IMRodwell Makoto

ZIM Born 1987 Male

FIDE ID: 11000120

About Rodwell Makoto

Rodwell Makoto was born in Zimbabwe in 1987 and won the South African Open in 2012. He became an IM in 2013. He represented Zimbabwe in Olympiad competition and qualified for the 2021 World Cup, where he faced Vladislav Kovalev in the first round. He won Zimbabwe's CBZ qualifying tournament for the 2023 World Cup. At that event he lost to Nijat Abasov in the first round.

FIDE ratings

2325

Classical

Published FIDE

2354

Rapid

Published FIDE

2277

Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank: #3343
National rank · ZIM: #2

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating: 2406 Sep 2015
Recorded years: 2008–2026
Archived games: 276

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

Rating history

FIDE rating history

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Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-11 (UTC).

Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).

#	Date	Event	Site	Round	White	Black	Result	Moves	View
1	2026-01-04	2026 Marshall Premier FIDE \| January	New York, United States	4.5	Makoto, Rodwell	Bhoopathi, Rishith	1-0	48	Open
2	2026-01-03	2026 Marshall Premier FIDE \| January	New York, United States	3.6	Gutnik, Aleksandr	Makoto, Rodwell	1/2-1/2	63	Open
3	2026-01-03	2026 Marshall Premier FIDE \| January	New York, United States	2.1	Makoto, Rodwell	Marshall, Abby	1-0	55	Open
4	2024-12-30	World Blitz 2024	New York USA	9.83	Josiah Stearman	Rodwell Makoto	0-1	52	Open
5	2024-12-30	World Blitz 2024	New York USA	8.89	Rodwell Makoto	Ryan Blackwood	1-0	37	Open
6	2024-12-30	World Blitz 2024	New York USA	7.86	Sandipan Chanda	Rodwell Makoto	1-0	41	Open
7	2024-12-30	World Blitz 2024	New York USA	6.84	Rodwell Makoto	Michael Bezold	0-1	35	Open
8	2024-12-30	World Blitz 2024	New York USA	5.91	Levi Kalani Alexander Fogo Esquivel	Rodwell Makoto	0-1	49	Open
9	2024-12-30	World Blitz 2024	New York USA	4.9	Rodwell Makoto	Chenxuan Ling	1/2-1/2	66	Open
10	2024-12-30	World Blitz 2024	New York USA	3.8	Tigran L. Petrosian	Rodwell Makoto	1-0	47	Open
11	2024-12-30	World Blitz 2024	New York USA	2.8	Rodwell Makoto	Jonas Buhl Bjerre	0-1	23	Open
12	2024-12-30	World Blitz 2024	New York USA	13.87	Rodwell Makoto	Manuel Larrea	1-0	56	Open
13	2024-12-30	World Blitz 2024	New York USA	12.82	Rodwell Makoto	Gabriel Gaehwiler	0-1	26	Open
14	2024-12-30	World Blitz 2024	New York USA	11.81	Nikolozi Kacharava	Rodwell Makoto	1-0	37	Open
15	2024-12-30	World Blitz 2024	New York USA	10.72	Rodwell Makoto	Arseniy Nesterov	0-1	27	Open
16	2024-12-30	World Blitz 2024	New York USA	1.76	Daniel Dardha	Rodwell Makoto	1-0	32	Open
17	2024-12-28	World Rapid 2024	New York USA	13.86	Rodwell Makoto	Luis Enrique Esquivel Golcher	1/2-1/2	71	Open
18	2024-12-28	World Rapid 2024	New York USA	12.83	Kai Jie Soo	Rodwell Makoto	1-0	59	Open
19	2024-12-28	World Rapid 2024	New York USA	11.85	Alexandros Papasimakopoulos	Rodwell Makoto	1/2-1/2	82	Open
