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Bouafia,Arken
🇹🇳FIDE 5519225· Male· Tunisia· Born in 2010
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Arken Bouafia, a 16-year-old player, is rated 1776 — just 7 short of his peak of 1783 (Feb 2025, age 15). He is progressing steadily with +39 Elo over the past 12 months. 36 rated games in the past year (≈21/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Tournoi d'echecs de l'aid, Championnat par equipes de Sfax d echecs classiques Ramadan 1447, and Tunisian Youth Team Chess Championship 2026 South Zone. Also played 4 rapid (including North American University chess tournament) and 2 blitz events (including Tunisian Individual Blitz Chess Championship 2026) recently. He reached #88 nationally in Oct 2024.
At junior level, he reached #5, #5 and #6 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1776
Standard
Rpd1821·Blz1748
All-time high
1783
−7 pts below
Feb 2025 · age 15
Feb 2025 · age 15
Activity
25
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
36 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#83,904
#83,904 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
100 career games
at age 16
Mar 2026
2025
5th U16 player nationally
at age 15 · rated 1783
Feb 2025
Best 12-month gain (+530 Elo)
1253 → 1783
Feb 2025
All-time peak 1783
at age 15 · −7 from today
Feb 2025
2024
5th U14 player nationally
at age 14 · rated 1770
Dec 2024
Peak national rank: #88
at age 14 · rated 1733
Oct 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+38
1738 → 1776
Tournaments
6
49 games
Score
34/ 4969.4%
28W12D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 7/8 | #3 | 1937 | +32.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 4.5/3 | #6 | 2424 | +26.0 |
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 8/3 | #9 | 2414 | -1.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/8 | #16 | 1795 | +2.0 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/6 | #9 | 2040 | -37.2 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3.5/8 | #12 | 1787 | +16.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDammak Mohamed Amine
🇹🇳TUN·1844
+4 −1 =3
8 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsMahmoud Ammous
🇹🇳TUN·1988
+2 −3 =2
7 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsYahya ChellyCM
🇹🇳TUN·1988
+0 −4 =2
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsBouafia Akwen
🇹🇳TUN·1427
+6 −0 =0
6 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsMohamed Aziz Arfaoui
🇹🇳TUN·1739
+3 −2 =1
6 games·last met Dec 2024
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Rankings
/
Tunisia
#174
out of 948 players
Africa
#2,936
in continent
World
#83,902
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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