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Salama, Taher
🇵🇸FIDE 11502231· Male· Palestine· Born in 1990
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Taher Salama, a 36-year-old player, is rated 1873 — just 8 short of his peak of 1881 (Mar 2020, age 30). He plays occasionally (6 games in the last 12 months) and took a 19-month break between Jul 2023 and Mar 2025. Recent appearance: Palestinian Clubs Chess Championship 2025. Also played 3 rapid (including The Hajj Ahmad Karsou Memorial Chess Championship 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Rawabi Blitz Championship 2025) recently. He reached #21 nationally in Mar 2020.
Current rating
1873
Standard
Rpd1905·Blz1899
All-time high
1881
−8 pts below
Mar 2020 · age 30
Mar 2020 · age 30
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#55,025
#55,025 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 34
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1777 → returned at 1847
Jul 2023
2022
100 career games
at age 32
Oct 2022
2020
Peak national rank: #21
at age 30 · rated 1881
Mar 2020
Best 12-month gain (+99 Elo)
1782 → 1881
Mar 2020
All-time peak 1881
at age 30 · −8 from today
Mar 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+26
1847 → 1873
Tournaments
1
16 games
Score
5.5/ 1634.4%
9W2D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/6 | #11 | 2243 | +26.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsBaha MiswadahCM
🇵🇸PLE·1971
+5 −7 =2
14 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsAttallah TamraFM
🇵🇸PLE·1962
+1 −4 =4
9 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsMohammed DamajCM
🇵🇸PLE·2119
+0 −4 =5
9 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsIsam Gheith
🇵🇸PLE·1910
+1 −7 =0
8 games·last met May 2022
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vsMahmoud J Radwan
🇵🇸PLE·1930
+2 −4 =1
7 games·last met Dec 2026
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Rankings
/
Palestine
#23
out of 227 players
Asia-Pacific
#6,505
in continent
World
#55,024
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Palestine
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