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Ali Firas Qassim
🇮🇶FIDE 4810139· Male· Iraq· Born in 2006
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Ali Firas Qassim, a 20-year-old player, is rated 2079 — just 15 short of his peak of 2094 (Dec 2023, age 17) and ranked 11th among IRQ players, and in the top 8% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +69 Elo over the past 12 months. 76 rated games in the past year (≈41/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Babylon International Grand Championship 2026., Chess Tournament at Vim (under 20)2026, and Baghdad Golden Standard Chess Tournament 2026. Also played 4 rapid (including 5th Family Mall Sulaymaniyah Chess Tournament 2026) and 2 blitz events (including 18th Avicenna International Chess Tournament 2025 -(D)) recently. He reached #11 nationally in Jun 2026.
At junior level, he reached #2, #1, #1, #1, #1, #3 and #1 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
2079
Standard
Rpd2025·Blz1949
All-time high
2094
−15 pts below
Dec 2023 · age 17
Dec 2023 · age 17
Activity
59
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
76 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#11
#11 · IRQ players · of 429
Career timeline
18 entries2026
Peak national rank: #11
at age 20 · rated 2079
Jun 2026
2nd U20 player nationally
at age 20 · rated 2079
Jun 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 19
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 19
Jan 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2025
2023
1st U18 player nationally
at age 17 · rated 2094
Dec 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+69
2010 → 2079
Tournaments
10
79 games
Score
53/ 7967.1%
43W20D16L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 6.5/9 | #3 | 2116 | +15.0 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6.5/7 | #1 | 2293 | +28.0 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6.5/9 | #3 | 1993 | -4.6 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 4.5/11 | #9 | 2059 | +11.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 6/7 | #2 | 2111 | +12.6 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6/9 | #4 | 2084 | +22.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 2.5/1 | #18 | 2723 | -2.6 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5/8 | #3 | 1908 | -14.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/8 | #42 | 2008 | -5.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/7 | #13 | 2156 | +5.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsQassim Abbas Firas
🇮🇶IRQ·1932
+8 −1 =9
18 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsDhahir Habeeb MoazazFM
🇮🇶IRQ·2171
+3 −9 =5
17 games·last met May 2026
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vsBAQER HAMEED KHALAF AL-MUSAWICM
🇮🇶IRQ·2046
+10 −2 =2
14 games·last met May 2026
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vsDhafer Abdulameer AmeerCM
🇮🇶IRQ·1874
+3 −8 =2
13 games·last met Nov 2025
View head-to-head →
vsZaid Alaa ChasebCM
🇮🇶IRQ·2027
+4 −5 =2
11 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
Iraq
#11
out of 719 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,375
in continent
World
#17,429
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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