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Zhirwan, Noraldin Abubakr
🇮🇶FIDE 4830377· Male· Iraq· Born in 2007
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Noraldin Abubakr Zhirwan, a 19-year-old player, is rated 1956 — his current career high. He is rising rapidly, having gained +109 Elo over the past 12 months. 37 rated games in the past year (≈28/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Chess Tournament at Vim (under 20)2026, Iraqi Final Tournament for open - First stage - 2025, and 4th Iraq Championship (zone2) 2025. Also played 3 rapid (including 5th Erbil International Rapid Chess tournament-2025) and 1 blitz events (including IRAQ INTERNATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025(Blitz)OPEN) recently. He reached #36 nationally in May 2026.
At junior level, he reached #3, #3 and #2 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1956
Standard
Rpd1966·Blz1823
All-time high
1956
at best
May 2026 · age 19
May 2026 · age 19
Activity
26
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
37 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#35,444
#35,444 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
Peak national rank: #36
at age 19 · rated 1956
May 2026
3rd U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 1956
May 2026
All-time peak 1956
at age 19
May 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
3rd U18 player nationally
at age 18 · rated 1921
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 18
Nov 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+109
1847 → 1956
Tournaments
6
45 games
Score
30/ 4566.7%
25W10D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/7 | #2 | 2146 | +35.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/8 | #14 | 2020 | +78.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5.5/6 | #18 | 2328 | +60.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 3.5/3 | #8 | 2604 | -10.0 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4/6 | #16 | 1875 | -73.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/7 | #24 | 2156 | +19.6 |
Rankings
/
Iraq
#37
out of 719 players
Asia-Pacific
#4,270
in continent
World
#35,443
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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