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Salman, Samer
🇱🇧FIDE 5307503· Male· Lebanon· Born in 2004
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Samer Salman, a 22-year-old player, is rated 1943 — just 24 short of his peak of 1967 (Mar 2024, age 20). He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 19 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included), 12 months (2022–2023) and 24 months (2023–2025). Recent appearance: 2025 Montreal Open. Also played 2 rapid (including 2025 Montreal Open Rapid) and 2 blitz events (including 2025 Montreal Open Blitz) recently. He reached #13 nationally in Dec 2021.
Previously known as Samer salman (until Jul 2018). At junior level, he reached #2, #3, #3 and #4 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1943
Standard
Rpd1905·Blz1914
All-time high
1967
−24 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 20
Mar 2024 · age 20
Activity
4
games / yr avg.
5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#38,106
#38,106 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2024
All-time peak 1967
at age 20 · −24 from today
Mar 2024
2023
2nd U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 1945
Oct 2023
Inactive for 24 months
paused at 1945 → returned at 1943
Sep 2023
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2023
2022
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1924 → returned at 1945
Aug 2022
3rd U18 player nationally
at age 18 · rated 1912
Mar 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-24
1967 → 1943
Tournaments
1
6 games
Score
2.5/ 641.7%
2W1D3L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 2.5/5 | #57 | 1827 | -24.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJoe AssaadCM
🇱🇧LBN·2179
+2 −4 =3
9 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsAdib ArkadanCM
🇱🇧LBN·2215
+1 −8 =0
9 games·last met Aug 2023
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vsAhmad NajjarFM
🇱🇧LBN·2099
+2 −6 =0
8 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsAbdulAziz EL MahmoudCM
🇱🇧LBN·1928
+3 −4 =1
8 games·last met Jul 2022
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vsAmro El JawichFM
🇱🇧LBN·2289
+0 −6 =1
7 games·last met Aug 2023
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Lebanon
#23
out of 404 players
Asia-Pacific
#4,533
in continent
World
#38,105
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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