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Esmaili, Ali

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FIDEFIDE 3225887· Male· Australia· Born in 1976

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Ali Esmaili, a 50-year-old Australian player, is rated 1796 — just 13 short of his peak of 1809 (Mar 2024, age 48). He has held steady between 1750 and 1800 for 9 months. 10 rated games in the past year (≈5/year long-term). Recent appearances: 2025 NSWCA October Weekender and 2025 NSWCA August Weekender. Also played 1 rapid (including 2025 NSW Rapid Championship) and 2 blitz events (including 2026 Australian Blitz Championship) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 26 months (2014–2017), 33 months (2021–2024) and 17 months (2024–2025).

Current rating

1796

Standard

Rpd1829·Blz1747

All-time high

1809

−13 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 48

Activity

3

games / yr avg.

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

Signature stat

#77,606

#77,606 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

13 entries
2024
Best 12-month gain (+128 Elo)
1681 → 1809
Mar 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 48
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1809
at age 48 · −13 from today
Mar 2024
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 1809 → returned at 1788
Mar 2024
2022
15th Australian 45-50 player
at age 46 · rated 1681
Apr 2022
2021
Inactive for 33 months
paused at 1681 → returned at 1809
May 2021

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Daniel (yulin) Ding 1,750
2025 NSWCA October Weekender · Oct 2025 · +8.7 Elo
Evolution
-13
1809 → 1796
Tournaments
2
10 games
Score
5/ 1050.0%
5W0D5L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsZariya Mahajan1,612·2025 NSWCA August Weekender·R5·-14.7
2.[L]vsMaximilian Windsor1,692·2025 NSWCA August Weekender·R3·-12.7
3.[L]vsArthur Huynh1,982·2025 NSWCA August Weekender·R2·-4.9

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2025 NSWCA October Weekender
Open Swiss
Oct 20253/5#571836+7.8
2025 NSWCA August Weekender
Open Swiss
Aug 20252/5#701654-21.0
Worst Elo result: 2025 NSWCA August Weekender (-21.0 Elo, finished #70).

Rankings

/
Australia
#441
out of 2,392 players
Asia-Pacific
#9,516
in continent
World
#77,606
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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Asia-Pacific
1
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2
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9
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10
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