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VAVA, Blessing
🇳🇬FIDE 8556571· Male· Nigeria· Born in 2011
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Blessing Vava, a 15-year-old player, is rated 1639 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months). Recent appearances: OLCC NATIONAL U-2000 CHESS TOURNAMENT 2025 and SOUTHWEST CHESS TOURNAMENT 2025. Also played 6 rapid (including TOP-NOTCH BOARD GAMES U-16 CHESS TOURNAMENT 2025) and 1 blitz events (including JONATHAN ODEGA MEMORIAL BLITZ CHESS TOURNAMENT 2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached #25 nationally in U16.
Current rating
1639
Standard
Rpd1633·Blz1607
All-time high
1639
at best
May 2026 · age 15
May 2026 · age 15
Activity
18
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#131,763
#131,763 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
6 entries2026
All-time peak 1639
at age 15
May 2026
25th U16 player nationally
at age 15 · rated 1638
Feb 2026
Crossed 1600
at age 15
Feb 2026
Crossed 1500
at age 15
Feb 2026
Crossed 1400
at age 15
Feb 2026
First FIDE rating
1638 · at age 15
Feb 2026
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
—
Tournaments
2
12 games
Score
5/ 1241.7%
3W4D5L
Top 2 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/6 | #26 | 1626 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2/3 | #65 | 1557 | 0.0 |
Rankings
/
Nigeria
#409
out of 879 players
Africa
#5,273
in continent
World
#131,757
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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