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Rifai, Abdulkader

CM🇸🇾

FIDEFIDE 146242580· Male· Syria· Born in 1983

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Abdulkader Rifai, a 43-year-old Candidate Master, is rated 2198 and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 39 months (2016–2020) and 67 months (2020–2025, COVID-19 included). Recent appearance: WE 7 D'estate Mimosa - A. Also played 1 blitz event recently. His peak of 2252 was reached at age 33 (Jul 2016); he also reached #2 nationally in Aug 2020 and spent 14 months in top 5.

Competes for Syria since Jun 2020. Awarded CM in 2020 (age 37).

Current rating

2198

Standard

Rpd2178·Blz2226

All-time high

2252

−54 pts below
Jul 2016 · age 33

Activity

2

games / yr avg.

5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

Top 4%

#8,276 · players worldwide · of 216,808
14 months in National top 5 (2016–2021)

Career timeline

15 entries
2025
1st 40-45 player nationally
at age 42 · rated 2198
Nov 2025
2021
14 months in national top 5
longest streak 12 months · since Jul 2016
Jan 2021
2020
Peak national rank: #2
at age 37 · rated 2213
Aug 2020
CM title awardedCM
at age 37
Jun 2020
Switched federation: FID → SYR
at age 37
Jun 2020
Re-crossed 2200
at age 37
Feb 2020

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Luigi Merusi 1,893
WE 7 D'estate Mimosa - A · Aug 2025 · +2.9 Elo
Evolution
-15
2213 → 2198
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
3.5/ 570.0%
3W1D1L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsLuigi Merusi1,893·WE 7 D'estate Mimosa - A·R4·+2.9
2.[W]vsXavier Rechi Montes1,869·WE 7 D'estate Mimosa - A·R1·+2.6
3.[W]vsDavide Gao1,751·WE 7 D'estate Mimosa - A·R3·+1.4
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsMatteo Baldi1,972·WE 7 D'estate Mimosa - A·R2·-15.7

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
WE 7 D'estate Mimosa - A
Swiss
Aug 20253.5/5#72042-15.0
Worst Elo result: WE 7 D'estate Mimosa - A (-15.0 Elo, finished #7).

Rankings

/
Syria
#7
out of 216 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,328
in continent
World
#8,276
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
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Syria
1
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2
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3
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4
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4
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6
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8
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9
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10
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2,065
Asia-Pacific
1
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2,780
2
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3
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4
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5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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8
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9
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10
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World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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6
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7
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7
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9
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10
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