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Khalaf, Ali
🇰🇼FIDE 10303839· Male· Kuwait· Born in 2000
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Ali Khalaf, a 26-year-old player, is rated 1809 — his current career high. He is climbing fast, having gained +144 Elo over the past 12 months. 38 rated games in the past year (≈23/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Kuwait Championship 2026, Muscat Nights International Chess Championship 2026 - Open B, and Arab Men's Chess Championship 2025. Also played 4 rapid (including Arab Men's Rapid Chess Championship 2025) and 6 blitz events (including 31st AbuDhabi International Chess Festival-Blitz - Open) recently. He reached #10 nationally in Mar 2026.
Current rating
1809
Standard
Rpd1824·Blz1758
All-time high
1809
at best
Mar 2026 · age 26
Mar 2026 · age 26
Activity
27
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
38 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#73,524
#73,524 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
8 entries2026
Peak national rank: #10
at age 26 · rated 1809
Mar 2026
Crossed 1800
at age 26
Mar 2026
All-time peak 1809
at age 26
Mar 2026
100 career games
at age 26
Mar 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+279 Elo)
1386 → 1665
Nov 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 24
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+132
1677 → 1809
Tournaments
6
43 games
Score
27/ 4362.8%
24W6D13L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsAl-qudaimi abdullah1,894·Muscat Nights International Chess Championship 2026 - Open B·R7·-6.3
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 7.5/8 | #5 | 2232 | +51.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/8 | #42 | 1853 | +27.8 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2.5/8 | #43 | 1780 | +4.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/9 | #74 | 1912 | +52.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/4 | #7 | 2352 | -3.6 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 3/1 | #25 | 2525 | +11.6 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsKhaled HashemCM
🇰🇼KUW·1869
+2 −7 =1
10 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsBader Al-HajiriFM
🇰🇼KUW·2033
+0 −9 =0
9 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsAbdulrahman Al IbrahimCM
🇰🇼KUW·2016
+1 −6 =2
9 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsYoussef Youssef Ahmed
🇪🇬EGY·1791
+1 −6 =0
7 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsMithilesh Ranjithkumar
🇮🇳IND·1940
+3 −4 =0
7 games·last met Aug 2025
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Rankings
/
Kuwait
#10
out of 90 players
Asia-Pacific
#8,950
in continent
World
#73,523
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Kuwait
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