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Mphungu, Gerrard
FM🇲🇼FIDE 20500220· Male· Malawi· Born in 1990
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Gerrard Mphungu, a 36-year-old FIDE Master, is rated 2064 and sitting in the top 9% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and took a 35-month break between May 2022 and May 2025. Recent appearance: 2025 NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP. His peak of 2128 was reached at age 30 (Jan 2020); he also reached #2 nationally in Nov 2017 and has been in top 3 for 99 months and counting (6 consecutive years on his current run).
Previously known as Gerrard Mphungu (until Jan 2015). Awarded FM in 2014 (age 24).
Current rating
2064
Standard
Rpd2165·Blz2108
All-time high
2128
−64 pts below
Jan 2020 · age 30
Jan 2020 · age 30
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 9%
#19,075 · players worldwide · of 216,808
National top 3 since Aug 2017
National top 3 since Aug 2017
Career timeline
13 entries2026
99 months in national top 3 (ongoing)
longest streak 82 months · since Aug 2014
May 2026
2022
Inactive for 35 months
paused at 2067 → returned at 2074
May 2022
2020
All-time peak 2128
at age 30 · −64 from today
Jan 2020
2018
Crossed 2100
at age 28
Oct 2018
2017
Peak national rank: #2
at age 27 · rated 2094
Nov 2017
100 career games
at age 27
Sep 2017
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-10
2074 → 2064
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
5/ 955.6%
4W2D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/9 | #9 | 2026 | -10.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsChiletso ChipangaCM
🇲🇼MAW·2085
+6 −5 =4
15 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsGeorge MwaleCM
🇲🇼MAW·2062
+4 −3 =6
13 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsAlfred Charles ChimthereCM
🇲🇼MAW·1998
+5 −3 =2
10 games·last met Dec 2019
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vsJoseph MwaleFM
🇲🇼MAW·2266
+0 −5 =4
9 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsKamwendo Precious
🇲🇼MAW·2043
+5 −1 =2
8 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
Malawi
#3
out of 162 players
Africa
#374
in continent
World
#19,075
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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