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Farahat, Ali
IM🇺🇸FIDE 10600507· Male· United States of America· Born in 1975
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Ali Farahat, a 51-year-old American International Master, is rated 2319 and sitting in the top 3% of American players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has held steady between 2300 and 2350 for 3 years. 17 rated games in the past year (≈31/year long-term). Recent appearance: World Senior Chess Championships 2025 - Over 50. Also played 1 blitz event recently. He had 3 career breaks: 33 months (2010–2013), 25 months (2017–2019) and 12 months (2024–2025). His peak of 2424 was reached at age 42 (May 2017); he also reached American #72 in Apr 2009.
Competes for United States of America since Apr 2019. Awarded IM in 2005 (age 30) and FM in 2002 (age 27). Earned a GM norm at World Team Championship 2017.
Current rating
2319
Standard
Rpd2235·Blz2229
All-time high
2424
−105 pts below
May 2017 · age 42
May 2017 · age 42
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
17 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 3%
#152 · American players · of 5,026
Career timeline
24 entries2026
6th American 50-55 player
at age 51 · rated 2319
Jun 2026
2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2321 → returned at 2309
Jun 2024
2021
5th American 45-50 player
at age 46 · rated 2404
Sep 2021
2020
2nd American 40-45 player
at age 45 · rated 2404
Oct 2020
2019
Switched federation: EGY → USA
at age 44
Apr 2019
2017
Inactive for 25 months
paused at 2415 → returned at 2404
Sep 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+10
2309 → 2319
Tournaments
1
11 games
Score
7/ 1163.6%
6W2D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 7/11 | #15 | 2368 | +10.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAhmed AdlyGM
🇪🇬EGY·2581
+1 −7 =5
13 games·last met Jan 2024
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vsWalaa SarwatIM
🇪🇬EGY·2032
+5 −2 =4
11 games·last met Jun 2018
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vsRamez Sameir
🇪🇬EGY·1900
+8 −1 =1
10 games·last met Dec 2022
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vsSameh SadekFM
🇪🇬EGY·2298
+3 −1 =6
10 games·last met Jun 2018
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vsKhaled Abdel RazikIM
🇪🇬EGY·2345
+2 −4 =4
10 games·last met Apr 2017
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Rankings
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United States of America
#152
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#395
in continent
World
#3,490
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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