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Scharf, Saar

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FIDEFIDE 2816938· Male· Israel· Born in 1992

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Saar Scharf, a 34-year-old Israeli player, is rated 1651 — just 21 short of his peak of 1672 (Jan 2026, age 34). He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 48 months (2018–2022, COVID-19 included) and 19 months (2023–2025). Recent appearances: Mark Center winter A 2026 and Mark Center Autumn 2025 B. Also played 2 rapid events (including Kiryat Ono Autumn Rapid 2025) recently.

Current rating

1651

Standard

Rpd1729·Blz1814

All-time high

1672

−21 pts below
Jan 2026 · age 34

Activity

5

games / yr avg.

9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#127,872

#127,872 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

11 entries
2026
All-time peak 1672
at age 34 · −21 from today
Jan 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+240 Elo)
1420 → 1660
Jan 2025
2024
Crossed 1600
at age 32
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 32
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1420 → returned at 1660
May 2023
2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 30
Jul 2022

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Best result
Mark Center Autumn 2025 B
perf 2326 (+654) · 6/6 · #1
Top opponent
vs Idan Gizunterman 1,574
Mark Center Autumn 2025 B · Oct 2025 · +7.3 Elo
Evolution
-1
1652 → 1651
Tournaments
2
11 games
Score
7/ 1163.6%
6W2D3L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsIdan Gizunterman1,574·Mark Center Autumn 2025 B·R5·+7.3
2.[W]vsDaniel Nadetskiy1,555·Mark Center Autumn 2025 B·R3·+6.8
3.[W]vsGil Ron1,524·Mark Center Autumn 2025 B·R6·+6.0
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsGuy Hurwitz1,780·Mark Center winter A 2026·R4·-6.4
2.[L]vsIdan Levi1,796·Mark Center winter A 2026·R2·-6.1
3.[L]vsEli Amit1,853·Mark Center winter A 2026·R1·-4.8

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Mark Center winter A 2026
Swiss
Jan 20261/3#161690-20.6
Mark Center Autumn 2025 B
Swiss
Oct 20256/6#12326+19.8
Worst Elo result: Mark Center winter A 2026 (-20.6 Elo, finished #16).

Rankings

/
Israel
#1,318
out of 2,242 players
Europe
#87,808
in continent
World
#127,866
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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Israel
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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Europe
1
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2,841
2
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3
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4
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2,744
5
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6
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7
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8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
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87808🇮🇱Scharf, Saar1,651
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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4
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4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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9
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