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Shihab, Khaled
🇱🇧FIDE 5300746· Male· Lebanon
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Khaled Shihab, a player, is rated 1980. He plays occasionally (2 games in the last 12 months) and had 5 career breaks: 97 months (2004–2012), 13 months (2013–2014), 30 months (2015–2017), 57 months (2017–2022, COVID-19 included) and 29 months (2022–2025). Recent appearance: 2025 Lebanese Team Chess Championship. Also played 2 rapid (including Keshmat Rapid October 2025) and 4 blitz events (including 3rd Blitz By Shamieh 2025) recently. His peak of 2199 was reached (Jul 2003, #7 nationally at the time); he spent 30 months in top 10.
Competes for Lebanon since Oct 2016.
Current rating
1980
Standard
Rpd1987·Blz1934
All-time high
2199
−219 pts below
Jul 2003
Jul 2003
Activity
1
games / yr avg.
2 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#30,787
#30,787 · players worldwide · of 218,279
30 months in National top 10 (2003–2014)
30 months in National top 10 (2003–2014)
Career timeline
15 entries2022
Inactive for 29 months
paused at 1995 → returned at 1986
Aug 2022
2017
Inactive for 57 months
paused at 2024 → returned at 1995
Oct 2017
2016
Switched federation: LIB → LBN
Oct 2016
2015
Inactive for 30 months
paused at 2030 → returned at 2024
Mar 2015
2014
K-factor lowered to 15
Jun 2014
30 months in national top 10
longest streak 20 months · since Jul 2003
Apr 2014
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-6
1986 → 1980
Tournaments
1
3 games
Score
2/ 366.7%
2W0D1L
Top 1 win
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/2 | #66 | 2674 | -6.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAhmad NajjarFM
🇱🇧LBN·2099
+3 −4 =6
13 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsAmro El JawichFM
🇱🇧LBN·2289
+2 −9 =2
13 games·last met Jan 2024
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vsJoe AssaadCM
🇱🇧LBN·2179
+3 −6 =1
10 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsMichel AdeimiCM
🇱🇧LBN·2084
+4 −3 =2
9 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsNadim Hammoud
🇱🇧LBN·1955
+3 −2 =2
7 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
Lebanon
#17
out of 404 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,775
in continent
World
#30,786
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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