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Saim, Mohamed Ilias

FM🇩🇿

FIDEFIDE 7900465· Male· Algeria· Born in 1994

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Mohamed Ilias Saim, a 32-year-old FIDE Master, is rated 2147 and ranked 13th among ALG players, and in the top 5% worldwide. He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 22 months (2008–2010) and 22 months (2022–2024). Recent appearance: Amsterdam Chess Open 2025 Group A. His peak of 2191 was reached at age 30 (Dec 2024, #7 nationally at the time); he spent 49 months in top 10, with a longest streak of 2 consecutive years.

Awarded FM in 2014 (age 20). Earned a IM norm at Open African Junior U20 CC 2013. At junior level, he reached #2, #2, #2 and #1 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.

Current rating

2147

Standard

Rpd2065·Blz2063

All-time high

2191

−44 pts below
Dec 2024 · age 30

Activity

7

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

#13

#13 · ALG players · of 547
49 months in National top 10 (2020–2025)

Career timeline

17 entries
2025
49 months in national top 10
longest streak 24 months · since Mar 2020
Nov 2025
2024
Peak national rank: #7
at age 30 · rated 2191
Dec 2024
All-time peak 2191
at age 30 · −44 from today
Dec 2024
2022
Inactive for 22 months
paused at 2169 → returned at 2175
Nov 2022
2018
Re-crossed 2100
at age 24
Jun 2018
2015
Best 12-month gain (+147 Elo)
2023 → 2170
Apr 2015

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Enis ZuferiFM 2,336
Amsterdam Chess Open 2025 Group A · Oct 2025 · +5.0 Elo
Evolution
-9
2156 → 2147
Tournaments
1
6 games
Score
2.5/ 641.7%
2W1D3L

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Amsterdam Chess Open 2025 Group A
Open Swiss
Oct 20252.5/6#572107-8.8

Most-Played Opponents

vsMohamed Amine FellahCM
🇩🇿ALG·2083
+8 −8 =4
20 games·last met Feb 2020
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vsMehdi MoulayCM
🇩🇿ALG·1942
+11 −6 =1
18 games·last met Feb 2020
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vsAli NassrIM
🇩🇿ALG·2289
+5 −5 =7
17 games·last met Dec 2019
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vsMohamed HaddoucheGM
🇩🇿ALG·2490
+0 −14 =3
17 games·last met Jan 2018
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vsMahfoud OussedikIM
🇩🇿ALG·2404
+2 −9 =1
12 games·last met Aug 2019
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Rankings

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Algeria
#13
out of 851 players
Africa
#184
in continent
World
#11,463
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Algeria
1
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3
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2,425
4
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5
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2,289
6
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2,270
7
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2,215
8
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2,205
9
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2,204
10
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2,177
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13🇩🇿Saim, Mohamed Ilias2,147
Africa
1
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2,628
2
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2,581
3
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2,502
4
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2,493
5
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2,464
6
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2,453
7
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2,443
8
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2,437
9
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2,425
10
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2,412
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World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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2,753
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