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Md.shafiqul, Islam
🇧🇩FIDE 10219340· Male· Bangladesh· Born in 1982
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Islam Md.Shafiqul, a 44-year-old Bangladeshi player, is rated 1922 — just 14 short of his peak of 1936 (Mar 2024, age 42). He is progressing steadily with +77 Elo over the past 12 months. 36 rated games in the past year (≈28/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Shailkupa 2nd International Rating Chess Tournament 2026, Shailkupa 1st International Ratiing Chess Tournament 2026, and Md Taiyeb Safwan International Standard Rating Chess Tournament 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including Swapno Bilash International Rapid Rating tournament - 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Morning glory International rated blitz chess tournament -2025) recently. He reached Bangladeshi #79 in Aug 2023.
Current rating
1922
Standard
Rpd1880·Blz1913
All-time high
1936
−14 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 42
Mar 2024 · age 42
Activity
26
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
36 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#42,751
#42,751 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2024
All-time peak 1936
at age 42 · −14 from today
Mar 2024
2023
9th Bangladeshi 40-45 player
at age 41 · rated 1929
Sep 2023
Peak Bangladeshi rank: #79
at age 41 · rated 1929
Aug 2023
2022
Best 12-month gain (+97 Elo)
1822 → 1919
Dec 2022
2019
100 career games
at age 37
Oct 2019
2017
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 35
Mar 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
Divisional Series Fide Rating Chess Tournament 2025 Jhenaidah (Khulna Division)perf 2321 (+418) · 6/7 · #20
Top opponent
Qazi Motahar Hossain 1st International Fide Rating Chess Tournament Kushtia 2025 · Aug 2025 · +15.5 Elo
Evolution
+76
1846 → 1922
Tournaments
7
39 games
Score
23.5/ 3960.3%
21W5D13L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsRahi Farjana Islam1,606·Md Taiyeb Safwan International Standard Rating Chess Tournament 2025·R2·-17.0
2.[L]vsEmon Moniruzaman1,818·Khustia District National-B Selection Chess Championship FIDE Rating Chess Tournament-2025·R2·-11.0
3.[L]vsSultan Sadat Ibna1,814·Morning Glory 1st International Ratinfg Chess Club League Kushtia 2025·R4·-10.8
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3.5/4 | #6 | 2226 | +7.2 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 3.5/6 | #3 | 1946 | +7.0 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/6 | #5 | 1921 | +5.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 6/7 | #20 | 2321 | +60.6 |
Team | Aug 2025 | 2.5/7 | #19 | 1797 | -10.0 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 0/1 | #16 | 1018 | -10.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/5 | #16 | 2145 | +17.4 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsIslam Md. Muhimenul
🇧🇩BAN·2049
+2 −11 =2
15 games·last met Mar 2026
View head-to-head →
vsAmin Md.ariful
🇧🇩BAN·1921
+5 −3 =1
9 games·last met May 2023
View head-to-head →
vsMomin Abdul
🇧🇩BAN·1961
+1 −6 =1
8 games·last met Jul 2024
View head-to-head →
vsIslam Adv. Md. Sofiqul
🇧🇩BAN·1849
+4 −1 =3
8 games·last met May 2024
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vsRahman Md.abzidCM
🇧🇩BAN·2107
+0 −7 =0
7 games·last met Nov 2025
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Bangladesh
#146
out of 2,324 players
Asia-Pacific
#5,055
in continent
World
#42,750
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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