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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 10 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 2 career breaks: 26 months (2014–2017) and 51 months (2021–2025).

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

#77,644

#77,644 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

12 entries
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 48
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1809
at age 48 · −13 from today
Mar 2024
2022
15th Australian 45-50 player
at age 46 · rated 1681
Apr 2022
2021
Inactive for 51 months
paused at 1681 → returned at 1788
May 2021
2020
14th Australian 40-45 player
at age 44 · rated 1687
Oct 2020
2018
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 42
Jun 2018

Standard rating history

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

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
15 games
Score
5/ 1533.3%
6W0D9L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsAlvis Gan1,603·2026 NSW Open·R7·-15.0
2.[L]vsZariya Mahajan1,612·2025 NSWCA August Weekender·R5·-14.7
3.[L]vsJoshua Steinthal1,629·2026 NSW Open·R4·-14.5

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
#444
out of 2,432 players
Asia-Pacific
#9,511
in continent
World
#77,643
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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10
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Asia-Pacific
1
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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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World
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2
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