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Barakat, Rafic

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FIDEFIDE 5300096· Male· Lebanon· Born in 1962

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Rafic Barakat, a 64-year-old player, is rated 1903. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 4 career breaks: 143 months (2003–2015), 12 months (2016–2017), 15 months (2017–2019) and 43 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included). Recent appearances: Keshmat Fall Festival Classic Group B-2025 and 2025 Lebanese Team Chess Championship. Also played 2 rapid events (including 45 th Golf Club 2025 Christmas Rapid) recently. His peak of 2058 was reached at age 41 (Jan 2003); he also reached #10 nationally in Oct 2020.

Competes for Lebanon since Oct 2016.

Current rating

1903

Standard

Rpd1868·Blz1992

All-time high

2058

−155 pts below
Jan 2003 · age 41

Activity

12

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#47,429

#47,429 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

17 entries
2024
Best 12-month gain (+31 Elo)
1909 → 1940
Dec 2024
2023
1st 60-65 player nationally
at age 61 · rated 1940
Oct 2023
2020
Peak national rank: #10
at age 58 · rated 1952
Oct 2020
Inactive for 43 months
paused at 1952 → returned at 1940
Feb 2020
2018
2nd 55-60 player nationally
at age 56 · rated 2011
Sep 2018
2017
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 2011 → returned at 1989
Oct 2017

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Ahmad NajjarFM 2,129
2025 Lebanese Team Chess Championship · Nov 2025 · +15.3 Elo
Evolution
-25
1928 → 1903
Tournaments
2
9 games
Score
3/ 933.3%
2W2D5L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Keshmat Fall Festival Classic Group B-2025
Round-Robin
Nov 20251.5/4#51753-19.6
2025 Lebanese Team Chess Championship
Team
Nov 20251.5/5#471929-4.8
Worst Elo result: Keshmat Fall Festival Classic Group B-2025 (-19.6 Elo, finished #5).

Rankings

/
Lebanon
#34
out of 406 players
Asia-Pacific
#5,618
in continent
World
#47,429
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Lebanon
1
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2,318
2
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2,304
3
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2,299
4
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2,289
5
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2,260
6
🇱🇧Khairallah, FaisalFollow Faisal KhairallahTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,255
7
🇱🇧Assaad, JoeFollow Joe AssaadTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,179
8
🇱🇧Boulos, CarlosFollow Carlos BoulosTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,163
9
🇱🇧Najjar, AhmadFollow Ahmad NajjarTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,099
10
🇱🇧Kaloust, GiorgioFollow Giorgio KaloustTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,092
...
34🇱🇧Barakat, Rafic1,903
Asia-Pacific
1
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
2
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
3
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
4
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,751
5
🇮🇳Anand, ViswanathanFollow Viswanathan AnandTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇨🇳Ding, LirenFollow Liren DingTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,738
7
🇮🇳Praggnanandhaa RFollow Praggnanandhaa RTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,733
8
🇮🇳Gukesh DFollow Gukesh DTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
9
🇻🇳Le, Quang LiemFollow Quang Liem LeTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,731
10
🇷🇺Nepomniachtchi, IanFollow Ian NepomniachtchiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
...
5618🇱🇧Barakat, Rafic1,903
World
1
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2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
47429🇱🇧Barakat, Rafic1,903