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Kabamba Mulwale Bwalya
🇿🇲FIDE 8706077· Female· Zambia· Born in 1993
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Kabamba Mulwale Bwalya, a 33-year-old player, is rated 1745 — her current career high. She is on a steady climb with +23 Elo over the past 12 months. 47 rated games in the past year (≈23/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 HKS Open Chess Tournament - Women section, Kansashi Open Chess Championship - WOMEN Section, and BCM Chess Championship 2025 - Women Section. Also played 1 rapid event (including Silverest Chess Club invitational Rapid Tournament -women section) recently. She took a 14-month break between Oct 2016 and Jan 2018. She reached #88 nationally in May 2016.
Current rating
1745
Standard
Rpd1716·Blz1786
All-time high
1745
at best
Apr 2026 · age 33
Apr 2026 · age 33
Activity
31
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
47 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#94,274
#94,274 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2026
All-time peak 1745
at age 33
Apr 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+251 Elo)
1487 → 1738
Jan 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 31
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 31
Feb 2024
2021
100 career games
at age 28
Feb 2021
2018
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 25
May 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+35
1710 → 1745
Tournaments
6
38 games
Score
23/ 3860.5%
19W8D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsMweetwa Victoria1,524·The Travellers and tours 2025 Chess championship - LadiesSection·R3·-14.5
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6/8 | #3 | 1898 | +40.6 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/6 | #9 | 1732 | +5.2 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/6 | #17 | 1775 | -25.6 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 4/5 | #2 | 1896 | +5.4 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 2/4 | #19 | 1524 | -19.0 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 4/3 | #25 | 2366 | -12.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsConstance MbathaWFM
🇿🇲ZAM·1824
+2 −11 =10
23 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsLubuuto Bwalya MulwaleWCM
🇿🇲ZAM·1955
+1 −11 =8
20 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsChitula Agatha
🇿🇲ZAM·1498
+16 −3 =0
19 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsMashane Mary
🇿🇲ZAM·1485
+13 −4 =0
17 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsNaomi Mwale
🇿🇲ZAM·1751
+6 −10 =0
16 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
/
Zambia
#337
out of 522 players
Africa
#3,413
in continent
World
#94,272
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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