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Al-Khulaifi, Ghada

WCM🇶🇦

FIDEFIDE 12100633· Female· Qatar· Born in 1995

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Ghada Al-Khulaifi, a 31-year-old Woman Candidate Master, is rated 1629. She has slipped back 63 Elo over the past 12 months. 22 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Arab Women's Chess Championship 2025, QCA Training Center Classical Chess Tournament A - September 2025, and QATAR CUP Tournament 2025 - Women Section. Also played 3 rapid (including FIDE Women's World Rapid Championship 2025) and 3 blitz events (including FIDE Women's World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. She had 2 career breaks: 30 months (2013–2016) and 35 months (2016–2019). Her peak of 1712 was reached at age 29 (Mar 2024); she also reached #2 nationally in Dec 2021 and spent 24 months in top 5.

Awarded WCM in 2013 (age 18). At junior level, she reached #1, #1 and #1 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.

Current rating

1629

Standard

Rpd1658·Blz1589

All-time high

1712

−83 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 29

Activity

16

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

22 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#135,511

#135,511 · players worldwide · of 216,808
24 months in National top 5 (2016–2025)

Career timeline

18 entries
2025
100 career games
at age 30
Sep 2025
24 months in national top 5
since May 2016
Jul 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+172 Elo)
1540 → 1712
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 29
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1712
at age 29 · −83 from today
Mar 2024
2021
Peak national rank: #2
at age 26 · rated 1620
Dec 2021

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Best result
QATAR CUP Tournament 2025 - Women Section
perf 1885 (+200) · 4/5 · #3
Top opponent
vs Salama Al-KhelaifiWFM 1,840
QATAR CUP Tournament 2025 - Women Section · Sep 2025 · +4.2 Elo
Evolution
-63
1692 → 1629
Tournaments
4
25 games
Score
10/ 2540.0%
9W2D14L

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Arab Women's Chess Championship 2025
Swiss
Nov 20252/8#291466-43.0
QCA Training Center Classical Chess Tournament A - September 2025
Swiss
Sep 20251/1#192454-10.6
QATAR CUP Tournament 2025 - Women Section
Round-Robin
Sep 20254/5#31885+4.8
31stAbuDhabiInternationalChess Festival-Open A
Open Swiss
Aug 20253/8#1631633-14.2
Worst Elo result: Arab Women's Chess Championship 2025 (-43.0 Elo, finished #29).

Rankings

/
Qatar
#11
out of 30 players
Asia-Pacific
#20,757
in continent
World
#135,503
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Qatar
1
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2
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1,852
3
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1,832
4
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1,817
5
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1,785
6
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1,761
7
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1,744
8
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1,743
9
🇶🇦Al-Janahi, IbrahimFollow Ibrahim Al-JanahiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
1,675
10
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1,631
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11🇶🇦Al-Khulaifi, Ghada1,629
Asia-Pacific
1
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2,780
2
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2,776
3
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2,753
4
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2,751
5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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2,733
8
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2,732
9
🇻🇳Le, Quang LiemFollow Quang Liem LeTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,731
10
🇷🇺Nepomniachtchi, IanFollow Ian NepomniachtchiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
...
20757🇶🇦Al-Khulaifi, Ghada1,629
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
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2,753
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135503🇶🇦Al-Khulaifi, Ghada1,629