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Bowa Kaluba
🇿🇲FIDE 8728240· Male· Zambia· Born in 2009
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Bowa Kaluba, a 17-year-old player, is rated 1588. He has slipped back 43 Elo over the past 12 months. 15 rated games in the past year. Recent appearances: Zambia Youth and Schools closed chess Championship- U16&18 Boys and PCZ Flowers - Combined section. His peak of 1631 was reached at age 17 (Mar 2026).
At junior level, he reached #15 nationally in U18.
Current rating
1588
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1631
−43 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 17
Mar 2026 · age 17
Activity
90
games / yr avg. · ≈8/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#151,542
#151,542 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
6 entries2026
15th U18 player nationally
at age 17 · rated 1631
Mar 2026
Crossed 1600
at age 17
Mar 2026
Crossed 1500
at age 17
Mar 2026
Crossed 1400
at age 17
Mar 2026
All-time peak 1631
at age 17 · −43 from today
Mar 2026
First FIDE rating
1631 · at age 17
Mar 2026
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-43
1631 → 1588
Tournaments
2
11 games
Score
4.5/ 1140.9%
4W1D6L
Top wins
No noteworthy wins (no Elo gained on any game).
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsChipanama Alinaswe1,579·Zambia Youth and Schools closed chess Championship- U16&18 Boys·R4·-20.5
3.[L]vsSauti Joshua Lisuku2,040·Zambia Youth and Schools closed chess Championship- U16&18 Boys·R6·-2.8
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 4/3 | #11 | 1058 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 0.5/2 | #42 | 906 | 0.0 |
Rankings
/
Zambia
#437
out of 522 players
Africa
#6,315
in continent
World
#151,527
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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