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UGA · 36 yrs · K=20 · Peak 2282 (Mar 2023)

Best performance: 2402 at Big Win Easter Monday Rapid Chess Tournament 2019(Best of 2019)

World #=3993 live, down 65#3,928 publishedUganda #2Africa #62among active players

Rapid rating

2232

FIDE’s November 2026 list. No rated games since, so the live rating is the same.

On FIDE’s list since Aug 2016

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Rapid

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Rapid rating 2215 to 2232 over the last 12 months; peak 2282 in March 2023.

Official rating by month

Each month: the rating, its change from the list before, and the rated games FIDE counted.

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262215, 0, 0 games2232, 0, 0 games2150, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262215, -22, 10 games2232, 0, 0 games2150, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262237, +25, 9 games2232, +16, 7 games2150, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262212, +49, 12 games2216, 0, 0 games2150, -19, 9 games
Jul 20262163, 0, 0 games2216, 0, 0 games2169, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262163, 0, 0 games2216, 0, 0 games2169, 0, 0 games
May 20262163, 0, 0 games2216, 0, 0 games2169, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262163, +14, 11 games2216, 0, 0 games2169, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262149, 0, 0 games2216, 0, 0 games2169, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262149, -16, 2 games2216, 0, 0 games2169, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262165, 0, 12 games2216, +1, 11 games2169, -17, 5 games
Dec 20252165, -66, 23 games2215, 0, 0 games2186, 0, 0 games
Working toward the International Master title3 tracked norms · 18/27 gamesrating 2362 of 2400, live 2198composition unverifieddetails ↓

Form · Rapid

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 5 games, Aug 7.

From 154 rapid games on record, the latest on Aug 7.

Rapid games since the November list

No rated rapid games this rating periodsince the NOV26 list (Nov 1, 2026)

Last playedScore
AllMarkets Open Chess CompetitionsAug 7TPR 23046/7

The live rating moves only when new rated games are played. Until then it matches the published rating.

Title Progress

IM title progress

Working toward the International Master title

Tracked norms: 3 · 18 of 27 games credit

Rating: peak 2362, needs 2400

Composition: unverified for the tracked norms. The next norm should come from a qualifying open.

2015 Africa Zone 4.2 Ind CC- OpenApr 2015—
2017 Zone 4.2 individual Chess Championship Jimma EthiopiaApr 20176½/9
projected2026 Zone 4.4 Individual Championship OpenJul 20266½/92nd

Based on events we cover plus the FIDE norm registers of all federations. Norms filed elsewhere may not show up here yet.

Best wins · Rapid

From 130 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2016–2026

#OpponentRating
1, IM Arthur Ssegwanyi, Feb 2021 · Battle d'Elite, 2355
2, FM Walter Okas, Apr 2021 · Kieka Elite Easter Rapid Chess Tournament, 2320
3, FM Harold Wanyama, 2 wins, Aug 2022 · 2022 Premier Bet Uganda Chess League (Rapid), 2255

Openings · Rapid

From the moves of 18 of 154 rapid games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.c4 in 4 of 9 games, 1.Nf3 in 3.

As BlackMeets 1.e4 with 1...c5.

All openings (2 as White, 1 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
English Opening488%
Catalan Opening350%

2 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Rapid

20 events

Events before the current rating period show the performance, not a rating change.

Live events show the rating change; earlier events show the performance rating.

Performance rating by year

YearGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
20267619952304
20242419½18832134
202314919432045
20222018½18952317
2021201021942194

Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.

Rated near Patrick Kawuma · Rapid

World

  1. #=3990IM Nenad Djokic2232.4
  2. #3992IM Bakhtiyar Askarov2232.2
  3. #=3993FM Patrick Kawuma2232.0
  4. #=3993FM Coen Stehouwer2232.0
  5. #=3993FM Sigitas Kalvaitis2232.0

Uganda

  1. #1IM Arthur Ssegwanyi2336.0
  2. #2FM Patrick Kawuma2232.0
  3. #3FM Walter Okas2193.0
  4. #4FM Harold Wanyama2177.0
  5. #5FM Haruna Nsubuga2145.0

Live rating: FIDE’s November list plus every rated game played since. Not affiliated with FIDE.