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Karam Baker
🇯🇴FIDE 8112576· Male· Jordan· Born in 2010
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Karam Baker, a 16-year-old Jordanian player, is rated 1647 — his current career high. He is climbing fast, having gained +115 Elo over the past 12 months. 15 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent appearances: 2025 Individual Kingdom Age groups Tournament U16 and First classic Chess Tournament-2025 Open. Also played 1 blitz event (including 2025 Tournament Royal Jordan Chess Club- Blitz chess July 2025) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 35 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 21 months (2022–2024).
At junior level, he reached #10, #14, #11, #2 and #1 nationally in U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
1647
Standard
Rpd1474·Blz1636
All-time high
1647
at best
Sep 2025 · age 15
Sep 2025 · age 15
Activity
8
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#129,345
#129,345 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2026
10th Jordanian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1647
Jan 2026
2025
All-time peak 1647
at age 15
Sep 2025
Crossed 1600
at age 15
Aug 2025
2024
14th Jordanian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1582
Sep 2024
Best 12-month gain (+479 Elo)
1103 → 1582
Sep 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 14
Sep 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+115
1532 → 1647
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
10.5/ 1858.3%
10W1D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/7 | #9 | 1959 | +40.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/8 | #36 | 1818 | +75.2 |
Rankings
/
Jordan
#165
out of 505 players
Asia-Pacific
#19,165
in continent
World
#129,339
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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