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UTAM, Leo
🇳🇬FIDE 8521492· Male· Nigeria· Born in 2007
Follow Leo UTAMTrack his monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
Leo Utam, a 19-year-old player, is rated 1808 — his current career high. He is on a breakout run, having gained +112 Elo over the past 12 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈5/year long-term). Recent appearances: National Friends of Chess 2026 2000 & Under and SOUTHWEST CHESS TOURNAMENT 2025. Also played 4 rapid (including CHESS HEIGHTS LAGOS MONTHLY JUNE 2025) and 2 blitz events (including National Friends of Chess 2026 Blitz) recently.
At junior level, he reached #9 nationally in U20.
Current rating
1808
Standard
Rpd1813·Blz1694
All-time high
1808
at best
May 2026 · age 19
May 2026 · age 19
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#73,816
#73,816 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
6 entries2026
9th U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 1808
May 2026
Best 12-month gain (+112 Elo)
1696 → 1808
May 2026
Crossed 1800
at age 19
May 2026
All-time peak 1808
at age 19
May 2026
Crossed 1600
at age 19
Mar 2026
First FIDE rating
1696 · at age 19
Mar 2026
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Evolution
—
Tournaments
2
11 games
Score
5.5/ 1150.0%
4W3D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3.5/6 | #29 | 1861 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2/4 | #58 | 1674 | 0.0 |
Rankings
/
Nigeria
#249
out of 894 players
Africa
#2,479
in continent
World
#73,815
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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Africa
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| 2479 | 1,808 | |
World
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