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Obiamiwe, Paul
🇳🇬FIDE 8500215· Male· Nigeria· Born in 1966
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Paul Obiamiwe, a 60-year-old player, is rated 1796. He has slipped back 100 Elo over the past 12 months. 15 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 53rd Annual World Open - U2000, 18th Annual Philadelphia International, and 2025 National Open - Under 2100. He had 4 career breaks: 44 months (2003–2007), 14 months (2014–2015), 15 months (2015–2017) and 27 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2056 was reached at age 37 (Oct 2003); he also reached #5 nationally in Jan 2002 and spent 18 months in top 10.
Current rating
1796
Standard
Rpd1959·Blz—
All-time high
2056
−260 pts below
Oct 2003 · age 37
Oct 2003 · age 37
Activity
17
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#77,644
#77,644 · players worldwide · of 218,279
18 months in National top 10 (2001–2011)
18 months in National top 10 (2001–2011)
Career timeline
18 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+94 Elo)
1802 → 1896
Dec 2024
2022
1st 55-60 player nationally
at age 56 · rated 1897
Jul 2022
2020
2nd 50-55 player nationally
at age 54 · rated 1908
Oct 2020
Inactive for 27 months
paused at 1908 → returned at 1897
Mar 2020
2015
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1926 → returned at 1932
Nov 2015
100 career games
at age 49
Nov 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-60
1856 → 1796
Tournaments
2
14 games
Score
4/ 1428.6%
2W4D8L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3/5 | #146 | 1784 | -39.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 1/6 | #118 | 1748 | -20.2 |
Rankings
/
Nigeria
#260
out of 894 players
Africa
#2,635
in continent
World
#77,643
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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