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Soko Seko

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FIDEFIDE 20500548· Male· Malawi· Born in 1983

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Soko Seko, a 43-year-old player, is rated 1833. He has slipped back 62 Elo over the past 12 months. 23 rated games in the past year (≈12/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2025 NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP, NRCL National Qualifies, and Kwithu kitchen September. Also played 1 rapid (including Nyamphande Estate Rapid) and 1 blitz events (including Kwithu kitchen Blitz) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 14 months (2015–2017), 27 months (2017–2019), 15 months (2021–2023) and 21 months (2023–2025). His peak of 1895 was reached at age 42 (Apr 2025); he also reached #15 nationally in Mar 2015.

Current rating

1833

Standard

Rpd1866·Blz1837

All-time high

1895

−62 pts below
Apr 2025 · age 42

Activity

13

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

23 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#66,305

#66,305 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

16 entries
2025
4th 40-45 player nationally
at age 42 · rated 1895
Aug 2025
All-time peak 1895
at age 42 · −62 from today
Apr 2025
Best 12-month gain (+110 Elo)
1782 → 1892
Feb 2025
100 career games
at age 42
Feb 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 41
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 1782 → returned at 1892
Apr 2023

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Malama Mwanza 2,016
2025 NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP · Dec 2025 · +14.8 Elo
Evolution
-62
1895 → 1833
Tournaments
3
27 games
Score
13/ 2748.1%
11W4D12L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsChisunkha Emanuel1,689·Kwithu kitchen September·R6·-14.4
2.[L]vsMhango Kelusi1,751·Kwithu kitchen September·R9·-12.8
3.[L]vsWhite Chisomo1,755·Kwithu kitchen September·R2·-12.7

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2025 NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
Open Swiss
Dec 20253/8#271803-22.4
NRCL National Qualifies
Open Swiss
Nov 20255/8#51898+2.8
Kwithu kitchen September
Open Swiss
Sep 20255/7#141866-42.6
Worst Elo result: Kwithu kitchen September (-42.6 Elo, finished #14).

Most-Played Opponents

vsMkamanga Rumbani
🇲🇼MAW·1802
+7 −6 =2
15 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsMwakikunga Boniface
🇲🇼MAW·1663
+6 −3 =1
10 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsMhango Kelusi
🇲🇼MAW·1797
+4 −3 =3
10 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsShaba Martin
🇲🇼MAW·1911
+4 −2 =3
9 games·last met May 2026
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vsChirwa Innocent
🇲🇼MAW·1798
+3 −6 =0
9 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings

/
Malawi
#38
out of 169 players
Africa
#2,149
in continent
World
#66,304
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Malawi
1
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2
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3
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2,064
4
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2,062
5
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2,043
6
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7
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8
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1,998
9
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1,963
10
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1,962
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38🇲🇼Soko Seko1,833
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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2,443
8
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2,437
9
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2,425
10
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2,412
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2149🇲🇼Soko Seko1,833
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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66304🇲🇼Soko Seko1,833