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Mulenga Benjamin
🇿🇲FIDE 8714908· Male· Zambia· Born in 1978
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Mulenga Benjamin, a 48-year-old player, is rated 1948 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +25 Elo over the past 12 months. 53 rated games in the past year (≈14/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 HKS Open Chess Tournament - Open section, PCZ FLOWERS OPEN 4th Edition - Open Section, and BCM Chess Championship 2025 - Open Section. Also played 2 rapid (including ULITIMATE ACADEMY EASTER RAPID TOURNAMENT) and 1 blitz events (including GM LUBOSHA BLITZ TOURNAMENT) recently. He took a 46-month break between Feb 2021 and Jan 2025. He reached #81 nationally in Aug 2020.
Current rating
1948
Standard
Rpd1937·Blz1993
All-time high
1948
at best
Apr 2026 · age 48
Apr 2026 · age 48
Activity
19
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
53 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#37,058
#37,058 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
13th 45-50 player nationally
at age 48 · rated 1948
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1948
at age 48
Apr 2026
100 career games
at age 48
Apr 2026
2022
11th 40-45 player nationally
at age 44 · rated 1895
Apr 2022
2021
Inactive for 46 months
paused at 1895 → returned at 1923
Feb 2021
2020
Peak national rank: #81
at age 42 · rated 1904
Aug 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+10
1938 → 1948
Tournaments
7
56 games
Score
29/ 5651.8%
22W14D20L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/8 | #26 | 2030 | +22.4 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5/7 | #14 | 2080 | +12.6 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/8 | #23 | 2082 | +42.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 1.5/6 | #30 | 1829 | -14.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/7 | #106 | 2054 | -13.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/6 | #39 | 2615 | -17.8 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 3/6 | #15 | 2017 | +15.2 |
Rankings
/
Zambia
#122
out of 522 players
Africa
#993
in continent
World
#37,057
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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