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ZAM · 18 yrs · K=40 · Peak 2213 (Dec 2025)

Best performance: 2195 at International Chess Day2025(Best of 2025)

World #5069 live, up 681#5,750 publishedZambia #7Africa #72#1 U18 in Zambiaamong active players

NOV26 Rating

2160

Live Rating

2182.8

Change

+22.8

Games Played

12

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 2195 to 2160 over the last 12 months; peak 2213 in December 2025.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262295, 0, 0 games2243, 0, 0 games2160, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262295, 0, 0 games2243, 0, 0 games2160, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262295, 0, 0 games2243, 0, 0 games2160, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262295, 0, 0 games2243, 0, 0 games2160, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262295, -21, 9 games2243, +46, 9 games2160, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262316, 0, 0 games2197, 0, 0 games2160, 0, 0 games
May 20262316, 0, 0 games2197, 0, 0 games2160, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262316, 0, 0 games2197, 0, 0 games2160, +1, 0 games
Mar 20262316, 0, 0 games2197, 0, 0 games2159, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262316, -17, 9 games2197, +2, 0 games2159, -54, 11 games
Jan 20262333, +19, 9 games2195, +26, 9 games2213, 0, 0 games
Dec 20252314, 0, 0 games2169, +110, 19 games2213, +18, 6 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 4 games, Jan 19.

From 273 blitz games on record, the latest on Nov 6.

Blitz games since the November list

Show gamesTournamentScoreChange
FIDE WORLD JUNIOR BLITZ CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS U20 - OpenNov 5 – Nov 6TPR 21538/13+22.8

Best wins · Blitz

From 237 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2016–2026

#OpponentRating
1, GM Sayantan Das, Aug 2024 · Commonwealth Chess Championship 2024 - Blitz, 2382
2, IM Abdalrahman Sameh Mohamed, Nov 2026 · FIDE WORLD JUNIOR BLITZ CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS U20 - Open, 2343
3, IM Basheer Al Qudaimi, Mar 2023 · 28th Sharjah International Chess Championship 2023 - Blitz, 2336

Openings · Blitz

From the moves of 33 of 273 blitz games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.d4 in 15 of 17 games.

As BlackMeets 1.e4 with 1...c6, and 1.d4 with 1...Nf6.

All openings (2 as White, 2 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
Nimzo-Indian Defense367%
Queen's Gambit Declined350%

11 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Blitz

29 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
20262313½20472112
2025251820202186
2023583618501937
20208612671460
20182512½14651465
201710416451573

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

Recent opponents · Blitz

IM Read SamadovIM Shiroghlan TalibovIM Artiom StribukIM Abdalrahman Sameh MohamedFM Musa ZakirovMakar BerdashkevichSean Adrich ObadoAhmed Younes AlkhemeiriGhaith Saeed AlnuaimiSaqar Essa KhamisFahad Abdulaziz Al-AliABDULRAHMAN SAYED ALHASHIMIMohammad Umar Farooq

Rated near Rafael Sharon · Blitz

World

  1. #=5048Alessandro Mazzei2183.0
  2. #=5048GM Stefan Djuric2183.0
  3. #5069IM Rafael Sharon2182.8
  4. #5070Hyo Lee2182.6
  5. #5071FM Dmitry Chuprikov2182.5

Zambia

  1. #5Kabwe Timothy2210.0
  2. #6FM Prince Daniel Mulenga2194.0
  3. #7IM Rafael Sharon2182.8
  4. #8Justin Daka2178.0
  5. #9CM Thomas Zulu2174.0

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