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Nyirenda, Alick
🇿🇲FIDE 8704139· Male· Zambia· Born in 1992
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Alick Nyirenda, a 34-year-old player, is rated 2009. He has held steady between 2000 and 2050 for 7 months. 21 rated games in the past year (≈14/year long-term). Recent appearances: The Travellers and tours 2025 Chess championship - Open Section and Lusaka Open 2025 Chess Championship - Open Section. Also played 1 rapid event (including Lemon Green Heroes and unity Rapid Tournament - Open section) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 34 months (2019–2021, COVID-19 included) and 36 months (2021–2025). His peak of 2113 was reached at age 25 (Feb 2017, #23 nationally at the time).
Current rating
2009
Standard
Rpd2017·Blz—
All-time high
2113
−104 pts below
Feb 2017 · age 25
Feb 2017 · age 25
Activity
14
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
21 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#26,129
#26,129 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 33
Dec 2025
2021
Inactive for 36 months
paused at 2025 → returned at 2025
Dec 2021
100 career games
at age 29
Dec 2021
2019
Inactive for 34 months
paused at 2065 → returned at 2025
Jan 2019
2017
Peak national rank: #23
at age 25 · rated 2113
Feb 2017
Best 12-month gain (+244 Elo)
1869 → 2113
Feb 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+8
2001 → 2009
Tournaments
2
15 games
Score
8.5/ 1556.7%
8W1D6L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsDavid Clive Mutale1,843·The Travellers and tours 2025 Chess championship - Open Section·R9·+6.3
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsMapalo Nshikokola1,834·The Travellers and tours 2025 Chess championship - Open Section·R3·-13.9
3.[L]vsAlinaswe Sichone2,049·The Travellers and tours 2025 Chess championship - Open Section·R6·-8.0
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4.5/9 | #29 | 1855 | -30.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/6 | #71 | 2052 | +9.2 |
Worst Elo result: The Travellers and tours 2025 Chess championship - Open Section (-30.8 Elo, finished #29).
Most-Played Opponents
vsMicheal Kaoma
🇿🇲ZAM·2157
+1 −5 =0
6 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsAlinaswe Sichone
🇿🇲ZAM·2076
+0 −3 =2
5 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsThomas ZuluCM
🇿🇲ZAM·2181
+0 −4 =1
5 games·last met Jan 2018
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vsChanda Nsakanya
🇿🇲ZAM·1965
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Jan 2017
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Rankings
/
Zambia
#75
out of 522 players
Africa
#597
in continent
World
#26,129
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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