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Otaru, Benjamin
🇳🇬FIDE 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 2 career breaks: 15 months (2018–2019) and 75 months (2019–2026). 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
Mar 2024
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#43,725
#43,725 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
7 entries2024
All-time peak 1959
−41 from today
Mar 2024
2020
Peak national rank: #70
rated 1932
May 2020
2019
Inactive for 75 months
paused at 1932 → returned at 1918
Oct 2019
2018
Crossed 1800
Jun 2018
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1949 → returned at 1932
Jun 2018
First FIDE rating
1949
Jun 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-41
1959 → 1918
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
5.5/ 961.1%
3W5D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/8 | #9 | 1901 | -40.8 |
Rankings
Nigeria
#142
out of 894 players
Africa
#1,234
in continent
World
#43,724
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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