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Sarfati, Didier
🇫🇷FIDE 26096943· Male· France· Born in 1958
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Didier Sarfati, a 68-year-old French player, is rated 1648 — just 14 short of his peak of 1662 (Dec 2025, age 67). He plays occasionally (6 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 16 months (2018–2019) and 20 months (2024–2025). Recent appearances: VCC Tournoi Interne 2025-2026 r6 and Team 2026 - Nationale 4 r6-7. Also played 1 rapid (including 19e Rapide du Vesinet (-2350)) and 2 blitz events (including Tournoi blitz du Vesinet no 8 du 22-05-2026) recently.
Current rating
1648
Standard
Rpd1692·Blz1588
All-time high
1662
−14 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 67
Dec 2025 · age 67
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#128,945
#128,945 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2025
All-time peak 1662
at age 67 · −14 from today
Dec 2025
Best 12-month gain (+212 Elo)
1449 → 1661
Feb 2025
2024
Crossed 1600
at age 66
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 66
Mar 2024
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1661 → returned at 1662
Mar 2024
2018
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1476 → returned at 1474
Jun 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-13
1661 → 1648
Tournaments
6
7 games
Score
2/ 728.6%
2W2D3L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 0/1 | #18 | 1065 | -6.0 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 0.5/1 | #7 | 1664 | -0.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #3523 | 1189 | -2.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #13 | 1047 | -4.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #1295 | 1557 | -2.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #9 | 2225 | +4.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsNicolas Guerry
🇫🇷FRA·1589
+4 −1 =0
5 games·last met May 2026
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vsYannick Holin
🇫🇷FRA·1547
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met May 2025
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vsAmaury Pandevant
🇫🇷FRA·1914
+1 −4 =0
5 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsChristophe Imbert
🇫🇷FRA·1883
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Nov 2023
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Rankings
/
France
#9,479
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#88,416
in continent
World
#128,939
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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