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Chirwa Innocent
🇲🇼FIDE 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
Rpd1903·Blz1871
All-time high
1798
at best
Jan 2026 · age 28
Jan 2026 · age 28
Activity
17
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#76,990
#76,990 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2026
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
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+66
1732 → 1798
Tournaments
4
36 games
Score
20/ 3655.6%
19W2D15L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4.5/8 | #23 | 1977 | +22.4 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6.5/7 | #7 | 2306 | +39.8 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5/7 | #12 | 1967 | +4.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/5 | #59 | 2226 | +0.2 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsShaba Martin
🇲🇼MAW·1911
+2 −8 =4
14 games·last met May 2026
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vsMkamanga Rumbani
🇲🇼MAW·1802
+7 −1 =3
11 games·last met May 2026
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vsKalua Emmanuel
🇲🇼MAW·1818
+7 −4 =0
11 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsSoko Seko
🇲🇼MAW·1833
+6 −3 =0
9 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsLongwe Winston
🇲🇼MAW·1895
+2 −4 =1
7 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
Malawi
#52
out of 169 players
Africa
#2,606
in continent
World
#76,989
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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