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Shahin, Walid
🇩🇪FIDE 24607487· Male· Germany· Born in 1986
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Walid Shahin, a 40-year-old German player, is rated 2042 and sitting in the top 10% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and had 4 career breaks: 17 months (2004–2006), 16 months (2013–2014), 30 months (2019–2021, COVID-19 included) and 27 months (2022–2024). Recent appearance: Landesliga Bayern Sued 2025-2026 Maerz 2026. His peak of 2157 was reached at age 31 (Nov 2017).
At junior level, he reached #83 nationally in U18.
Current rating
2042
Standard
Rpd2139·Blz2096
All-time high
2157
−115 pts below
Nov 2017 · age 31
Nov 2017 · age 31
Activity
4
games / yr avg.
8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 10%
#21,735 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2022
Inactive for 27 months
paused at 2051 → returned at 2064
Jul 2022
2019
Inactive for 30 months
paused at 2078 → returned at 2070
May 2019
2017
All-time peak 2157
at age 31 · −115 from today
Nov 2017
2016
Re-crossed 2100
at age 30
Mar 2016
2013
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 2047 → returned at 2051
Jun 2013
2009
100 career games
at age 23
Jul 2009
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+14
2028 → 2042
Tournaments
7
8 games
Score
5/ 862.5%
5W0D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #12 | 2884 | +11.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #29 | 2009 | -1.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #11 | 2763 | +8.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #75 | 1270 | -9.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #63 | 1106 | -13.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #5 | 2830 | +10.0 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #29 | 2796 | +9.2 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#2,521
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#15,976
in continent
World
#21,735
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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