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Abdel-Kafi, Taha
🇧🇪FIDE 278092· Male· Belgium· Born in 2008
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Taha Abdel-Kafi, a 18-year-old Belgian player, is rated 1867 — his current career high. He is rising rapidly, having gained +124 Elo over the past 12 months. 39 rated games in the past year (≈25/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 11, Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 9, and Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 8. Also played 1 rapid (including 18th Memorial Jose & Hilda Tonoli 2025 - Belgian Rapid Championship 2025) and 4 blitz events (including 10de Memorial Debast 2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached #26, #30 and #31 nationally in U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1867
Standard
Rpd1829·Blz1950
All-time high
1867
at best
May 2026 · age 18
May 2026 · age 18
Activity
28
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
31 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#56,654
#56,654 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
All-time peak 1867
at age 18
May 2026
2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 17
Sep 2025
26th Belgian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1846
Jan 2025
Best 12-month gain (+400 Elo)
1446 → 1846
Jan 2025
2024
30th Belgian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1827
Dec 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 16
Dec 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+124
1743 → 1867
Tournaments
10
31 games
Score
17/ 3154.8%
14W6D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #86 | 2651 | +20.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #392 | 2541 | +14.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #637 | 1738 | -5.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/6 | #36 | 1841 | +2.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #1180 | 1170 | -13.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #412 | 2527 | +16.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/9 | #17 | 1858 | +30.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0/1 | #1499 | 1140 | -13.2 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0.5/1 | #849 | 1835 | +1.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/9 | #102 | 1896 | +72.4 |
Rankings
/
Belgium
#841
out of 3,338 players
Europe
#41,552
in continent
World
#56,653
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Belgium
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