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Otaru, Benjamin

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FIDEFIDE 8502455· Male· Nigeria

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Benjamin Otaru, a player, is rated 1918. He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 15 months (2018–2019), 52 months (2019–2024, COVID-19 included) and 22 months (2024–2026). Recent appearance: OLCC NATIONAL U-2000 CHESS TOURNAMENT 2025. Also played 2 rapid (including AMUWO ODOFIN RAPID CHESS TOURNAMENT) and 1 blitz events (including JONATHAN ODEGA MEMORIAL BLITZ CHESS TOURNAMENT 2025) recently. His peak of 1959 was reached (Mar 2024); he also reached #70 nationally in May 2020.

Current rating

1918

Standard

Rpd1883·Blz1917

All-time high

1959

−41 pts below
Mar 2024

Activity

3

games / yr avg.

8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#43,815

#43,815 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

8 entries
2024
All-time peak 1959
−41 from today
Mar 2024
Inactive for 22 months
paused at 1959 → returned at 1918
Mar 2024
2020
Peak national rank: #70
rated 1932
May 2020
2019
Inactive for 52 months
paused at 1932 → returned at 1959
Oct 2019
2018
Crossed 1800
Jun 2018
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1949 → returned at 1932
Jun 2018

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Victor Chibuikem NWANKWO 1,999
OLCC NATIONAL U-2000 CHESS TOURNAMENT 2025 · Dec 2025 · +4.6 Elo
Evolution
-41
1959 → 1918
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
5.5/ 961.1%
3W5D1L

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
OLCC NATIONAL U-2000 CHESS TOURNAMENT 2025
Open Swiss
Dec 20255.5/8#91901-40.8
Worst Elo result: OLCC NATIONAL U-2000 CHESS TOURNAMENT 2025 (-40.8 Elo, finished #9).

Rankings

Nigeria
#139
out of 879 players
Africa
#1,221
in continent
World
#43,815
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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Africa
1
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2
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10
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