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Chirwa Innocent

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FIDEFIDE 20501323· Male· Malawi· Born in 1998

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Chirwa Innocent, a 28-year-old player, is rated 1798 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +66 Elo over the past 12 months. 27 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 2 career breaks: 22 months (2017–2019) and 15 months (2021–2023). He reached #23 nationally in Jan 2025.

At junior level, he reached #2 and #2 nationally in U20 and U18.

Current rating

1798

Standard

Rpd1923·Blz1871

All-time high

1798

at best
Jan 2026 · age 28

Activity

20

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

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

Signature stat

#76,945

#76,945 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

14 entries
2026
All-time peak 1798
at age 28
Jan 2026
2025
100 career games
at age 27
Nov 2025
Peak national rank: #23
at age 27 · rated 1796
Jan 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+151 Elo)
1638 → 1789
Mar 2024
2021
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1638 → returned at 1646
Dec 2021
Crossed 1600
at age 23
Feb 2021

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Best result
NRCL National Qualifies
perf 2306 (+530) · 6.5/7 · #7
Top opponent
vs Malama Mwanza 2,016
2025 NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP · Dec 2025 · +15.6 Elo
Evolution
+66
1732 → 1798
Tournaments
4
36 games
Score
20/ 3655.6%
19W2D15L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsMhango Kelusi1,751·Kwithu kitchen September·R7·-9.6
2.[L]vsWhite Chisomo1,755·Kwithu kitchen September·R5·-9.5
3.[L]vsSoko Seko1,852·NRCL National Qualifies·R2·-7.8

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2025 NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
Open Swiss
Dec 20254.5/8#231977+22.4
NRCL National Qualifies
Open Swiss
Nov 20256.5/7#72306+39.8
Kwithu kitchen September
Open Swiss
Sep 20255/7#121967+4.4
2025 MALAWI OPEN Chess Championship
Open Swiss
Jul 20254/5#592226+0.2
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.

Rankings

/
Malawi
#52
out of 162 players
Africa
#2,583
in continent
World
#76,945
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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1
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7
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8
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9
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10
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52🇲🇼Chirwa Innocent1,798
Africa
1
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2,627
2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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1
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2
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