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Hafez, Mahmoud
🇪🇬FIDE 10608222· Male· Egypt· Born in 1978
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Mahmoud Hafez, a 48-year-old Egyptian player, is rated 1855. He has slipped back 33 Elo over the past 12 months. 33 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Egyptian League 2026 (A) Group A Round 3-4, Egyptian National Chess Cup Champship May 2026, and Egyptian League 2026 (A) Group A Round 1-2. Also played 14 rapid (including 3rd Adly Chess Festival Rapid 2025) and 6 blitz events (including 4th Internaional Egyptian Champions festival (Blitz) 12 -6- 2025) recently. He had 5 career breaks: 27 months (2009–2012), 12 months (2012–2014), 17 months (2014–2016), 15 months (2018–2020) and 49 months (2020–2024, COVID-19 included). His peak of 1972 was reached at age 39 (Jan 2017).
Current rating
1855
Standard
Rpd1883·Blz1953
All-time high
1972
−117 pts below
Jan 2017 · age 39
Jan 2017 · age 39
Activity
20
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
33 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#60,012
#60,012 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
17 entries2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 47
Dec 2025
2024
100 career games
at age 46
Oct 2024
Best 12-month gain (+43 Elo)
1900 → 1943
Sep 2024
38th Egyptian 45-50 player
at age 46 · rated 1966
Aug 2024
2022
48th Egyptian 40-45 player
at age 44 · rated 1900
Mar 2022
2020
Inactive for 49 months
paused at 1900 → returned at 1966
Apr 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-33
1888 → 1855
Tournaments
7
36 games
Score
20/ 3655.6%
18W4D14L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 1/1 | #16 | 2568 | +8.0 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 2/4 | #26 | 1928 | +7.0 |
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #56 | 1113 | -8.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 7/8 | #3 | 2078 | +52.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/6 | #76 | 2035 | +20.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/8 | #9 | 1740 | -48.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMohamed Hafez
🇪🇬EGY·1800
+4 −3 =6
13 games·last met May 2025
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vsWael Kamal Abdel Fadil
🇪🇬EGY·1991
+3 −5 =3
11 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsAhmed TamerFM
🇪🇬EGY·2220
+3 −6 =1
10 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsIbrahim Saber
🇪🇬EGY·2088
+2 −6 =2
10 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsMohamed TamerFM
🇪🇬EGY·2003
+3 −6 =1
10 games·last met Jun 2025
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Rankings
/
Egypt
#337
out of 2,900 players
Africa
#1,876
in continent
World
#60,011
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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