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Musonda Steven
🇿🇲FIDE 8724270· Male· Zambia· Born in 2002
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Musonda Steven, a 24-year-old player, is rated 1783 — his current career high. He has held steady between 1750 and 1800 for 7 months. 24 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Silverest Open Chess Championship - 0pen Section, BCM Chess Championship 2025 - Open Section, and Lusaka Open 2025 Chess Championship - Open Section. He had 2 career breaks: 21 months (2021–2023) and 15 months (2023–2025).
At junior level, he reached #12 nationally in U20.
Current rating
1783
Standard
Rpd1785·Blz—
All-time high
1783
at best
Feb 2026 · age 24
Feb 2026 · age 24
Activity
11
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
24 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#81,699
#81,699 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
All-time peak 1783
at age 24
Feb 2026
2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 23
Dec 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+224 Elo)
1551 → 1775
Mar 2024
2023
Crossed 1600
at age 21
Sep 2023
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1625 → returned at 1768
Sep 2023
2022
12th U20 player nationally
at age 20 · rated 1551
Apr 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+15
1768 → 1783
Tournaments
3
23 games
Score
9/ 2339.1%
8W2D13L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/8 | #68 | 1851 | +17.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2.5/7 | #72 | 1770 | +5.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3/7 | #116 | 1821 | -20.8 |
Rankings
/
Zambia
#298
out of 522 players
Africa
#2,825
in continent
World
#81,697
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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