20	2024-12-28	World Rapid 2024	New York USA	10.84	Rodwell Makoto	Kevin George	0-1	48	Open
21	2024-12-27	World Rapid 2024	New York USA	9.87	Hayoung Wong	Rodwell Makoto	0-1	61	Open
22	2024-12-27	World Rapid 2024	New York USA	8.9	Rodwell Makoto	Vidar Grahn	1-0	27	Open
23	2024-12-27	World Rapid 2024	New York USA	7.89	Helgi Ass Gretarsson	Rodwell Makoto	1-0	33	Open
24	2024-12-27	World Rapid 2024	New York USA	6.88	Rodwell Makoto	Andre Meylan	0-1	46	Open
25	2024-12-26	World Rapid 2024	New York USA	5.86	Ilan Schnaider	Rodwell Makoto	1-0	30	Open
26	2024-12-26	World Rapid 2024	New York USA	4.86	Rodwell Makoto	Reja Neer Manon	1/2-1/2	78	Open
27	2024-12-26	World Rapid 2024	New York USA	3.9	Nidal Ahmed	Rodwell Makoto	1-0	30	Open
28	2024-12-26	World Rapid 2024	New York USA	2.67	Rodwell Makoto	Aleksandr Rakhmanov	0-1	41	Open
29	2024-12-26	World Rapid 2024	New York USA	1.52	Shant Sargsyan	Rodwell Makoto	1-0	40	Open
30	2024-09-22	45th Olympiad 2024	Budapest HUN	11.36	Felix Jose Ynojosa Aponte	Rodwell Makoto	1/2-1/2	71	Open
31	2024-09-21	45th Olympiad 2024	Budapest HUN	10.36	Rodwell Makoto	Dalibor Stojanovic	1/2-1/2	36	Open
32	2024-09-19	45th Olympiad 2024	Budapest HUN	8.35	Luis Galego	Rodwell Makoto	1/2-1/2	40	Open
33	2024-09-18	45th Olympiad 2024	Budapest HUN	7.5	Jaime Rodriguez Santiago	Rodwell Makoto	0-1	39	Open
34	2024-09-16	45th Olympiad 2024	Budapest HUN	6.3	Rodwell Makoto	Nikita Meshkovs	1-0	67	Open
35	2024-09-15	45th Olympiad 2024	Budapest HUN	5.54	Rodwell Makoto	Yousef A. Alhassadi	1-0	49	Open
36	2024-09-14	45th Olympiad 2024	Budapest HUN	4.31	Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso	Rodwell Makoto	1-0	35	Open
37	2024-09-13	45th Olympiad 2024	Budapest HUN	3.59	Rodwell Makoto	Davidson Gabriel	1-0	70	Open
38	2024-09-12	45th Olympiad 2024	Budapest HUN	2.37	Rodwell Makoto	Rishi Sardana	1-0	35	Open
39	2023-07-31	FIDE World Cup 2023	Baku AZE	1.2	Rodwell Makoto	Nijat Abasov	0-1	46	Open
40	2023-07-30	FIDE World Cup 2023	Baku AZE	1.1	Nijat Abasov	Rodwell Makoto	1-0	33	Open
41	2022-08-09	44th Olympiad 2022	Chennai IND	11.39	Andrew N Greet	Rodwell Makoto	1-0	57	Open
42	2022-08-08	44th Olympiad 2022	Chennai IND	10.29	Rodwell Makoto	Dambasuren Batsuren	0-1	39	Open
43	2022-08-07	44th Olympiad 2022	Chennai IND	9.38	Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero	Rodwell Makoto	1/2-1/2	46	Open
44	2022-08-05	44th Olympiad 2022	Chennai IND	7.38	Rodwell Makoto	Kenneth Terence Solomon	1/2-1/2	11	Open
45	2022-08-03	44th Olympiad 2022	Chennai IND	6.55	Rodwell Makoto	Justin Blackman	1/2-1/2	71	Open
46	2022-08-02	44th Olympiad 2022	Chennai IND	5.34	Alexander Baburin	Rodwell Makoto	1/2-1/2	42	Open
47	2022-08-01	44th Olympiad 2022	Chennai IND	4.54	Paul A Carpenter	Rodwell Makoto	1/2-1/2	44	Open
48	2022-07-31	44th Olympiad 2022	Chennai IND	3.26	Rodwell Makoto	Emilio Cordova	1/2-1/2	31	Open
49	2022-07-29	44th Olympiad 2022	Chennai IND	1.1	Santosh Gujrathi Vidit	Rodwell Makoto	1-0	49	Open
50	2021-07-13	FIDE World Cup 2021	Krasnaya Polyana RUS	1.2	Rodwell Makoto	Vladislav Kovalev	0-1	39	Open