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Benkhelifa, Zakaria
🇩🇿FIDE 7932332· Male· Algeria· Born in 2007
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Zakaria Benkhelifa, a 19-year-old player, is rated 1818 — just 5 short of his peak of 1823 (May 2025, age 18). He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months). Recent appearance: Algerian Junior Chess Championship 2025 - Open. Also played 1 rapid (including Open National Yenayer 2026 - Junior U20) and 3 blitz events (including VMS Ramadan Chess Open 2026) recently. He reached #84 nationally in Feb 2025.
At junior level, he reached #6, #2, #2, #4 and #10 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1818
Standard
Rpd1670·Blz1858
All-time high
1823
−5 pts below
May 2025 · age 18
May 2025 · age 18
Activity
34
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#70,754
#70,754 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2026
6th U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 1818
Apr 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
All-time peak 1823
at age 18 · −5 from today
May 2025
Peak national rank: #84
at age 18 · rated 1822
Feb 2025
2nd U18 player nationally
at age 18 · rated 1822
Feb 2025
Crossed 1800
at age 18
Feb 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-5
1823 → 1818
Tournaments
1
29 games
Score
6/ 2920.7%
20W6D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/9 | #6 | 1804 | -4.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsChahrazad DjerroudWFM
🇩🇿ALG·1906
+5 −2 =2
9 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsRayane Hammadi
🇩🇿ALG·1791
+5 −1 =2
8 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsYamane Benbekka
🇩🇿ALG·1640
+6 −0 =1
7 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsAbderahim BrahimiCM
🇩🇿ALG·1821
+4 −1 =2
7 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsAghiles AoudiaCM
🇩🇿ALG·1755
+5 −0 =1
6 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
Algeria
#116
out of 851 players
Africa
#2,320
in continent
World
#70,753
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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