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Terefe,Melkamu Sewunet
🇪🇹INACTIVEFIDE 15701646· Male· Ethiopia· Born in 1984
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Melkamu Sewunet Terefe, a 42-year-old player, is rated 1904. He plays occasionally (6 games in the last 12 months) and took a 21-month break between Jun 2022 and Apr 2024. Also played 1 rapid (including 2025 Flintstone Homes Rapid Individual Championship) and 2 blitz events (including 2025 Flintstone Homes Blitz Individual Championship) recently. His peak of 1968 was reached at age 40 (Apr 2024); he also reached #10 nationally in Apr 2022.
Current rating
1904
Standard
Rpd1930·Blz1868
All-time high
1968
−64 pts below
Apr 2024 · age 40
Apr 2024 · age 40
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
Occasional
Signature stat
#47,148
#47,148 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2025
3rd 40-45 player nationally
at age 41 · rated 1968
Feb 2025
2024
All-time peak 1968
at age 40 · −64 from today
Apr 2024
2022
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 1934 → returned at 1968
Jun 2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 38
May 2022
Peak national rank: #10
at age 38 · rated 1951
Apr 2022
2019
Best 12-month gain (+106 Elo)
1814 → 1920
Jul 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
1904 → 1904
Score
0/ 60.0%
2W1D3L
Top wins
No noteworthy wins (no Elo gained on any game).
Top losses
No noteworthy losses.
Last 12 months — tournaments
0 eventsMost-Played Opponents
vsAddisalem Temesgen Tsige
🇪🇹ETH·2056
+1 −8 =0
9 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsGirum Teklewold Altaye
🇪🇹ETH·1956
+2 −7 =0
9 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsYoseph Kifle Kebede
🇪🇹ETH·2100
+0 −8 =0
8 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsDesalegn Fekadu JimmaCM
🇪🇹ETH·2042
+1 −4 =2
7 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsMiki Abdissa Bekele
🇪🇹ETH·2106
+3 −4 =0
7 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
Ethiopia
#20
out of 105 players
Africa
#1,361
in continent
World
#47,187
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Ethiopia
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