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Gaafar, Mahmoud

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FIDEFIDE 10604251· Male· Egypt· Born in 1975

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Mahmoud Gaafar, a 51-year-old Egyptian player, is rated 1981. He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 12 months (2012–2013), 19 months (2017–2019) and 29 months (2019–2021, COVID-19 included). Recent standard appearances include Egyptian League 2026 (A) Group B Round 1-2, Egyptian League (B) Round 10, and Egyptian League (B) 1. Also played 3 rapid events (including Ghazl Mahala Chess Championship 23-3-2026 Rapid) recently. His peak of 2222 was reached at age 35 (May 2010, Egyptian #49 at the time).

Current rating

1981

Standard

Rpd1934·Blz1995

All-time high

2222

−241 pts below
May 2010 · age 35

Activity

9

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#30,623

#30,623 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

16 entries
2026
16th Egyptian 50-55 player
at age 51 · rated 1996
Apr 2026
2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 49
May 2024
2023
15th Egyptian 45-50 player
at age 48 · rated 2032
Aug 2023
2021
Re-crossed 2000
at age 46
Nov 2021
2020
34th Egyptian 40-45 player
at age 45 · rated 2020
Feb 2020
2019
Inactive for 29 months
paused at 2020 → returned at 1998
Mar 2019

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Omar Essam Ahmed 1,698
Egyptian League (B) Round 10 · Jul 2025 · +3.0 Elo
Evolution
-21
2002 → 1981
Tournaments
3
4 games
Score
1/ 425.0%
1W0D3L
Top 1 win
1.[W]vsOmar Essam Ahmed1,698·Egyptian League (B) Round 10·R10·+3.0

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Egyptian League 2026 (A) Group B Round 1-2
Round-Robin
Apr 20260/1#421017-14.6
Egyptian League (B) Round 10
Open Swiss
Jul 20251/1#52498+2.8
Egyptian League (B) 1
Open Swiss
Jun 20250/1#141250-8.6

Rankings

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Egypt
#176
out of 3,084 players
Africa
#750
in continent
World
#30,623
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Egypt
1
🇪🇬Amin, BassemFollow Bassem AminTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,627
2
🇪🇬Adly, AhmedFollow Ahmed AdlyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,580
3
🇪🇬Fawzy, AdhamFollow Adham FawzyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,467
4
🇪🇬Shoker, SamyFollow Samy ShokerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,442
5
🇪🇬Labib, Ibrahim HasanFollow Ibrahim Hasan LabibTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,412
6
🇪🇬Wafa, HamedFollow Hamed WafaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,382
7
🇪🇬George Samir, DavidFollow David George SamirTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,380
8
🇪🇬Kandil, AdhamFollow Adham KandilTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,369
9
🇪🇬Abdelnabbi, ImedFollow Imed AbdelnabbiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,354
10
🇪🇬Wageih, KareimFollow Kareim WageihTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,353
...
176🇪🇬Gaafar, Mahmoud1,981
Africa
1
🇪🇬Amin, BassemFollow Bassem AminTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,627
2
🇪🇬Adly, AhmedFollow Ahmed AdlyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,580
3
🇲🇦Hamdouchi, HichamFollow Hicham HamdouchiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,502
4
🇩🇿Bellahcene, BilelFollow Bilel BellahceneTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,493
5
🇪🇬Fawzy, AdhamFollow Adham FawzyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,467
6
🇩🇿Arab, AdlaneFollow Adlane ArabTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,453
7
🇪🇬Shoker, SamyFollow Samy ShokerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,442
8
🇲🇬Rakotomaharo, Fy AntenainaFollow Fy Antenaina RakotomaharoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,441
9
🇹🇳Njili, KamelFollow Kamel NjiliTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,414
10
🇪🇬Labib, Ibrahim HasanFollow Ibrahim Hasan LabibTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,412
...
750🇪🇬Gaafar, Mahmoud1,981
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
30623🇪🇬Gaafar, Mahmoud1,981