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NWAGWU, Timothy Chibuikem
🇳🇬FIDE 8543127· Male· Nigeria· Born in 2009
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Timothy Chibuikem Nwagwu, a 17-year-old player, is rated 1815 — just 20 short of his peak of 1835 (Oct 2025, age 16). He has held steady between 1800 and 1850 for 9 months. 10 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent appearances: VITAL SQUARES CHESS ACADEMY CLASSIC CHESS TOURNAMENT 2026 and SOUTHWEST CHESS TOURNAMENT 2025. Also played 7 rapid (including 1ST BENIN CITY U25 RAPID CHESS TOURNAMENT, 2026) and 1 blitz events (including National Friends of Chess 2026 Blitz) recently.
At junior level, he reached #10 and #4 nationally in U18 and U16.
Current rating
1815
Standard
Rpd1910·Blz1924
All-time high
1835
−20 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 16
Oct 2025 · age 16
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#71,685
#71,685 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
6 entries2026
10th U18 player nationally
at age 17 · rated 1835
Jan 2026
2025
4th U16 player nationally
at age 16 · rated 1835
Oct 2025
Crossed 1800
at age 16
Oct 2025
Crossed 1600
at age 16
Oct 2025
All-time peak 1835
at age 16 · −20 from today
Oct 2025
First FIDE rating
1835 · at age 16
Oct 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Evolution
—
Tournaments
2
19 games
Score
7/ 1936.8%
10W3D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/3 | #26 | 2671 | -20.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/7 | #25 | 1845 | 0.0 |
Worst Elo result: VITAL SQUARES CHESS ACADEMY CLASSIC CHESS TOURNAMENT 2026 (-20.0 Elo, finished #26).
Rankings
/
Nigeria
#239
out of 894 players
Africa
#2,368
in continent
World
#71,684
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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World
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