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Kangwa, Moses
🇿🇲FIDE 8704279· Male· Zambia· Born in 1986
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Moses Kangwa, a 40-year-old player, is rated 1803. He has slipped back 95 Elo over the past 12 months. 36 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent appearances: Silverest Open Chess Championship - 0pen Section and Lusaka Open 2025 Chess Championship - Open Section. Also played 1 blitz event (including GM LUBOSHA BLITZ TOURNAMENT) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 38 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 20 months (2022–2024). His peak of 1908 was reached at age 38 (Mar 2024).
Current rating
1803
Standard
Rpd1889·Blz1826
All-time high
1908
−105 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 38
Mar 2024 · age 38
Activity
18
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
31 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#75,450
#75,450 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
100 career games
at age 40
Feb 2026
2024
All-time peak 1908
at age 38 · −105 from today
Mar 2024
2023
26th 35-40 player nationally
at age 37 · rated 1846
Oct 2023
2022
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1846 → returned at 1900
Nov 2022
2020
97th 20-35 player nationally
at age 34 · rated 1822
Jul 2020
2019
Inactive for 38 months
paused at 1822 → returned at 1846
Aug 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-95
1898 → 1803
Tournaments
2
14 games
Score
4.5/ 1432.1%
3W3D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1/5 | #105 | 1672 | -17.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/7 | #105 | 1878 | -24.4 |
Rankings
/
Zambia
#276
out of 522 players
Africa
#2,541
in continent
World
#75,449
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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