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Belouadah, Saad

Belouadah, Saad

IM🇩🇿

FIDEFIDE 7900856· Male· Algeria· Born in 1979

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Saad Belouadah, a 47-year-old International Master, is rated 2320 and ranked 3rd among ALG players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has held steady between 2300 and 2350 for 20 months. 26 rated games in the past year (≈23/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Algerian Chess Championship 2026 - Open, Algerian National Team Championship 2026 - Division 1, and Open National du 1er Novembre - 2025. Also played 3 rapid (including 5eme Edition Open National de Blida) and 1 blitz events (including Algerian Blitz Chess Championship 2026) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 17 months (2006–2007), 25 months (2008–2010) and 18 months (2022–2023). His peak of 2417 was reached at age 39 (Mar 2018); he also reached #2 nationally in Oct 2001 and has been in top 3 for 20 months and counting.

Awarded IM in 2003 (age 24).

Current rating

2320

Standard

Rpd2200·Blz2278

All-time high

2417

97 pts below
Mar 2018 · age 39

Activity

23

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

26 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#3

#3 · ALG players · of 497
National top 3 since Oct 2025

Career timeline

23 entries
2026
20 months in national top 3 (ongoing)
since Oct 2001
May 2026
2025
2nd 45-50 player nationally
at age 46 · rated 2338
Feb 2025
2023
500 career games
at age 44
Sep 2023
2022
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 2367 → returned at 2341
Feb 2022
2020
2nd 40-45 player nationally
at age 41 · rated 2405
Feb 2020
2018
All-time peak 2417
at age 39 · −97 from today
Mar 2018

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Best result
Algerian Chess Championship 2026 - Open
perf 2416 (+96) · 8/9 · #1
Top opponent
vs Kamel SebihIM 2,195
Open National du 1er Novembre - 2025 · Oct 2025 · +3.4 Elo
Evolution
+14
23062320
Tournaments
3
34 games
Score
23/ 3467.6%
26W5D3L

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Swiss
Mar 20268/9#12416+10.2
Open Swiss
Dec 20258/9#12247+2.0
Open Swiss
Oct 20257/8#32249+1.6
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.

Most-Played Opponents

Rankings

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Algeria
#3
out of 772 players
Africa
#34
in continent
World
#3,485
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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8
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9
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10
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Africa
1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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2,453
7
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8
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9
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10
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1
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