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Kanyoka Kennedy

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FIDEFIDE 8708495· Male· Zambia· Born in 1999

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Kanyoka Kennedy, a 27-year-old player, is rated 2052 and sitting in the top 9% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 54 Elo over the past 12 months. 22 rated games in the past year. Recent appearances: 2026 HKS Open Chess Tournament - Open section and 2nd Annual Loft Chess Tournament - Open section. Also played 1 rapid event (including The Annual Autism Awareness Rapid Tournament - Open section) recently. His peak of 2106 was reached at age 26 (Jun 2025); he also reached #23 nationally in Jan 2024.

Previously known as Kennedy Kanyoka (until Feb 2019). At junior level, he reached #2 nationally in U20.

Current rating

2052

Standard

Rpd2125·Blz—

All-time high

2106

−54 pts below
Jun 2025 · age 26

Activity

32

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

Top 9%

#20,540 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

13 entries
2025
Crossed 2100
at age 26
Jun 2025
All-time peak 2106
at age 26 · −54 from today
Jun 2025
2024
Peak national rank: #23
at age 25 · rated 2068
Jan 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2000
at age 24
Sep 2023
100 career games
at age 24
Sep 2023
Re-crossed 2000
at age 24
Apr 2023

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Micheal Kaoma 2,216
2nd Annual Loft Chess Tournament - Open section · Dec 2025 · +3.7 Elo
Evolution
-54
2106 → 2052
Tournaments
2
16 games
Score
8.5/ 1653.1%
7W3D6L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 HKS Open Chess Tournament - Open section
Open Swiss
Mar 20264.5/8#171924-30.0
2nd Annual Loft Chess Tournament - Open section
Open Swiss
Dec 20254/8#211989-24.0
Worst Elo result: 2026 HKS Open Chess Tournament - Open section (-30.0 Elo, finished #17).

Most-Played Opponents

vsMicheal Kaoma
🇿🇲ZAM·2157
+3 −3 =3
9 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsKabwe Timothy
🇿🇲ZAM·2215
+4 −2 =1
7 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsKelvin ChumfwaIM
🇿🇲ZAM·2209
+1 −4 =1
6 games·last met Jan 2025
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Rankings

/
Zambia
#52
out of 522 players
Africa
#419
in continent
World
#20,540
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Zambia
1
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2
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2,316
2
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2,316
4
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2,313
5
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2,280
6
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2,247
7
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2,231
8
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2,217
9
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2,215
10
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2,212
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52🇿🇲Kanyoka Kennedy2,052
Africa
1
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2,628
2
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2,581
3
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2,502
4
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2,493
5
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2,464
6
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2,453
7
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2,443
8
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2,437
9
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2,425
10
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2,412
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419🇿🇲Kanyoka Kennedy2,052
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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2,753
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20540🇿🇲Kanyoka Kennedy2,052