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Chibiya Benison

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FIDEFIDE 8712867· Male· Zambia· Born in 1998

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Chibiya Benison, a 28-year-old player, is rated 1796 — just 28 short of his peak of 1824 (Dec 2025, age 27). He is progressing steadily with +60 Elo over the past 12 months. 32 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Silverest Open Chess Championship - 0pen Section, The Travellers and tours 2025 Chess championship - Open Section, and PCZ Flowers - Combined section. Also played 1 rapid event (including The Annual Autism Awareness Rapid Tournament - Open section) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 14 months (2018–2019), 42 months (2019–2023, COVID-19 included) and 12 months (2024–2025).

At junior level, he reached #20 nationally in U20.

Current rating

1796

Standard

Rpd1755·Blz—

All-time high

1824

−28 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 27

Activity

20

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

32 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#77,644

#77,644 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

11 entries
2025
All-time peak 1824
at age 27 · −28 from today
Dec 2025
Crossed 1800
at age 27
Nov 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+174 Elo)
1570 → 1744
Nov 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 26
Mar 2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1574 → returned at 1736
Feb 2024
2023
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 25
Nov 2023

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Best result
The Travellers and tours 2025 Chess championship - Open Section
perf 1992 (+174) · 4/8 · #35
Top opponent
vs Mbulo P. Kasuba 2,047
The Travellers and tours 2025 Chess championship - Open Section · Sep 2025 · +5.8 Elo
Evolution
+22
1774 → 1796
Tournaments
3
21 games
Score
11/ 2152.4%
10W2D9L

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Silverest Open Chess Championship - 0pen Section
Open Swiss
Jan 20262/7#891673-27.8
The Travellers and tours 2025 Chess championship - Open Section
Open Swiss
Sep 20254/8#351992+43.8
PCZ Flowers - Combined section
Open Swiss
Jun 20255/4#22523+38.4
Worst Elo result: Silverest Open Chess Championship - 0pen Section (-27.8 Elo, finished #89).

Rankings

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Zambia
#283
out of 522 players
Africa
#2,635
in continent
World
#77,643
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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1
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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Africa
1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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1
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2
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2
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7
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8
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9
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9
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