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JT
James, Tondo
🇱🇷FIDE 22600132· Male· Liberia· Born in 1992
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Tondo James, a 34-year-old player, is rated 1919. He has held steady between 1900 and 1950 for 2 years. 13 rated games in the past year (≈18/year long-term). Recent appearance: 2025 National Individual Chess Championship. Also played 1 rapid event (including Brighter Future Open (2025)) recently. His peak of 1953 was reached at age 27 (Jan 2019); he also reached #2 nationally in Jan 2022 and has been in top 5 for 37 months and counting.
Current rating
1919
Standard
Rpd1916·Blz1886
All-time high
1953
−34 pts below
Jan 2019 · age 27
Jan 2019 · age 27
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#43,508
#43,508 · players worldwide · of 218,279
National top 5 since Oct 2025
National top 5 since Oct 2025
Career timeline
10 entries2026
37 months in national top 5 (ongoing)
longest streak 17 months · since Nov 2018
Jun 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+75 Elo)
1837 → 1912
Jan 2025
2023
100 career games
at age 31
Feb 2023
2022
Peak national rank: #2
at age 30 · rated 1900
Jan 2022
2020
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 1900 → returned at 1896
Apr 2020
2019
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 27
May 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-2
1921 → 1919
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
6/ 966.7%
6W0D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6/6 | #8 | 2579 | -1.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsThomas Saah
🇱🇷LBR·1944
+9 −18 =1
28 games·last met Aug 2024
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vsJoel O. Ebiekuta
🇱🇷LBR·1887
+6 −15 =4
25 games·last met Aug 2024
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vsBarcon HarmonFM
🇱🇷LBR·1958
+9 −9 =5
23 games·last met Aug 2024
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vsKennedy Zinnah Kengo
🇱🇷LBR·1848
+12 −6 =3
21 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsDavid Leroy Debblay
🇱🇷LBR·1954
+9 −7 =5
21 games·last met May 2025
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Rankings
/
Liberia
#3
out of 39 players
Africa
#1,219
in continent
World
#43,507
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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