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Kalambo Praise

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FIDEFIDE 20506112· Male· Malawi· Born in 2002

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Kalambo Praise, a 24-year-old player, is rated 1963 — just 1 short of his peak of 1964 (Nov 2025, age 23). He is progressing steadily with +42 Elo over the past 12 months. 17 rated games in the past year (≈18/year long-term). Recent appearances: Kwithu kitchen September and 2025 MALAWI OPEN Chess Championship. Also played 1 rapid event (including Nyamphande Estate Rapid) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 16 months (2022–2023) and 13 months (2023–2025). He reached #9 nationally in Nov 2025.

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

Current rating

1963

Standard

Rpd1897·Blz—

All-time high

1964

−1 pts below
Nov 2025 · age 23

Activity

15

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

#34,038

#34,038 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

9 entries
2025
Peak national rank: #9
at age 23 · rated 1964
Nov 2025
All-time peak 1964
at age 23 · −1 from today
Nov 2025
2023
Crossed 1800
at age 21
Dec 2023
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1814 → returned at 1867
Dec 2023
2022
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1796 → returned at 1814
Jul 2022
2nd U20 player nationally
at age 20 · rated 1788
Apr 2022

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Best result
2025 MALAWI OPEN Chess Championship
perf 2047 (+118) · 5/8 · #28
Top opponent
vs Handiya JosephFM 2,092
2025 MALAWI OPEN Chess Championship · Jul 2025 · +4.4 Elo
Evolution
+42
1921 → 1963
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
12/ 1866.7%
10W4D4L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsMalama Mwanza1,968·2025 MALAWI OPEN Chess Championship·R6·+11.1
2.[W]vsNyama Peter1,970·Kwithu kitchen September·R8·+10.2
3.[W]vsIbrahim Jonathan1,912·Kwithu kitchen September·R9·+8.5

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Kwithu kitchen September
Open Swiss
Sep 20257/9#22081+34.4
2025 MALAWI OPEN Chess Championship
Open Swiss
Jul 20255/8#282047+7.8

Most-Played Opponents

vsShaba Martin
🇲🇼MAW·1911
+4 −2 =1
7 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsJoseph MwaleFM
🇲🇼MAW·2266
+0 −4 =2
6 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsChirwa Innocent
🇲🇼MAW·1798
+2 −3 =1
6 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsNyama Peter
🇲🇼MAW·1957
+2 −2 =1
5 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsLongwe Winston
🇲🇼MAW·1895
+2 −2 =1
5 games·last met Sep 2025
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Rankings

/
Malawi
#9
out of 162 players
Africa
#851
in continent
World
#34,038
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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851🇲🇼Kalambo Praise1,963
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