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Makwaya, Kiddy
🇿🇲FIDE 8704635· Male· Zambia· Born in 1972
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Kiddy Makwaya, a 54-year-old player, is rated 1986. He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 7 months. 59 rated games in the past year (≈17/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Copperbelt Open Chess Championship - Open section, The Travellers and tours 2025 Chess championship - Open Section, and 2025 MINERVA ZIMBABWE OPEN TOURNAMENT A SECTION. Also played 3 rapid events (including Silverest Chess Club Elite invitational Rapid Tournament -Elite section) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 14 months (2018–2019) and 40 months (2019–2023, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2092 was reached at age 43 (Nov 2015, #27 nationally at the time).
Current rating
1986
Standard
Rpd1967·Blz2072
All-time high
2092
−106 pts below
Nov 2015 · age 43
Nov 2015 · age 43
Activity
28
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
59 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#29,808
#29,808 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2025
2nd 50-55 player nationally
at age 53 · rated 2033
Aug 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 52
Dec 2024
2023
100 career games
at age 51
Aug 2023
2020
1st 45-50 player nationally
at age 48 · rated 1967
Oct 2020
2019
Inactive for 40 months
paused at 1967 → returned at 1983
Dec 2019
2018
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1978 → returned at 1967
Sep 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-25
2011 → 1986
Tournaments
6
45 games
Score
25/ 4555.6%
20W10D15L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/8 | #17 | 1883 | -26.6 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3/6 | #62 | 2030 | -0.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/7 | #20 | 2060 | -13.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #30 | 2030 | +0.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/8 | #16 | 2111 | +21.6 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 3.5/6 | #10 | 2021 | +0.2 |
Rankings
/
Zambia
#86
out of 522 players
Africa
#726
in continent
World
#29,807
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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