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10
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2,412
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World
1
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2
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2
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4
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2,777
4
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6
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7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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9
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