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AFOLABI, Emmanuel
🇳🇬FIDE 8511470· Male· Nigeria· Born in 2004
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Emmanuel Afolabi, a 22-year-old player, is rated 1923 — just 22 short of his peak of 1945 (May 2025, age 21). He has held steady between 1900 and 1950 for 23 months. 13 rated games in the past year (≈15/year long-term). Recent appearances: National Friends of Chess 2026 2000 & Under and NIGERIA NATIONAL MEN TEAMS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including OLOJO FESTIVAL 7th WORLD CHESS TOURNAMENT 2025) and 4 blitz events (including JONATHAN ODEGA MEMORIAL BLITZ CHESS TOURNAMENT 2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached #6, #2 and #2 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1923
Standard
Rpd2029·Blz2016
All-time high
1945
−22 pts below
May 2025 · age 21
May 2025 · age 21
Activity
17
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#42,532
#42,532 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2025
48th 20-35 player nationally
at age 21 · rated 1945
May 2025
All-time peak 1945
at age 21 · −22 from today
May 2025
2023
6th U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 1881
Jan 2023
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2023
2022
2nd U18 player nationally
at age 18 · rated 1874
Aug 2022
Best 12-month gain (+289 Elo)
1585 → 1874
Aug 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+10
1913 → 1923
Tournaments
2
15 games
Score
8/ 1553.3%
8W0D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/9 | #6 | 1945 | +8.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 2/4 | #129 | 2024 | -32.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsTobiloba OGUNSANYA
🇳🇬NGR·1983
+3 −1 =3
7 games·last met Apr 2026
View head-to-head →
vsToluwanimi OKEMAKINDECM
🇳🇬NGR·2127
+0 −7 =0
7 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsOluwadurotimi Opeoluwa LAPITE
🇳🇬NGR·2228
+0 −3 =3
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsPatrick Onyeka URAIH
🇳🇬NGR·2074
+2 −3 =0
5 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsUdeme Dominic EDET
🇳🇬NGR·2141
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Apr 2026
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Nigeria
#133
out of 894 players
Africa
#1,181
in continent
World
#42,531
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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Africa
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World
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