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Waseem, Raad Najeeb
🇮🇶FIDE 4813170· Male· Iraq· Born in 1986
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Raad Najeeb Waseem, a 40-year-old player, is rated 1779 — just 1 short of his peak of 1780 (Mar 2024, age 38). He plays occasionally (1 game in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 47 months (2020–2024, COVID-19 included) and 19 months (2024–2025). Recent appearance: Open Neinava chess championship 2025. Also played 1 rapid event (including 50th Khanzad International Chess Tournament-Rapid-2025) recently. He reached #95 nationally in Oct 2020.
Current rating
1779
Standard
Rpd1728·Blz—
All-time high
1780
−1 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 38
Mar 2024 · age 38
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
1 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#82,929
#82,929 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2024
All-time peak 1780
at age 38 · −1 from today
Mar 2024
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1634 → returned at 1779
Jan 2024
2020
Peak national rank: #95
at age 34 · rated 1652
Oct 2020
Inactive for 47 months
paused at 1652 → returned at 1634
Jan 2020
2019
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 33
Jan 2019
2018
Best 12-month gain (+200 Elo)
1468 → 1668
May 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-1
1780 → 1779
Tournaments
1
7 games
Score
5/ 771.4%
4W2D1L
Top wins
No noteworthy wins (no Elo gained on any game).
Top losses
No noteworthy losses.
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/1 | #22 | 2546 | -1.0 |
Rankings
/
Iraq
#144
out of 719 players
Asia-Pacific
#10,268
in continent
World
#82,927
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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