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Ali, Ghazi Al-Saadi
FM🇮🇶FIDE 4800214· Male· Iraq· Born in 1964
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Ghazi Al-Saadi Ali, a 62-year-old FIDE Master, is rated 1963. He plays occasionally (6 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 14 months (2003–2004), 12 months (2009–2010) and 12 months (2013–2014). Recent appearance: Allsvenskan 2025-2026: II:7 r7. Also played 2 rapid events (including Smaland Snabb-DM ind 2025) recently. His peak of 2304 was reached at age 37 (Jan 2001); he also reached #6 nationally in Jan 2002 and spent 15 months in top 10.
Awarded FM in 2007 (age 43).
Current rating
1963
Standard
Rpd2081·Blz1980
All-time high
2304
−341 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 37
Jan 2001 · age 37
Activity
15
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#34,035
#34,035 · players worldwide · of 218,279
15 months in National top 10 (2001–2008)
15 months in National top 10 (2001–2008)
Career timeline
21 entries2025
2nd 60-65 player nationally
at age 61 · rated 1982
Feb 2025
2023
4th 55-60 player nationally
at age 59 · rated 2065
Feb 2023
2019
6th 50-55 player nationally
at age 55 · rated 2116
Sep 2019
Best 12-month gain (+131 Elo)
1985 → 2116
Sep 2019
Re-crossed 2100
at age 55
Jun 2019
7-month rising streak
+133 Elo
Jun 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-4
1967 → 1963
Tournaments
5
6 games
Score
3/ 650.0%
2W2D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #4 | 2701 | +7.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/2 | #19 | 1923 | -0.4 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #38 | 1853 | -2.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #51 | 1121 | -11.6 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0.5/1 | #40 | 2087 | +3.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRoger Karlsson
🇸🇪SWE·1925
+9 −1 =2
12 games·last met Oct 2023
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vsPer-Olov Nordstrom
🇸🇪SWE·1946
+3 −3 =5
11 games·last met Feb 2020
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vsHakan Akvist
🇸🇪SWE
+3 −0 =8
11 games·last met Jan 2020
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vsDick Petersson
🇸🇪SWE·1951
+5 −1 =3
9 games·last met Feb 2019
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vsOliver Jakobcic
🇩🇰DEN·1840
+6 −1 =0
7 games·last met Apr 2019
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Rankings
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Iraq
#35
out of 719 players
Asia-Pacific
#4,118
in continent
World
#34,034
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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