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Chibuye Christopher

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FIDEFIDE 8714541· Male· Zambia· Born in 2001

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Chibuye Christopher, a 25-year-old player, is rated 1982. He has slipped back 47 Elo over the past 12 months. 57 rated games in the past year (≈20/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 HKS Open Chess Tournament - Open section, Silverest Open Chess Championship - 0pen Section, and BCM Chess Championship 2025 - Open Section. Also played 2 rapid events (including Lemon Green Heroes and unity Rapid Tournament - Open section) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 23 months (2019–2021, COVID-19 included) and 20 months (2021–2022). His peak of 2044 was reached at age 23 (Nov 2024, #37 nationally at the time).

At junior level, he reached #3 and #3 nationally in U20 and U18.

Current rating

1982

Standard

Rpd2019·Blz—

All-time high

2044

−62 pts below
Nov 2024 · age 23

Activity

37

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

51 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#30,474

#30,474 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

13 entries
2025
100 career games
at age 24
Jun 2025
2024
Peak national rank: #37
at age 23 · rated 2044
Nov 2024
All-time peak 2044
at age 23 · −62 from today
Nov 2024
Crossed 2000
at age 23
Feb 2024
2022
Best 12-month gain (+122 Elo)
1866 → 1988
Nov 2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 21
Nov 2022

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Gillan BwalyaIM 2,330
2026 HKS Open Chess Tournament - Open section · Mar 2026 · +7.6 Elo
Evolution
-47
2029 → 1982
Tournaments
5
41 games
Score
22.5/ 4154.9%
19W7D15L

Last 12 months — tournaments

5 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 HKS Open Chess Tournament - Open section
Open Swiss
Mar 20263.5/8#341979-3.2
Silverest Open Chess Championship - 0pen Section
Open Swiss
Jan 20263/7#801839-33.4
BCM Chess Championship 2025 - Open Section
Open Swiss
Nov 20255.5/8#152052+9.6
The Travellers and tours 2025 Chess championship - Open Section
Open Swiss
Sep 20255.5/9#161980+1.0
Lusaka Open 2025 Chess Championship - Open Section
Open Swiss
Aug 20255/8#611976-19.6
Worst Elo result: Silverest Open Chess Championship - 0pen Section (-33.4 Elo, finished #80).

Rankings

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Zambia
#87
out of 522 players
Africa
#749
in continent
World
#30,473
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
🇿🇲Bwalya, GillanFollow Gillan BwalyaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
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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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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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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