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Saif, Malek

CM🇯🇴

FIDEFIDE 8104220· Male· Jordan· Born in 2004

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Malek Saif, a 22-year-old Jordanian Candidate Master, is rated 2160 — just 9 short of his peak of 2169 (Oct 2024, age 20) and ranked 5th among Jordanian players, and in the top 5% worldwide. He has held steady between 2150 and 2200 for 21 months. 15 rated games in the past year (≈30/year long-term). Recent appearances: Jordanian First & Second Division Clubs Chess League 2025 and 012 29th Prince Mohamed Tournament- 2025 Open. Also played 3 rapid (including 1st Rapid Tournament- 2025 Open) and 6 blitz events (including 2025 Tournament Royal Jordan Chess Club- Blitz chess July 2025) recently. He took a 30-month break between Apr 2020 and Nov 2022 (COVID-19 included). He reached Jordanian #5 in Nov 2019 and has been in Jordanian top 5 for 12 months and counting.

Awarded CM in 2015 (age 11). At junior level, he reached World #13 in U8 and #1, #1, #1, #1, #1 and #1 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.

Current rating

2160

Standard

Rpd2136·Blz2237

All-time high

2169

−9 pts below
Oct 2024 · age 20

Activity

24

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#5

#5 · Jordanian players · of 386
National top 5 since Jan 2026

Career timeline

23 entries
2026
12 months in national top 5 (ongoing)
since Nov 2019
May 2026
2024
1st Jordanian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2169
Oct 2024
All-time peak 2169
at age 20 · −9 from today
Oct 2024
2023
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2023
2022
1st Jordanian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2168
Jan 2022
2020
1st Jordanian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2168
Jul 2020

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Best result
Jordanian First & Second Division Clubs Chess League 2025
perf 2271 (+111) · 5.5/6 · #4
Top opponent
vs Al Khatib AhmadGM 2,174
Jordan Championship Final Stage 2026 · May 2026 · +0.4 Elo
Evolution
+1
2159 → 2160
Tournaments
2
24 games
Score
12.5/ 2452.1%
17W5D2L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Jordanian First & Second Division Clubs Chess League 2025
Swiss
Dec 20255.5/6#42271+9.0
012 29th Prince Mohamed Tournament- 2025 Open
Open Swiss
Oct 20257/9#62065-8.2

Most-Played Opponents

vsSameer MansourIM
🇯🇴JOR·2172
+13 −8 =1
22 games·last met May 2026
View head-to-head →
vsAnas KhwairaFM
🇯🇴JOR·2088
+5 −11 =3
19 games·last met May 2026
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vsAl Khatib AhmadGM
🇯🇴JOR·2174
+6 −9 =2
17 games·last met May 2026
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vsRakan DasaCM
🇯🇴JOR·2112
+8 −4 =4
16 games·last met May 2026
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vsSameer LoayIM
🇯🇴JOR·2227
+2 −10 =4
16 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings

/
Jordan
#5
out of 501 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,587
in continent
World
#10,558
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Jordan
1
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2
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2,227
3
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2,174
4
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2,172
52,160
6
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2,115
7
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2,112
8
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2,109
9
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2,088
10
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2,083
Asia-Pacific
1
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2,780
2
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2,776
3
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2,753
4
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2,751
5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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2,733
8
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2,732
9
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2,731
10
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2,729
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1587🇯🇴Saif, Malek2,160
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
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2,754
10
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10558🇯🇴Saif, Malek2,160