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Zulu, Thomas

CM🇿🇲

FIDEFIDE 8702047· Male· Zambia· Born in 1988

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Thomas Zulu, a 38-year-old Candidate Master, is rated 2181 — just 26 short of his peak of 2207 (Feb 2020, age 32) and ranked 16th among ZAM players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He is climbing fast, having gained +124 Elo over the past 12 months. 83 rated games in the past year (≈45/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Silverest Open Chess Championship - Elite Section, Kireka Open Chess Championship 2025 - Open, and 2nd Annual Loft Chess Tournament - Open section. Also played 3 rapid (including Silverest Chess Club Elite invitational Rapid Tournament -Elite section) and 1 blitz events (including GM LUBOSHA BLITZ TOURNAMENT) recently. He reached #10 nationally in Aug 2020.

Awarded CM in 2025 (age 37).

Current rating

2181

Standard

Rpd2102·Blz2174

All-time high

2207

26 pts below
Feb 2020 · age 32

Activity

61

games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo

76 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#16

#16 · ZAM players · of 497

Career timeline

17 entries
2026
Best 12-month gain (+198 Elo)
2008 → 2206
Jan 2026
Re-crossed 2200
at age 38
Jan 2026
2025
CM title awardedCM
at age 37
Oct 2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 37
Aug 2025
500 career games
at age 37
Feb 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 36
Dec 2024

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Gillan BwalyaIM 2,303
Evolution
+124
20572181
Tournaments
10
76 games
Score
55.5/ 7673.0%
46W19D11L

Last 12 months — tournaments

10 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Swiss
Jan 20264/8#122206-1.4
Open Swiss
Dec 20255.5/8#151989-23.8
Open Swiss
Dec 20252/2#392704+7.2
Open Swiss
Dec 20254.5/7#72135-3.0
Open Swiss
Nov 20255/8#102196+10.0
Open Swiss
Oct 20256.5/8#32268+29.8
Open Swiss
Sep 20257/8#42348+35.8
Swiss
Aug 20258.5/9#12292+23.0
Open Swiss
Aug 20255.5/9#292103+1.6
Open Swiss
Jul 20257/9#32241+43.8
Worst Elo result: Kireka Open Chess Championship 2025 - Open (-23.8 Elo, finished #15).

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Rankings

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Zambia
#16
out of 522 players
Africa
#133
in continent
World
#9,232
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Zambia
1
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2
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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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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2,464
6
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2,453
7
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8
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2,437
9
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2,425
10
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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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4
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6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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9
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9
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