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Mkumba John

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FIDEFIDE 20501676· Male· Malawi· Born in 1980

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Mkumba John, a 46-year-old player, is rated 1758. He has slipped back 85 Elo over the past 12 months. 17 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Cas Contractors, 2025 NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP, and 2025 MALAWI OPEN Chess Championship. Also played 1 rapid event (including Salima rapid) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 20 months (2017–2019), 17 months (2022–2024) and 15 months (2024–2025). His peak of 1843 was reached at age 45 (May 2025); he also reached #20 nationally in Jun 2015.

Current rating

1758

Standard

Rpd1838·Blz—

All-time high

1843

−85 pts below
May 2025 · age 45

Activity

10

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

17 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#89,860

#89,860 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

14 entries
2026
4th 45-50 player nationally
at age 46 · rated 1785
Jan 2026
2025
All-time peak 1843
at age 45 · −85 from today
May 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+105 Elo)
1731 → 1836
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 44
Mar 2024
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1727 → returned at 1843
Jan 2024
2022
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 1731 → returned at 1727
Jul 2022

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Nanthambwe Hubert 1,886
2025 NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP · Dec 2025 · +12.8 Elo
Evolution
-85
1843 → 1758
Tournaments
3
24 games
Score
8.5/ 2435.4%
7W3D14L

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Cas Contractors
Open Swiss
Mar 20262.5/5#241777-26.6
2025 NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
Open Swiss
Dec 20251.5/8#301655-29.8
2025 MALAWI OPEN Chess Championship
Open Swiss
Jul 20254.5/4#622568-27.8
Worst Elo result: 2025 NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP (-29.8 Elo, finished #30).

Most-Played Opponents

vsChiletso ChipangaCM
🇲🇼MAW·2085
+0 −8 =0
8 games·last met Dec 2023
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vsJoseph Xavier NyambaloCM
🇲🇼MAW·2014
+1 −6 =0
7 games·last met Dec 2025
View head-to-head →
vsKamwendo Precious
🇲🇼MAW·2043
+1 −4 =0
5 games·last met Dec 2025
View head-to-head →

Rankings

/
Malawi
#63
out of 169 players
Africa
#3,199
in continent
World
#89,858
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Malawi
1
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2
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2,085
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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2,014
7
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2,009
8
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1,998
9
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1,963
10
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63🇲🇼Mkumba John1,758
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
...
3199🇲🇼Mkumba John1,758
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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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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2,753
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89858🇲🇼Mkumba John1,758