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Namwanza Kennedy

UGA · 31 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1960 (Mar 2025)

Best performance: 2103 at Genocide Memorial Chess Tournament 2019 (GMCT 2019)(Best of 2019)

World #=39104 liveUganda #36

NOV26 Rating

1960

Live Rating

1942.0

Change

-18.0

Games Played

4

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Classical

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Official classical rating by month
ListRatingChange
Nov 202619600
Oct 202619600
Sep 202619600
Aug 202619600
Jul 202619600
Jun 202619600
May 202619600
Apr 202619600
Mar 202619600
Feb 202619600
Jan 202619600
Dec 202519600

Form · Classical

oldest → latest

From 131 classical games on record, the latest on Nov 1.

Classical games since the November list

TournamentScoreChange
Central Region Chess League 2026Oct 18 – Nov 15TPR 17901½/5-18.0

Best wins · Classical

From 91 rated classical games against rated opponents, 2017–2026

#OpponentRating
1, FM Harold Wanyama, 2021 PREMIER BET UGANDA CHESS LEAGUE 1-11, Jan 2022, 2291
2, FM Bob Bibasa, 2023 Premier Bet Uganda Chess League (Classical), Aug 2023, 2099
3, CM Faruk Fauza Karim Kizza, 2019 Premier Bet National Chess League, Aug 2019, 2032

Openings · Classical

From the moves of 46 of 131 classical games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.d4 in 8 of 22 games, 1.Nf3 in 7, 1.e4 in 5.

As BlackMeets 1.e4 with 1...c5 or 1...e5, and 1.d4 with 1...d5.

All openings (3 as White, 2 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
Queen's Gambit Declined550%
English Opening438%
Sicilian Defense333%

10 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Classical

1 of 17 events · All years

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 month

2026: 1790 over 4 rated games

MonthGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
Nov202005—
Oct211962—

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

Recent opponents · Classical

Rated near Namwanza Kennedy · Classical

World

  1. #=39101Miska Moisio1942.2
  2. #=39101Mihajlo Lj Ilic1942.2
  3. #=39104Namwanza Kennedy1942.0
  4. #=39104Anjelo Mach James Ayoor1942.0
  5. #=39104Peter De Heer1942.0

Live ratings projected from the NOV26 published list · Not affiliated with FIDE