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Shahram Hayder Faiaq
🇮🇶FIDE 4812310· Male· Iraq· Born in 1977
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Shahram Hayder Faiaq, a 49-year-old player, is rated 1493. He has slipped back 31 Elo over the past 12 months. 11 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Babylon International Grand Championship 2026., 18th Avicenna International Chess Tournament 2025 -(B), and Ham peyman Standard Tournament Sabzevar. Also played 2 rapid (including 5th Erbil International Rapid Chess tournament-2025) and 1 blitz events (including 18th Avicenna International Chess Tournament 2025 -(D)) recently. He took a 12-month break between Aug 2024 and Sep 2025. His peak of 1535 was reached at age 47 (May 2024).
Current rating
1493
Standard
Rpd1435·Blz1514
All-time high
1535
−42 pts below
May 2024 · age 47
May 2024 · age 47
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#188,446
#188,446 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2025
Best 12-month gain (+303 Elo)
1221 → 1524
Feb 2025
2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1524 → returned at 1514
Aug 2024
All-time peak 1535
at age 47 · −42 from today
May 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 47
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 47
Mar 2024
2023
19th 45-50 player nationally
at age 46 · rated 1236
Jan 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-31
1524 → 1493
Tournaments
4
32 games
Score
11/ 3234.4%
8W6D18L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 2.5/3 | #60 | 2034 | -12.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/5 | #200 | 1684 | -9.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 0/2 | #115 | 1058 | -5.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/1 | #293 | 2539 | -4.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsPishtiwan Ahmed Pari
🇮🇶IRQ·1467
+5 −0 =3
8 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsRabar Bakhtyar Hama Saleh
🇮🇶IRQ·1686
+0 −7 =0
7 games·last met Jul 2023
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vshama Salih Ahmed Bakhtiyar
🇮🇶IRQ·1767
+0 −7 =0
7 games·last met Jul 2021
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vsSardar Othman Nvar
🇮🇶IRQ·1649
+4 −2 =0
6 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsDlshad Hasan Yahiya
🇮🇶IRQ·1633
+3 −3 =0
6 games·last met Jul 2024
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Rankings
/
Iraq
#383
out of 719 players
Asia-Pacific
#38,621
in continent
World
#188,378
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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