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Bassel, Charaf

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FIDEFIDE 5300657· Male· Lebanon· Born in 1986

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Charaf Bassel, a 40-year-old player, is rated 1976. He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 8 months. 10 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent appearances: 2025 Tournoi du Pere-Noel and 2025 Montreal Open. He took a 55-month break between Feb 2018 and Oct 2022 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2179 was reached at age 28 (Sep 2014, #6 nationally at the time); he spent 43 months in top 10.

Competes for Lebanon since Oct 2016.

Current rating

1976

Standard

Rpd2083·Blz2118

All-time high

2179

−203 pts below
Sep 2014 · age 28

Activity

7

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#31,493

#31,493 · players worldwide · of 216,808
43 months in National top 10 (2014–2022)

Career timeline

13 entries
2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 39
Feb 2025
2022
43 months in national top 10
longest streak 21 months · since Feb 2014
Oct 2022
2018
Inactive for 55 months
paused at 2082 → returned at 2038
Feb 2018
2016
Switched federation: LIB → LBN
at age 30
Oct 2016
2014
Peak national rank: #6
at age 28 · rated 2179
Sep 2014
Best 12-month gain (+109 Elo)
2070 → 2179
Sep 2014

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Jonathan Yu 2,052
2025 Montreal Open · Sep 2025 · +12.0 Elo
Evolution
-27
2003 → 1976
Tournaments
2
12 games
Score
6/ 1250.0%
3W6D3L
Top 2 wins
1.[W]vsJonathan Yu2,052·2025 Montreal Open·R6·+12.0
2.[W]vsChen Chen1,669·2025 Tournoi du Pere-Noel·R4·+2.9
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsDanil Buzhor1,913·2025 Montreal Open·R4·-11.9
2.[L]vsMarius NiculaFM2,155·2025 Montreal Open·R2·-5.3
3.[L]vsVincent LatorreFM2,301·2025 Tournoi du Pere-Noel·R2·-2.7

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2025 Tournoi du Pere-Noel
Open Swiss
Dec 20253/3#492731-4.0
2025 Montreal Open
Open Swiss
Sep 20253/7#301885-22.8
Worst Elo result: 2025 Montreal Open (-22.8 Elo, finished #30).

Rankings

/
Lebanon
#18
out of 406 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,849
in continent
World
#31,493
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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18🇱🇧Bassel, Charaf1,976
Asia-Pacific
1
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2,780
2
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3
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4
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5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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2,733
8
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2,732
9
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2,731
10
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2,729
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3849🇱🇧Bassel, Charaf1,976
World
1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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9
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10
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31493🇱🇧Bassel, Charaf1,976