Format
EA
Elhares, Alaa
CM🇪🇬FIDE 10611894· Male· Egypt· Born in 1997
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Alaa Elhares, a 29-year-old Egyptian Candidate Master, is rated 2169 and ranked 33rd among Egyptian players, and in the top 5% worldwide. He has held steady between 2150 and 2200 for 13 months. 19 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Egyptian National Chess Cup Champship May 2026, Egyptian League 2026 ( Elite) Round 6-9, and Egyptian League Elite Final 2025. He took a 57-month break between May 2019 and Mar 2024 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2205 was reached at age 27 (Jun 2024, Egyptian #25 at the time).
Awarded CM in 2014 (age 17). At junior level, he reached #2, #5, #4 and #4 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2169
Standard
Rpd2196·Blz2187
All-time high
2205
−36 pts below
Jun 2024 · age 27
Jun 2024 · age 27
Activity
8
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
17 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#33
#33 · Egyptian players · of 1,159
Career timeline
16 entries2024
Peak Egyptian rank: #25
at age 27 · rated 2205
Jun 2024
Crossed 2200
at age 27
Jun 2024
All-time peak 2205
at age 27 · −36 from today
Jun 2024
2019
Inactive for 57 months
paused at 2189 → returned at 2191
May 2019
2017
2nd Egyptian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2193
Oct 2017
2016
Crossed 2100
at age 19
Apr 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-23
2192 → 2169
Tournaments
7
18 games
Score
8/ 1844.4%
6W4D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jun 2026 | 0.5/1 | #75 | 1987 | -4.8 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 1/2 | #52 | 2382 | +7.8 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 1/2 | #74 | 2104 | -3.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/5 | #36 | 2033 | -18.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/6 | #10 | 2198 | +9.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 0/1 | #56 | 1161 | -15.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 0.5/1 | #36 | 2099 | -2.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
Rankings
/
Egypt
#33
out of 2,900 players
Africa
#150
in continent
World
#9,973
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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