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Banda Tapiwa
🇲🇼FIDE 20505230· Female· Malawi· Born in 1989
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Banda Tapiwa, a 37-year-old player, is rated 1461. She has slipped back 75 Elo over the past 12 months. 13 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent appearances: CRCL open 2026 and 2025 NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP - WOMAN. Also played 1 rapid event (including DADAZ QUEENS ROUND ROBIN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP) recently. She had 2 career breaks: 35 months (2018–2021, COVID-19 included) and 39 months (2022–2026). Her peak of 1536 was reached at age 35 (Mar 2024); she also reached #65 nationally in Aug 2023.
Current rating
1461
Standard
Rpd1476·Blz—
All-time high
1536
−75 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 35
Mar 2024 · age 35
Activity
4
games / yr avg.
13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#200,195
#200,195 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2024
Crossed 1500
at age 35
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 35
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1536
at age 35 · −75 from today
Mar 2024
2023
Peak national rank: #65
at age 34 · rated 1227
Aug 2023
2022
Inactive for 39 months
paused at 1227 → returned at 1503
Sep 2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 33
Jul 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-75
1536 → 1461
Tournaments
2
16 games
Score
5/ 1631.3%
4W2D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1.5/6 | #7 | 1369 | -42.2 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/7 | #13 | 1523 | -32.8 |
Rankings
/
Malawi
#133
out of 169 players
Africa
#8,519
in continent
World
#200,062
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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