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Youssef Ahmed, Youssef
🇪🇬FIDE 10625810· Male· Egypt· Born in 1980
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Youssef Youssef Ahmed, a 46-year-old Egyptian player, is rated 1791. He has slipped back 98 Elo over the past 12 months. 25 rated games in the past year (≈17/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include January Classic Chess Tournament 2026, Dasman Chess Festival September 2025, and 1St National Council for Culture Chess Tournament 2025. Also played 4 rapid (including KICA Rapid Tournament 2025) and 3 blitz events (including Volvo First Blitz Chess Tournament 2025) recently. He took a 45-month break between Mar 2020 and Jan 2024 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2020 was reached at age 39 (Oct 2019).
Competes for Egypt since May 2024.
Current rating
1791
Standard
Rpd1887·Blz1903
All-time high
2020
−229 pts below
Oct 2019 · age 39
Oct 2019 · age 39
Activity
27
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
25 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#79,201
#79,201 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2026
48th Egyptian 45-50 player
at age 46 · rated 1820
Jan 2026
2024
Switched federation: FID → EGY
at age 44
May 2024
Switched federation: EGY → FID
at age 44
Mar 2024
22nd Egyptian 40-45 player
at age 44 · rated 2005
Jan 2024
2020
16th Egyptian 35-40 player
at age 40 · rated 2000
Oct 2020
Inactive for 45 months
paused at 2000 → returned at 2005
Mar 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-114
1905 → 1791
Tournaments
3
22 games
Score
13/ 2259.1%
13W0D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/7 | #8 | 1728 | -31.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3/4 | #23 | 1691 | -50.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/7 | #7 | 1792 | -31.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDennis Poliquit
🇵🇭PHI·2018
+8 −8 =1
17 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsAbdul Wahab AlothmanFM
🇰🇼KUW·1954
+6 −10 =1
17 games·last met Dec 2018
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vsFerdinand Bugay
🇵🇭PHI·1975
+5 −8 =1
14 games·last met Jul 2018
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vsVincent Zaulda
🇵🇭PHI·2111
+4 −8 =0
12 games·last met Oct 2021
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vsAmer Mohamed Saad
🇪🇬EGY·1940
+3 −7 =1
11 games·last met Jun 2025
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Rankings
/
Egypt
#433
out of 2,900 players
Africa
#2,703
in continent
World
#79,199
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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