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Mahrous, Selim
🇪🇬FIDE 10607749· Male· Egypt· Born in 1979
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Selim Mahrous, a 47-year-old Egyptian player, is rated 1740. He has held steady between 1700 and 1750 for 9 months. 38 rated games in the past year (≈18/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 1st Nova-X Classic Chess Tournament 2026, 2nd Egy Chess Championship for People with Disabilities 2026, and 1st Elsalam Classic Aswan. Also played 8 rapid (including 3rd Hurghada Chess International Championship 2026 Rapid) and 1 blitz events (including 4th Internaional Egyptian Champions festival (Blitz) 12 -6- 2025) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 44 months (2009–2013), 26 months (2013–2015) and 14 months (2022–2023). His peak of 2008 was reached at age 29 (Oct 2008).
Current rating
1740
Standard
Rpd1676·Blz1815
All-time high
2008
−268 pts below
Oct 2008 · age 29
Oct 2008 · age 29
Activity
40
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
38 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#96,037
#96,037 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2025
62nd Egyptian 45-50 player
at age 46 · rated 1770
Jul 2025
Best 12-month gain (+162 Elo)
1583 → 1745
Feb 2025
2022
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1706 → returned at 1665
Aug 2022
64th Egyptian 40-45 player
at age 43 · rated 1733
Apr 2022
2017
100 career games
at age 38
Jan 2017
2015
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 36
Sep 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-30
1770 → 1740
Tournaments
7
49 games
Score
28.5/ 4958.2%
28W1D20L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3/3 | #63 | 2330 | -26.0 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4.5/5 | #3 | 2147 | +23.0 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/4 | #7 | 2617 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/8 | #32 | 1939 | +27.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4/4 | #58 | 2575 | -17.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3/3 | #17 | 2632 | -24.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/5 | #276 | 2714 | -12.2 |
Rankings
/
Egypt
#522
out of 2,900 players
Africa
#3,504
in continent
World
#96,035
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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