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Faqihi, Abdulaziz
🇧🇭FIDE 11204087· Male· Bahrain· Born in 2006
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Abdulaziz Faqihi, a 20-year-old player, is rated 1649 — his current career high. He is rising rapidly, having gained +84 Elo over the past 12 months. 12 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent appearances: 47th Jassim Mohammed Fakhroo Ramadan Open Chess Championship- 2026 and Bahrain Chess Championship 2025. Also played 7 rapid (including Arab Men's Rapid Chess Championship 2025) and 3 blitz events (including Arab Men's Blitz Chess Championship 2025) recently. He reached #12 nationally in Jan 2023.
At junior level, he reached #3, #1 and #2 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1649
Standard
Rpd1782·Blz1783
All-time high
1649
at best
May 2026 · age 20
May 2026 · age 20
Activity
17
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#128,585
#128,585 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
All-time peak 1649
at age 20
May 2026
2025
3rd U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 1635
Oct 2025
Re-crossed 1600
at age 19
Oct 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2025
2024
1st U18 player nationally
at age 18 · rated 1614
Apr 2024
Best 12-month gain (+380 Elo)
1234 → 1614
Apr 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+84
1565 → 1649
Tournaments
3
25 games
Score
17/ 2568.0%
13W8D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsMaher AyyadFM1,964·47th Jassim Mohammed Fakhroo Ramadan Open Chess Championship- 2026·R6·-2.8
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jun 2026 | 5/9 | #11 | 1762 | +24.8 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5.5/4 | #26 | 2481 | +13.8 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 6.5/8 | #4 | 1976 | +70.2 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsVeiom Guptaa
🇮🇳IND·1585
+17 −20 =8
45 games·last met Feb 2024
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vsMohamed Youssef
🇲🇦MAR·1706
+13 −19 =11
43 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsFares Qanair
🇯🇴JOR·1788
+7 −22 =3
32 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsPranav Bobby Sekhar
🇮🇳IND·1892
+3 −24 =0
27 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsThomas James
🇮🇳IND·1669
+6 −20 =1
27 games·last met Nov 2023
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Rankings
/
Bahrain
#24
out of 103 players
Asia-Pacific
#19,002
in continent
World
#128,579
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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