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Salah, Jafar
🇵🇸FIDE 11520507· Male· Palestine· Born in 2006
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Jafar Salah, a 20-year-old player, is rated 1824 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +39 Elo over the past 12 months. 11 rated games in the past year (≈7/year long-term). Recent appearances: Palestine Under-20 Championship 2025 and Palestinian Clubs Chess Championship 2025. Also played 4 rapid (including The Hajj Ahmad Karsou Memorial Chess Championship 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Rawabi Blitz Championship 2025) recently. He reached #27 nationally in Jun 2026.
At junior level, he reached #6 nationally in U20.
Current rating
1824
Standard
Rpd1884·Blz1821
All-time high
1824
at best
Sep 2025 · age 19
Sep 2025 · age 19
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#68,981
#68,981 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
7 entries2026
Peak national rank: #27
at age 20 · rated 1824
Jun 2026
2025
6th U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 1824
Sep 2025
Best 12-month gain (+39 Elo)
1785 → 1824
Sep 2025
Crossed 1800
at age 19
Sep 2025
All-time peak 1824
at age 19
Sep 2025
Crossed 1600
at age 19
Mar 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+39
1785 → 1824
Tournaments
2
22 games
Score
7/ 2231.8%
10W4D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Aug 2025 | 3/3 | #1 | 2698 | +38.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/8 | #17 | 1837 | +0.4 |
Rankings
/
Palestine
#27
out of 227 players
Asia-Pacific
#8,321
in continent
World
#68,980
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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Palestine
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