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KZ
Khalifa, Zeyad
🇪🇬FIDE 10654666· Male· Egypt· Born in 2000
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Zeyad Khalifa, a 26-year-old Egyptian player, is rated 1937 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +22 Elo over the past 12 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈14/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Egyptian National Chess Cup Champship May 2026, Egyptian League 2026 (A) Group A Round 1-2, and Golden Knight Dokki Classic Chess 27 10 2025. Also played 5 rapid (including Chess Arena Green Plaza Alexandria) and 3 blitz events (including National Open Chess Championship Blitz 2026) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 12 months (2017–2018) and 34 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #8 and #13 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1937
Standard
Rpd2058·Blz1982
All-time high
1937
at best
Jun 2026 · age 26
Jun 2026 · age 26
Activity
26
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#39,434
#39,434 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
All-time peak 1937
at age 26
Jun 2026
2025
48th Egyptian 20-35 player
at age 25 · rated 1936
Jul 2025
2024
100 career games
at age 24
Sep 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 24
Mar 2024
2020
8th Egyptian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1684
Oct 2020
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 20
Jan 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+1
1936 → 1937
Tournaments
5
8 games
Score
4.5/ 856.3%
4W1D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 1/1 | #55 | 2578 | +6.0 |
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 2/2 | #4 | 2678 | +18.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 1.5/3 | #34 | 1824 | -7.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 0/1 | #21 | 1217 | -7.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 0/1 | #9 | 1216 | -7.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsKarim Fared
🇪🇬EGY
+6 −7 =3
16 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsMahmoud Elfaham
🇪🇬EGY·1872
+5 −7 =1
13 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsHany Sayed
🇪🇬EGY·2097
+4 −8 =0
12 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsIslam Abdel Razik
🇪🇬EGY·1794
+5 −4 =1
10 games·last met Jan 2024
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vsFahd Ashraf
🇪🇬EGY·1958
+6 −2 =1
9 games·last met Sep 2024
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Rankings
/
Egypt
#225
out of 2,900 players
Africa
#1,079
in continent
World
#39,433
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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