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Ali, Shafkat
🇨🇦FIDE 2613441· Male· Canada
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Shafkat Ali, a Canadian player, is rated 1593. He has slipped back 66 Elo over the past 12 months. 27 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Reading Week Open - U1800, 2026 Canadian University Chess Championship Crown, and 2025 Holidays Open - U2000. Also played 3 rapid (including 2025 Toronto Universities Team Competition - Board 2) and 2 blitz events (including 2025 Toronto Blitz) recently. He took a 28-month break between Mar 2020 and Aug 2022 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 1680 was reached (Jun 2024).
Current rating
1593
Standard
Rpd1704·Blz1635
All-time high
1680
−87 pts below
Jun 2024
Jun 2024
Activity
19
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#149,639
#149,639 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2025
100 career games
Oct 2025
Best 12-month gain (+183 Elo)
1476 → 1659
Feb 2025
2024
All-time peak 1680
−87 from today
Jun 2024
Crossed 1600
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
Mar 2024
2020
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 1522 → returned at 1515
Mar 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-66
1659 → 1593
Tournaments
6
31 games
Score
13.5/ 3143.5%
12W3D16L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2.5/5 | #27 | 1560 | -28.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 0/5 | #90 | — | -19.4 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1/4 | #30 | 1486 | -18.2 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/5 | #26 | 1910 | +11.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/7 | #12 | 1895 | -3.2 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 0/1 | #26 | 1127 | -8.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsUsman Afzal Minhas
🇨🇦CAN
+2 −3 =1
6 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsVu Khoi Trong Tran
🇨🇦CAN·1650
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsJohn Upper
🇨🇦CAN·1973
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsRobert J Armstrong
🇨🇦CAN·1442
+2 −3 =0
5 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsShabnam Abbarin
🇨🇦CAN·1557
+4 −1 =0
5 games·last met Nov 2024
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Rankings
Canada
#1,333
out of 1,900 players
Americas
#18,393
in continent
World
#149,625
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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