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Rafik, John
🇪🇬FIDE 54236983· Male· Egypt· Born in 2013
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John Rafik, a 13-year-old Egyptian player, is rated 1600. He has slipped back 32 Elo over the past 12 months. 24 rated games in the past year (≈19/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include National Youth Chess Championship Open U14 2026, Golden Knight Dokki Classic Chess 27 10 2025, and 3rd Adly Chess Festival 2025. Also played 5 rapid (including 3rd Adly Chess Festival Rapid 2025) and 2 blitz events (including 4th Internaional Egyptian Champions festival (Blitz) 12 -6- 2025) recently. His peak of 1672 was reached at age 12 (Aug 2025).
At junior level, he reached #16, #7 and #22 nationally in U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1600
Standard
Rpd1891·Blz1798
All-time high
1672
−72 pts below
Aug 2025 · age 12
Aug 2025 · age 12
Activity
20
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#147,034
#147,034 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2026
16th Egyptian U14 player
at age 13 · rated 1656
Jan 2026
2025
7th Egyptian U12 player
at age 12 · rated 1672
Aug 2025
All-time peak 1672
at age 12 · −72 from today
Aug 2025
Crossed 1600
at age 12
Jun 2025
Best 12-month gain (+534 Elo)
1047 → 1581
Jan 2025
2024
Crossed 1500
at age 11
Jun 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-63
1663 → 1600
Tournaments
3
21 games
Score
10.5/ 2150.0%
8W5D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/5 | #21 | 1590 | -55.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/6 | #16 | 1617 | -16.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/1 | #269 | 2245 | +8.8 |
Rankings
/
Egypt
#787
out of 2,900 players
Africa
#6,084
in continent
World
#147,022
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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