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Benyahia, Ali
🇫🇷FIDE 45142963· Male· France· Born in 2005
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Ali Benyahia, a 21-year-old French player, is rated 1920 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +75 Elo over the past 12 months. 113 rated games in the past year (≈51/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Championnat International d'Echecs de Lyon Henri Rinck 2026, Championnat de l'Isere 2026, and Team 2026 - Nationale 2 r7-9. Also played 19 rapid (including Rapide de la Metropole de Lyon 2025 Open A p1500 Elo) and 1 blitz events (including Championnat International d'Echecs de Lyon Henri Rinck 2026 Blitz) recently.
Current rating
1920
Standard
Rpd1967·Blz1792
All-time high
1920
at best
Jun 2026 · age 21
Jun 2026 · age 21
Activity
80
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
104 past 12 mo · ≈9/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#43,243
#43,243 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
6 entries2026
All-time peak 1920
at age 21
Jun 2026
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 19
Mar 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2024
2020
Best 12-month gain (+289 Elo)
1321 → 1610
Nov 2020
2019
100 career games
at age 14
Mar 2019
2017
First FIDE rating
1217 · at age 12
May 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+67
1853 → 1920
Tournaments
19
99 games
Score
57.5/ 9958.1%
43W29D27L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsLeon Sejalon1,742·23emes Rencontres Nationales et Internationales d'Echecs - Cavalier·R1·-13.7
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4/7 | #24 | 1912 | +3.0 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3/6 | #54 | 1991 | +12.0 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/8 | #34 | 1928 | +11.8 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/7 | #8 | 1948 | +13.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/2 | #855 | 1235 | -14.0 |
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 4.5/7 | #2 | 1996 | +22.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #369 | 1048 | -11.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #596 | 1098 | -9.8 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsMatin Rahnama
🇫🇷FRA·1863
+5 −12 =1
18 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsArmin Otari
🇫🇷FRA·1586
+11 −3 =2
16 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsPatrick Liarsou
🇫🇷FRA·1840
+2 −11 =1
14 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsPierre Roblin
🇫🇷FRA·1813
+8 −2 =2
12 games·last met Apr 2022
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vsAlexis Orhan
🇫🇷FRA·1958
+4 −6 =1
11 games·last met Feb 2026
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Rankings
/
France
#2,565
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#31,918
in continent
World
#43,242
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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