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Arafa, Hosam Sayed
🇪🇬FIDE 10611690· Male· Egypt· Born in 1989
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Hosam Sayed Arafa, a 37-year-old Egyptian player, is rated 1947. He has slipped back 36 Elo over the past 12 months. 31 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 4 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
1947
Standard
Rpd2020·Blz1917
All-time high
1984
−37 pts below
May 2025 · age 36
May 2025 · age 36
Activity
29
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
30 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#37,254
#37,254 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2025
16th Egyptian 35-40 player
at age 36 · rated 1984
May 2025
All-time peak 1984
at age 36 · −37 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
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-36
1983 → 1947
Tournaments
7
33 games
Score
23/ 3369.7%
21W4D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/3 | #12 | 2511 | -6.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/7 | #39 | 1904 | -3.6 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5/7 | #23 | 2004 | -10.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2/2 | #3 | 2684 | +16.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 1/1 | #10 | 2675 | +7.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/9 | #93 | 1722 | -49.2 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 1/1 | #11 | 2788 | +10.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMoustafa Elsayed Ahmed
🇪🇬EGY·2086
+1 −5 =1
7 games·last met May 2025
View head-to-head →
vsHany Ismail
🇪🇬EGY·1865
+4 −3 =0
7 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsMohamed Hafez
🇪🇬EGY·1800
+3 −3 =0
6 games·last met Oct 2025
View head-to-head →
vsEmad Hamdy Allam
🇪🇬EGY·2064
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Apr 2023
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Rankings
/
Egypt
#212
out of 2,900 players
Africa
#1,000
in continent
World
#37,253
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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