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Boulos, Carlos
CM🇱🇧FIDE 5302749· Male· Lebanon· Born in 2004
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Carlos Boulos, a 22-year-old Candidate Master, is rated 2163 — just 30 short of his peak of 2193 (Apr 2019, age 15) and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +146 Elo over the past 12 months. 53 rated games in the past year (≈51/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 11eme Open International d'Echecs de Noisiel 2026 - Open A (p2000 Elo), grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, and Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r7-9. Also played 12 rapid (including Les Internationaux de France Rapide 2025) and 4 blitz events (including Les Internationaux de France Blitz 2025) recently. He took a 15-month break between Sep 2023 and Jan 2025. He reached #4 nationally in Oct 2020 and has been in top 10 for 64 months and counting (4 consecutive years on his current run).
Competes for Lebanon since Oct 2016. Awarded CM in 2020 (age 16). At junior level, he reached #1, #1, #1, #1 and #1 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2163
Standard
Rpd2217·Blz2184
All-time high
2193
−30 pts below
Apr 2019 · age 15
Apr 2019 · age 15
Activity
26
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
53 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#10,352 · players worldwide · of 216,808
National top 10 since Dec 2025
National top 10 since Dec 2025
Career timeline
23 entries2026
64 months in national top 10 (ongoing)
longest streak 49 months · since Jan 2019
May 2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 22
Mar 2026
2023
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 2022 → returned at 2017
Sep 2023
500 career games
at age 19
Aug 2023
1st U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 2071
May 2023
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2023
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+146
2017 → 2163
Tournaments
10
60 games
Score
32/ 6053.3%
33W8D19L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsBaptiste Juran2,052·11eme Open International d'Echecs de Noisiel 2026 - Open A (p2000 Elo)·R7·-13.1
3.[L]vsApollo DeladerriereCM2,138·39eme Festival International des Jeux de Cannes - Open A (p2100)·R6·-9.3
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/9 | #28 | 2163 | +9.2 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/9 | #362 | 2292 | +40.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #231 | 2729 | +11.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3.5/9 | #83 | 2095 | -1.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #47 | 2745 | +6.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/9 | #54 | 2247 | +47.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #365 | 2612 | +4.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/6 | #6 | 2209 | +26.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/6 | #17 | 1986 | -3.0 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #244 | 2579 | +4.0 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsJudicael MeillonFM
🇫🇷FRA·2290
+0 −8 =2
10 games·last met May 2026
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vsRenzo Sotelo
🇫🇷FRA·1964
+6 −4 =0
10 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsAlexandre Rachid
🇫🇷FRA·2112
+4 −4 =2
10 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsPaul Boulos
🇫🇷FRA·2253
+6 −1 =0
7 games·last met May 2026
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vsEdgar KaragyozianCM
🇫🇷FRA·2193
+2 −5 =0
7 games·last met Sep 2025
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Rankings
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Lebanon
#8
out of 406 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,560
in continent
World
#10,352
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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