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Elliot Blessings Zulu
🇿🇲FIDE 8707910· Male· Zambia· Born in 1998
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Elliot Blessings Zulu, a 28-year-old player, is rated 1940 — just 12 short of his peak of 1952 (Dec 2024, age 26). He has held steady between 1900 and 1950 for 17 months. 14 rated games in the past year (≈12/year long-term). Recent appearances: 2026 HKS Open Chess Tournament - Open section and BCM Chess Championship 2025 - Open Section. He took a 14-month break between Nov 2021 and Feb 2023. He reached #74 nationally in Aug 2020.
At junior level, he reached #6 and #6 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1940
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1952
−12 pts below
Dec 2024 · age 26
Dec 2024 · age 26
Activity
12
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#38,760
#38,760 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2025
100 career games
at age 27
Feb 2025
2024
All-time peak 1952
at age 26 · −12 from today
Dec 2024
2021
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1902 → returned at 1913
Nov 2021
2020
Peak national rank: #74
at age 22 · rated 1918
Aug 2020
2019
Best 12-month gain (+136 Elo)
1808 → 1944
Feb 2019
2018
6th U20 player nationally
at age 20 · rated 1925
Dec 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+18
1922 → 1940
Tournaments
2
14 games
Score
6.5/ 1446.4%
5W3D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/7 | #42 | 1998 | +11.6 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3.5/7 | #56 | 1954 | +6.2 |
Rankings
/
Zambia
#128
out of 522 players
Africa
#1,056
in continent
World
#38,759
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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