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ALI ZAIN Al ABDIN HAMEED AL-MUSAWI
🇮🇶FIDE 4817702· Male· Iraq· Born in 2007
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Ali Zain Al Abdin Hameed Al-Musawi, a 19-year-old player, is rated 2105 — his current career high and ranked 8th among IRQ players, and in the top 7% worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +123 Elo over the past 12 months. 29 rated games in the past year (≈33/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include IRQ FINAL FOR MEN 2025, Iraqi Final Tournament for open - First stage - 2025, and Iraqi club leago (youth-2025). Also played 5 rapid (including Our security forces' victory in the rapid chess tournament2026) and 1 blitz events (including IRAQ INTERNATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025(Blitz)OPEN) recently. He reached #8 nationally in May 2026.
At junior level, he reached #1, #1, #1 and #1 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2105
Standard
Rpd2049·Blz1820
All-time high
2105
at best
Feb 2026 · age 19
Feb 2026 · age 19
Activity
47
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
29 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#8
#8 · IRQ players · of 414
Career timeline
13 entries2026
Peak national rank: #8
at age 19 · rated 2105
May 2026
1st U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 2105
Feb 2026
All-time peak 2105
at age 19
Feb 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
1st U18 player nationally
at age 18 · rated 2100
Dec 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 18
Dec 2025
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Best result
The first international diamond chess tournament for Al-Hadaf Clubperf 2216 (+125) · 6/7 · #1
Evolution
+123
1982 → 2105
Tournaments
5
32 games
Score
22.5/ 3270.3%
17W11D4L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsSalem Hatam Taleb1,989·The first international diamond chess tournament for Al-Hadaf Club·R7·+14.3
3.[W]vsQassim Abbas Firas1,946·The first international diamond chess tournament for Al-Hadaf Club·R6·+12.1
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 5.5/11 | #7 | 2116 | +5.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #52 | 2679 | +9.2 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 3.5/2 | #11 | 2703 | +11.2 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 6.5/8 | #1 | 2157 | +26.4 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 6/7 | #1 | 2216 | +71.6 |
Hot streak: 5 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsBAQER HAMEED KHALAF AL-MUSAWICM
🇮🇶IRQ·2033
+2 −4 =4
10 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsSaeed Abbas Kadhim
🇮🇶IRQ·1935
+5 −1 =2
8 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsAli Firas Qassim
🇮🇶IRQ·2064
+2 −4 =2
8 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsMohamed Edan Ameen
🇮🇶IRQ·1990
+4 −2 =1
7 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsMustafa Abdulrazzaq Yousif
🇮🇶IRQ·1869
+6 −0 =1
7 games·last met Sep 2025
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Rankings
/
Iraq
#8
out of 686 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,084
in continent
World
#14,946
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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