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Ben Kahla, Tahar

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FIDEFIDE 5507944· Male· Tunisia· Born in 1954

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Tahar Ben Kahla, a 72-year-old player, is rated 1627. He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and took a 33-month break between Dec 2021 and Oct 2024. Recent appearances: SAHEL CHESS FESTIVAL OPEN C and Memorial Zouaghi Naoufel 2025. Also played 1 blitz event (including 23 January Memorial Chess Tournament) recently. His peak of 1679 was reached at age 70 (Mar 2024); he also reached #94 nationally in Sep 2020.

Current rating

1627

Standard

Rpd1643·Blz1672

All-time high

1679

−52 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 70

Activity

7

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

#136,777

#136,777 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

13 entries
2025
5th 70-75 player nationally
at age 71 · rated 1657
Feb 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+198 Elo)
1465 → 1663
Oct 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 70
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 70
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1679
at age 70 · −52 from today
Mar 2024
2022
5th 65-70 player nationally
at age 68 · rated 1465
Apr 2022

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Mohamed Alaa Bourari 1,523
SAHEL CHESS FESTIVAL OPEN C · Sep 2025 · +7.1 Elo
Evolution
-19
1646 → 1627
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
10/ 1855.6%
9W2D7L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsMohamed Alaa Bourari1,523·SAHEL CHESS FESTIVAL OPEN C·R9·+7.1
2.[W]vsIsmail Iyed1,490·SAHEL CHESS FESTIVAL OPEN C·R6·+6.2
3.[W]vsIlef Zena1,444·SAHEL CHESS FESTIVAL OPEN C·R7·+5.2
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsAya Bensidi1,427·SAHEL CHESS FESTIVAL OPEN C·R8·-15.2
2.[L]vsAmine Jlajla1,513·Memorial Zouaghi Naoufel 2025·R5·-13.1
3.[L]vsJahed Mendili1,830·Memorial Zouaghi Naoufel 2025·R8·-4.7

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
SAHEL CHESS FESTIVAL OPEN C
Open Swiss
Sep 20255.5/4#482271+4.0
Memorial Zouaghi Naoufel 2025
Open Swiss
Jul 20254.5/3#1392558-22.0
Worst Elo result: Memorial Zouaghi Naoufel 2025 (-22.0 Elo, finished #139).

Rankings

/
Tunisia
#317
out of 948 players
Africa
#5,570
in continent
World
#136,769
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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6
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7
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8
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10
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Africa
1
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2
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4
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5
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6
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9
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10
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