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Arafa, Hosam Sayed

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FIDEFIDE 10611690· Male· Egypt· Born in 1989

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Hosam Sayed Arafa, a 37-year-old Egyptian player, is rated 1953. He has slipped back 31 Elo over the past 12 months. 28 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Egyptian National Chess Champship 2025, Hurghada Open Chess 2025, and Egyptian League (A) Final. Also played 5 rapid (including 4th Internaional Egyptian Champions festival (Rapid) 13 -6- 2025) and 1 blitz events (including National Open Chess Championship Blitz 2026) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 12 months (2012–2014), 15 months (2015–2016) and 13 months (2021–2022). His peak of 1984 was reached at age 36 (May 2025).

Previously known as Hosam Sayed (until Nov 2013).

Current rating

1953

Standard

Rpd2020·Blz1917

All-time high

1984

−31 pts below
May 2025 · age 36

Activity

28

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

28 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#36,050

#36,050 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

13 entries
2025
16th Egyptian 35-40 player
at age 36 · rated 1984
May 2025
All-time peak 1984
at age 36 · −31 from today
May 2025
2023
35th Egyptian 20-35 player
at age 34 · rated 1974
Oct 2023
2021
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1932 → returned at 1947
Sep 2021
2020
100 career games
at age 31
Apr 2020
2015
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1849 → returned at 1865
Feb 2015

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Best result
Hurghada Open Chess 2025
perf 2004 (+51) · 5/7 · #23
Top opponent
vs Hany Elsayed Abdo 1,988
Egyptian League (A) Round 9 · Jun 2025 · +11.1 Elo
Best comeback
Egyptian League (A) Final
finished #3 (seeded #17 of 80)
Evolution
-30
1983 → 1953
Tournaments
6
28 games
Score
19/ 2867.9%
17W4D7L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsHany Elsayed Abdo1,988·Egyptian League (A) Round 9·R9·+11.1
2.[W]vsAmro Darwish1,930·Egyptian League (A) Final·R1·+8.9
3.[W]vsEssam Aboud1,875·Egyptian League (A) Round 10·R10·+7.8

Last 12 months — tournaments

6 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Egyptian National Chess Champship 2025
Open Swiss
Oct 20255/7#391904-3.6
Hurghada Open Chess 2025
Open Swiss
Sep 20255/7#232004-10.4
Egyptian League (A) Final
Open Swiss
Aug 20252/2#32684+16.4
Egyptian League (A) Round 10
Open Swiss
Jul 20251/1#102675+7.0
3rd Adly Chess Festival 2025
Open Swiss
Jul 20255/9#931722-49.2
Worst Elo result: 3rd Adly Chess Festival 2025 (-49.2 Elo, finished #93).

Rankings

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Egypt
#203
out of 3,084 players
Africa
#933
in continent
World
#36,050
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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203🇪🇬Arafa, Hosam Sayed1,953
Africa
1
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2,627
2
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2,580
3
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2,502
4
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5
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2,467
6
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2,453
7
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2,442
8
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2,441
9
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2,414
10
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2,412
...
933🇪🇬Arafa, Hosam Sayed1,953
World
1
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2
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3
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5
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6
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7
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7
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9
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10
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36050🇪🇬Arafa, Hosam Sayed1,953