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Foster Ken

🇲🇼INACTIVE · since May 2025

FIDEFIDE 20502109· Male· Malawi· Born in 1985

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Foster Ken, a 41-year-old player, is rated 1918. He plays around 11 rated games per year and had 2 career breaks: 20 months (2015–2017) and 15 months (2024–2025). His peak of 2007 was reached at age 33 (Jun 2018, #5 nationally at the time); he spent 14 months in top 10.

Current rating

1918

Standard

Rpd1929·Blz—

All-time high

2007

−89 pts below
Jun 2018 · age 33

Activity

8

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#43,815

#43,815 · players worldwide · of 216,808
14 months in National top 10 (2018–2023)

Career timeline

14 entries
2026
2nd 40-45 player nationally
at age 41 · rated 1918
Apr 2026
2025
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1918 → still inactive
May 2025
2024
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1844 → returned at 1918
Jan 2024
2023
100 career games
at age 38
Jun 2023
14 months in national top 10
longest streak 12 months · since Jan 2018
May 2023
2018
Best 12-month gain (+201 Elo)
1806 → 2007
Aug 2018

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Evolution
0
1918 → 1918

Most-Played Opponents

vsAlfred Charles ChimthereCM
🇲🇼MAW·1998
+4 −9 =2
15 games·last met Mar 2024
View head-to-head →
vsGeorge MwaleCM
🇲🇼MAW·2062
+4 −4 =2
10 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsRichard Chiona
🇲🇼MAW·1898
+2 −7 =1
10 games·last met Dec 2023
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vsNyama Peter
🇲🇼MAW·1957
+3 −6 =0
9 games·last met Mar 2024
View head-to-head →
vsPetros MfuneCM
🇲🇼MAW·1989
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met Mar 2024
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Rankings

/
Malawi
#16
out of 162 players
Africa
#1,194
in continent
World
#43,995
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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8
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9
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1
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10
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