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Sharon, Rafael

IM🇿🇲

FIDEFIDE 74601580· Male· Zambia· Born in 2008

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Rafael Sharon, a 18-year-old International Master, is rated 2316 — just 17 short of his peak of 2333 (Oct 2025, age 17) and ranked 2nd among ZAM players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +116 Elo over the past 12 months. 47 rated games in the past year (≈46/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Muscat Nights International Chess Championship 2026 - Open A, 16th AFRICAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 UNDER 18 OPEN, and World Youth Chess Championship 2025 - U18. Also played 5 rapid (including UAE National Day Rapid Chess Tournament 2025) and 4 blitz events (including 31st AbuDhabi International Chess Festival-Blitz - Open) recently. He reached #1 nationally in Oct 2017 and has been in top 10 for 15 months and counting.

Competes for Zambia since Sep 2023. Awarded IM in 2026 (age 18) and FM in 2025 (age 17). At junior level, he reached World #88 in U14 and #1, #1, #1, #1 and #1 nationally in U18, U16, U12, U10 and U8.

Current rating

2316

Standard

Rpd2197·Blz2160

All-time high

2333

−17 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 17

Activity

72

games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo

47 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#2

#2 · ZAM players · of 508
National top 10 since Aug 2025

Career timeline

25 entries
2026
15 months in national top 10 (ongoing)
since Oct 2017
May 2026
1st U18 player nationally
at age 18 · rated 2333
Jan 2026
IM title awardedIM
at age 18
Jan 2026
2025
FM title awardedFM
at age 17
Oct 2025
Crossed 2300
at age 17
Oct 2025
All-time peak 2333
at age 17 · −17 from today
Oct 2025

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Best result
31st AbuDhabi International Chess Festival-Masters
perf 2389 (+103) · 4.5/9 · #78
Top opponent
vs Karthik VenkataramanGM 2,595
Muscat Nights International Chess Championship 2026 - Open A · Jan 2026 · +6.7 Elo
Evolution
+116
2200 → 2316
Tournaments
5
47 games
Score
27.5/ 4758.5%
19W17D11L

Last 12 months — tournaments

5 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Muscat Nights International Chess Championship 2026 - Open A
Open Swiss
Jan 20265/9#262245-17.2
16th AFRICAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 UNDER 18 OPEN
Open Swiss
Dec 20258/9#12389+18.8
World Youth Chess Championship 2025 - U18
Open Swiss
Oct 20256/11#362249-19.4
1st FUJAIRAH Global Chess Championships - Masters
Open Swiss
Aug 20254/9#1242300+46.8
31st AbuDhabi International Chess Festival-Masters
Open Swiss
Aug 20254.5/9#782389+86.4
Worst Elo result: World Youth Chess Championship 2025 - U18 (-19.4 Elo, finished #36).

Most-Played Opponents

vsNelman Lagutin
🇵🇭PHI·1986
+1 −6 =0
7 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsSultan Al Taher Zayed
🇦🇪UAE·1934
+4 −1 =0
5 games·last met Feb 2024
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vsVishal Choudary B
🇮🇳IND·1948
+0 −4 =1
5 games·last met Jun 2023
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vsRaji AbuazizahFM
🇵🇸PLE·2066
+2 −2 =1
5 games·last met Dec 2022
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vsAl Blooshi Talal Mohammed
🇦🇪UAE·1465
+5 −0 =0
5 games·last met Jul 2019
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Rankings

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Zambia
#2
out of 534 players
Africa
#36
in continent
World
#3,597
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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