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Nkhuwa Joshua
🇿🇲FIDE 8711976· Male· Zambia· Born in 1994
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Nkhuwa Joshua, a 32-year-old player, is rated 1979. He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 2 years. 44 rated games in the past year (≈26/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 HKS Open Chess Tournament - Open section, 2nd Annual Loft Chess Tournament - Open section, and Kansashi Open Chess Championship - Open Section. He took a 16-month break between Aug 2023 and Jan 2025. His peak of 2125 was reached at age 25 (Jun 2019, #20 nationally at the time).
Current rating
1979
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
2125
−146 pts below
Jun 2019 · age 25
Jun 2019 · age 25
Activity
18
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
44 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#30,971
#30,971 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2023
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1983 → returned at 1978
Aug 2023
2021
Re-crossed 2000
at age 27
Nov 2021
100 career games
at age 27
Feb 2021
2019
Peak national rank: #20
at age 25 · rated 2125
Jun 2019
Best 12-month gain (+125 Elo)
2000 → 2125
Jun 2019
Crossed 2100
at age 25
Jun 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+1
1978 → 1979
Tournaments
6
46 games
Score
24/ 4652.2%
23W2D21L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/8 | #29 | 2080 | +26.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/8 | #18 | 1922 | -10.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/6 | #20 | 2077 | -3.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/8 | #20 | 2000 | +6.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/7 | #26 | 1954 | -4.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/7 | #15 | 2018 | -11.4 |
Rankings
/
Zambia
#88
out of 522 players
Africa
#770
in continent
World
#30,970
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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