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Kalua Emmanuel

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FIDEFIDE 20500610· Male· Malawi· Born in 1986

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Kalua Emmanuel, a 40-year-old player, is rated 1818. He has held steady between 1800 and 1850 for 15 months. 12 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent appearances: 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 3 career breaks: 16 months (2015–2017), 33 months (2018–2021, COVID-19 included) and 39 months (2021–2025). His peak of 1873 was reached at age 29 (May 2015); he also reached #10 nationally in Feb 2015.

Current rating

1818

Standard

Rpd1863·Blz1844

All-time high

1873

−55 pts below
May 2015 · age 29

Activity

6

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#70,754

#70,754 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

12 entries
2025
100 career games
at age 39
Nov 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 38
Mar 2024
2021
Inactive for 39 months
paused at 1752 → returned at 1837
Dec 2021
2018
Inactive for 33 months
paused at 1773 → returned at 1775
Mar 2018
2017
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 31
Apr 2017
2015
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1778 → returned at 1792
Nov 2015

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Chingati Wilson 1,877
NRCL National Qualifies · Nov 2025 · +11.7 Elo
Evolution
-19
1837 → 1818
Tournaments
2
17 games
Score
8.5/ 1750.0%
8W1D8L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsChingati Wilson1,877·NRCL National Qualifies·R3·+11.7
2.[W]vsWhite Chisomo1,755·Kwithu kitchen September·R8·+7.8
3.[W]vsMwakikunga Boniface1,678·NRCL National Qualifies·R2·+6.2
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsNgwira Sheriff1,641·Kwithu kitchen September·R9·-15.0
2.[L]vsChirwa Innocent1,736·NRCL National Qualifies·R7·-12.3
3.[L]vsLongwe Winston1,879·NRCL National Qualifies·R6·-8.3

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
NRCL National Qualifies
Open Swiss
Nov 20253.5/8#121786-12.6
Kwithu kitchen September
Open Swiss
Sep 20255/4#222592-5.8

Most-Played Opponents

vsChirwa Innocent
🇲🇼MAW·1798
+4 −7 =0
11 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsMkamanga Rumbani
🇲🇼MAW·1802
+4 −3 =2
9 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsShaba Martin
🇲🇼MAW·1911
+7 −1 =0
8 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsSoko Seko
🇲🇼MAW·1833
+2 −6 =0
8 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsMhango Adrian
🇲🇼MAW·1687
+6 −0 =2
8 games·last met Mar 2025
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Rankings

/
Malawi
#42
out of 169 players
Africa
#2,320
in continent
World
#70,753
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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1
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Africa
1
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2,628
2
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3
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10
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World
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