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Gondwe, Kondwani Maxwell

CM🇿🇲

FIDEFIDE 8700630· Male· Zambia· Born in 1989

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Kondwani Maxwell Gondwe, a 37-year-old Candidate Master, is rated 2040. He is currently in the 2000–2050 range. 17 rated games in the past year (≈19/year long-term). Recent appearances: 2026 HKS Open Chess Tournament - Open section and PCZ Flowers 2 - Open section. He had 2 career breaks: 20 months (2021–2023) and 14 months (2023–2024). His peak of 2216 was reached at age 26 (Aug 2015, #8 nationally at the time).

Awarded CM in 2016 (age 27).

Current rating

2040

Standard

Rpd2095·Blz2075

All-time high

2216

−176 pts below
Aug 2015 · age 26

Activity

10

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#21,981

#21,981 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

15 entries
2023
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 2037 → returned at 2033
Aug 2023
2021
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 2061 → returned at 2037
Nov 2021
2019
100 career games
at age 30
May 2019
Best 12-month gain (+54 Elo)
2074 → 2128
Jan 2019
2018
Re-crossed 2100
at age 29
May 2018
2017
Re-crossed 2100
at age 28
May 2017

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Best result
2026 HKS Open Chess Tournament - Open section
perf 2110 (+70) · 4.5/6 · #39
Top opponent
vs Mulenga Bwalya 1,991
PCZ Flowers 2 - Open section · Jun 2025 · +8.3 Elo
Evolution
-10
2050 → 2040
Tournaments
2
12 games
Score
8/ 1266.7%
5W6D1L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 HKS Open Chess Tournament - Open section
Open Swiss
Mar 20264.5/6#392110-10.0
PCZ Flowers 2 - Open section
Swiss
Jun 20253.5/5#92092+7.0

Most-Played Opponents

vsLeslie Chikuse
🇿🇲ZAM·2053
+5 −1 =1
7 games·last met Nov 2019
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vsGodwin PhiriCM
🇿🇲ZAM·2164
+1 −4 =1
6 games·last met Nov 2020
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vsDouglas D MunengaFM
🇿🇲ZAM·2280
+0 −5 =1
6 games·last met Apr 2019
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vsKennedy Katowa
🇿🇲ZAM·2059
+2 −3 =0
5 games·last met Jul 2023
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vsPrince Daniel MulengaFM
🇿🇲ZAM·2217
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Aug 2018
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Rankings

/
Zambia
#62
out of 522 players
Africa
#467
in continent
World
#21,981
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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Zambia
1
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4
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2,313
5
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2,280
6
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7
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2,231
8
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2,217
9
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10
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Africa
1
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2,628
2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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2,453
7
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2,443
8
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2,437
9
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2,425
10
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2,412
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World
1
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2
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2
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4
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6
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7
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8
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9
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9
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