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Chelly, Yahya
CM🇹🇳FIDE 5516200· Male· Tunisia· Born in 2010
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Yahya Chelly, a 16-year-old Candidate Master, is rated 1988. He has slipped back 32 Elo over the past 12 months. 80 rated games in the past year (≈30/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Djerba International Chess Festival 2026 Open A, Tunisian Closed Individual Chess Championship 2026, and Tunisian Chess Championship Open Under 16 -2026. Also played 3 rapid (including Tournoi Rapide d Echecs 2025 Fete de l Evacuation) and 4 blitz events (including Djerba International Chess Festival 2026 Blitz) recently. He took a 12-month break between Mar 2023 and Apr 2024. His peak of 2108 was reached at age 15 (Feb 2025, #23 nationally at the time).
Awarded CM in 2025 (age 15). At junior level, he reached #2, #1, #1, #4 and #1 nationally in U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
1988
Standard
Rpd2001·Blz2046
All-time high
2108
−120 pts below
Feb 2025 · age 15
Feb 2025 · age 15
Activity
48
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
70 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#29,457
#29,457 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 15
Dec 2025
CM title awardedCM
at age 15
Apr 2025
Peak national rank: #23
at age 15 · rated 2108
Feb 2025
2nd U16 player nationally
at age 15 · rated 2108
Feb 2025
Best 12-month gain (+561 Elo)
1547 → 2108
Feb 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 15
Feb 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-33
2021 → 1988
Tournaments
8
73 games
Score
40/ 7354.8%
30W20D23L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 7/10 | #2 | 2015 | +37.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1/8 | #20 | 1817 | -77.1 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 4/10 | #7 | 2019 | -33.1 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 7.5/7 | #2 | 2515 | -20.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/9 | #118 | 2182 | +84.8 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3.5/8 | #13 | 2068 | +47.6 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/9 | #5 | 1921 | -33.1 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 7/9 | #3 | 1844 | -39.9 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsIskandar Ben Ayed
🇹🇳TUN·1688
+2 −0 =6
8 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsZoubaier AmdouniFM
🇹🇳TUN·2151
+3 −2 =1
6 games·last met May 2026
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vsArken Bouafia
🇹🇳TUN·1776
+4 −0 =2
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsJahed Mendili
🇹🇳TUN·1781
+4 −2 =0
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsMohamed Khalil AbdallahCM
🇹🇳TUN·2257
+1 −2 =3
6 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
/
Tunisia
#43
out of 948 players
Africa
#710
in continent
World
#29,456
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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