Format
LT
Lwenyeka Tumelo
🇿🇲FIDE 8719152· Male· Zambia· Born in 2013
Follow Lwenyeka TumeloTrack his monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
Lwenyeka Tumelo, a 13-year-old player, is rated 1754. He has slipped back 56 Elo over the past 12 months. 88 rated games in the past year (≈60/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Silverest Open Chess Championship - 0pen Section, 16th AFRICAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 UNDER 12 OPEN, and BCM Chess Championship 2025 - Open Section. Also played 2 rapid (including YOFOSO RAPID TOURNAMENT-open section) and 1 blitz events (including Almaty Open blitz tournament 2025) recently. His peak of 1850 was reached at age 12 (Oct 2025).
At junior level, he reached #2, #1 and #1 nationally in U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1754
Standard
Rpd1795·Blz1728
All-time high
1850
−96 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 12
Oct 2025 · age 12
Activity
70
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
85 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#91,237
#91,237 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2026
2nd U14 player nationally
at age 13 · rated 1754
Feb 2026
2025
All-time peak 1850
at age 12 · −96 from today
Oct 2025
1st U12 player nationally
at age 12 · rated 1842
Aug 2025
Crossed 1800
at age 12
Jun 2025
100 career games
at age 12
Jan 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+483 Elo)
1249 → 1732
Oct 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-71
1825 → 1754
Tournaments
9
74 games
Score
33.5/ 7445.3%
21W27D26L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2.5/7 | #85 | 1833 | +37.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 6.5/5 | #8 | 2500 | +21.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/8 | #69 | 1796 | +16.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4.5/11 | #119 | 1626 | -112.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/8 | #18 | 1956 | +48.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/7 | #26 | 2001 | -25.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3/7 | #113 | 1912 | -15.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/7 | #38 | 1978 | +18.0 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 2/5 | #26 | 1839 | +7.2 |
Rankings
/
Zambia
#330
out of 522 players
Africa
#3,266
in continent
World
#91,235
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Zambia
| 1 | 🇿🇲Follow Chitumbo MwaliTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,327 |
| 2 | 🇿🇲Follow Andrew KayondeTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,316 |
| 2 | 🇿🇲Follow Rafael SharonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,316 |
| 4 | 🇿🇲Follow Gillan BwalyaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,313 |
| 5 | 🇿🇲Follow Douglas D MunengaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,280 |
| 6 | 🇿🇲Follow Nase LunguTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,247 |
| 7 | 🇿🇲Follow Stanley ChumfwaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,231 |
| 8 | 🇿🇲Follow Prince Daniel MulengaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,217 |
| 9 | 🇿🇲Follow Kabwe TimothyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,215 |
| 10 | 🇿🇲Follow Richmond PhiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,212 |
| ... | ||
| 330 | 1,754 | |
Africa
| 1 | 🇪🇬Follow Bassem AminTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,628 |
| 2 | 🇪🇬Follow Ahmed AdlyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,581 |
| 3 | 🇲🇦Follow Hicham HamdouchiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,502 |
| 4 | 🇩🇿Follow Bilel BellahceneTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,493 |
| 5 | 🇪🇬Follow Adham FawzyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,464 |
| 6 | 🇩🇿Follow Adlane ArabTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,453 |
| 7 | 🇪🇬Follow Samy ShokerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,443 |
| 8 | 🇲🇬Follow Fy Antenaina RakotomaharoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,437 |
| 9 | 🇩🇿Follow Aimen RizoukTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,425 |
| 10 | 🇪🇬Follow Ibrahim Hasan LabibTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,412 |
| ... | ||
| 3266 | 1,754 | |
World
| 1 | 🇳🇴Follow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,841 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,777 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,777 |
| 6 | 🇩🇪Follow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,767 |
| 7 | 🇳🇱Follow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,764 |
| 8 | 🇮🇳Follow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,761 |
| 9 | 🇺🇸Follow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| 9 | 🇨🇳Follow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| ... | ||
| 91235 | 1,754 | |