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Hafez, Sama
🇪🇬FIDE 10681540· Female· Egypt· Born in 2011
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Sama Hafez, a 15-year-old Egyptian player, is rated 1478 — just 30 short of her peak of 1508 (Mar 2024, age 13). She plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and took a 14-month break between Mar 2024 and Jun 2025. Recent appearance: National Youth Chess Championship GIRLS U16 2026. Also played 2 rapid (including 5th Champions Misr U2100) and 2 blitz events (including 6th Egypt Champions Tournament Blitz) recently.
Competes as a woman since 2022. At junior level, she reached #40, #12 and #8 nationally in U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1478
Standard
Rpd1481·Blz—
All-time high
1508
−30 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 13
Mar 2024 · age 13
Activity
4
games / yr avg.
4 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#194,083
#194,083 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+270 Elo)
1238 → 1508
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 13
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 13
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1508
at age 13 · −30 from today
Mar 2024
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1508 → returned at 1434
Mar 2024
40th Egyptian U14 player
at age 13 · rated 1238
Jan 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+43
1435 → 1478
Tournaments
1
8 games
Score
4.5/ 856.3%
4W1D3L
Top 2 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4.5/4 | #5 | 2398 | +43.6 |
Rankings
/
Egypt
#1,038
out of 2,900 players
Africa
#8,270
in continent
World
#193,995
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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