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Melamed, Daniel
FM🇦🇺FIDE 3229076· Male· Australia· Born in 2004
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Daniel Melamed, a 22-year-old Australian FIDE Master, is rated 2096 — just 20 short of his peak of 2116 (Sep 2025, age 21) and sitting in the top 4% of Australian players, and in the top 7% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +64 Elo over the past 12 months. 65 rated games in the past year (≈27/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Sydney International Open - Championships, 2026 O2C Doeberl Cup Premier, and 2026 Ballarat Begonia Open. Also played 5 rapid (including JERUSALEM OPEN 2025) and 9 blitz events (including SERBIA OPEN 2025 - Qualifying blitz 3) recently. He took a 12-month break between Jan 2022 and Feb 2023. He reached Australian #59 in Sep 2025.
Awarded FM in 2025 (age 21) and CM in 2023 (age 19). At junior level, he reached #4, #7, #9 and #8 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2096
Standard
Rpd1999·Blz2127
All-time high
2116
−20 pts below
Sep 2025 · age 21
Sep 2025 · age 21
Activity
67
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
65 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#74 · Australian players · of 1,854
Career timeline
17 entries2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 22
Apr 2026
2025
Peak Australian rank: #59
at age 21 · rated 2116
Sep 2025
All-time peak 2116
at age 21 · −20 from today
Sep 2025
FM title awardedFM
at age 21
Aug 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 21
Aug 2025
2024
4th Australian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2061
Aug 2024
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+49
2047 → 2096
Tournaments
8
71 games
Score
32/ 7145.1%
25W23D23L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/8 | #17 | 2155 | +7.8 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3/9 | #51 | 2016 | -26.8 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5/7 | #12 | 2186 | +26.6 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2.5/5 | #17 | 1879 | -28.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/9 | #16 | 2127 | -0.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/6 | #8 | 2163 | +11.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/9 | #87 | 2240 | +44.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsReyaansh ChakrabartyFM
🇦🇺AUS·2283
+1 −4 =4
9 games·last met May 2026
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vsYifei HuFM
🇦🇺AUS·2225
+2 −4 =3
9 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsAlaina VincentWFM
🇦🇺AUS·1948
+3 −2 =2
7 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsGary W LaneIM
🇦🇺AUS·2198
+1 −4 =1
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsJohn Stuart Plant
🇦🇺AUS·1996
+3 −0 =3
6 games·last met Aug 2025
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Rankings
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Australia
#74
out of 2,392 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,190
in continent
World
#15,764
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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