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Shaker, Musab
CM🇧🇭FIDE 11201789· Male· Bahrain· Born in 1986
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Musab Shaker, a 40-year-old Candidate Master, is rated 1677. He has slipped back 59 Elo over the past 12 months. 36 rated games in the past year (≈15/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 47th Jassim Mohammed Fakhroo Ramadan Open Chess Championship- 2026, Bahrain Chess Championship 2025, and 6th Invitational BCA Closed Tournament. Also played 4 rapid (including Abdulaziz Bin Jassim Kanoo Chess Championship 2025) and 2 blitz events (including 4th National Day Chess Festival Blitz- FIDE Rated) recently. His peak of 1793 was reached at age 38 (May 2024); he also reached #3 nationally in Dec 2021 and spent 16 months in top 5.
Awarded CM in 2024 (age 38).
Current rating
1677
Standard
Rpd1673·Blz1693
All-time high
1793
−116 pts below
May 2024 · age 38
May 2024 · age 38
Activity
22
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
23 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#118,231
#118,231 · players worldwide · of 218,279
16 months in National top 5 (2021–2023)
16 months in National top 5 (2021–2023)
Career timeline
13 entries2024
CM title awardedCM
at age 38
Oct 2024
Best 12-month gain (+141 Elo)
1652 → 1793
Jun 2024
All-time peak 1793
at age 38 · −116 from today
May 2024
2023
16 months in national top 5
longest streak 16 months · since Nov 2021
Feb 2023
2021
Peak national rank: #3
at age 35 · rated 1705
Dec 2021
2020
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1695 → returned at 1705
Mar 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-33
1710 → 1677
Tournaments
3
27 games
Score
14.5/ 2753.7%
12W5D10L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsCagampan Dado1,788·47th Jassim Mohammed Fakhroo Ramadan Open Chess Championship- 2026·R8·+13.1
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsMahmood Almusawi1,437·47th Jassim Mohammed Fakhroo Ramadan Open Chess Championship- 2026·R9·-16.0
3.[L]vsMohamed Youssef1,662·47th Jassim Mohammed Fakhroo Ramadan Open Chess Championship- 2026·R6·-10.4
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jun 2026 | 4/9 | #21 | 1718 | +5.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5.5/8 | #10 | 1724 | -10.6 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5/5 | #30 | 2543 | -3.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsHusain AyyadFM
🇧🇭BRN·2093
+1 −20 =2
23 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsMaher AyyadFM
🇧🇭BRN·1952
+2 −12 =8
22 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsBurhan Rouquier
🇧🇭BRN·1813
+10 −5 =2
17 games·last met Dec 2022
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vsSheer Mohamed
🇧🇭BRN·1897
+5 −11 =0
16 games·last met Jan 2020
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vsHashim Darwish
🇧🇭BRN·1792
+2 −7 =6
15 games·last met Jul 2025
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Rankings
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Bahrain
#18
out of 103 players
Asia-Pacific
#16,634
in continent
World
#118,225
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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