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Sherif, Retaj
🇪🇬FIDE 10678093· Female· Egypt· Born in 2006
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Retaj Sherif, a 20-year-old Egyptian player, is rated 1523 — just 24 short of her peak of 1547 (Feb 2026, age 20). She is on a breakout run, having gained +108 Elo over the past 12 months. 19 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include National Youth Chess Championship GIRLS U20 2026, Smouha Club International Chess Championship 2026 Above 1600, and Egyptian National Chess Champship 2025. Also played 2 rapid (including Egyptian National Chess Champship Rapid 2025) and 2 blitz events (including Alex Festival Chess Open Blitz 2025) recently.
At junior level, she reached #40 and #43 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1523
Standard
Rpd1427·Blz1448
All-time high
1547
−24 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 20
Feb 2026 · age 20
Activity
14
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#176,811
#176,811 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
8 entries2026
40th Egyptian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1547
Feb 2026
Crossed 1500
at age 20
Feb 2026
All-time peak 1547
at age 20 · −24 from today
Feb 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+316 Elo)
1175 → 1491
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 18
Mar 2024
Crossed 1200
at age 18
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+108
1415 → 1523
Tournaments
4
22 games
Score
6/ 2227.3%
6W0D16L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2/8 | #6 | 1491 | -24.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1/5 | #39 | 1427 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2/5 | #214 | 1628 | -34.4 |
Round-Robin | Aug 2025 | 1/1 | #33 | 2620 | -3.2 |
Rankings
/
Egypt
#948
out of 2,900 players
Africa
#7,508
in continent
World
#176,772
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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