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Ghanoui, Nidal
🇲🇦FIDE 9003231· Male· Morocco· Born in 2000
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Nidal Ghanoui, a 26-year-old Moroccan player, is rated 2096 — his current career high and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +69 Elo over the past 12 months. 35 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 21eme Festival International d Echecs Chefchaouen, Individual National Chess Championship Open 2024-2025, and Team National Chess Championship Open 2024-2025. Also played 2 rapid (including 7eme Trophee National Abderrahmane Nejjar des Echecs) and 2 blitz events (including 21eme Festival International d'Echecs Chefchaouen Marathon de Blitz) recently. He took a 60-month break between Nov 2017 and Dec 2022 (COVID-19 included). He reached Moroccan #28 in Jun 2026.
At junior level, he reached #3 and #2 nationally in U18 and U16.
Current rating
2096
Standard
Rpd2070·Blz2130
All-time high
2096
at best
Jun 2026 · age 26
Jun 2026 · age 26
Activity
20
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
33 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 7%
#15,790 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
Peak Moroccan rank: #28
at age 26 · rated 2096
Jun 2026
All-time peak 2096
at age 26
Jun 2026
2025
Crossed 2000
at age 25
May 2025
2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 22
Dec 2022
2017
Inactive for 60 months
paused at 1919 → returned at 1919
Nov 2017
3rd Moroccan U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1933
Oct 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+58
2038 → 2096
Tournaments
6
35 games
Score
23.5/ 3567.1%
20W7D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsAnass Ouazri2,024·Eliminatoire ligue de Casablanca-Settat Championnat National individuel Open·R3·-12.0
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Knockout | Apr 2026 | 2/2 | R32 | 2878 | -0.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 2.5/3 | #1 | 2060 | +1.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/8 | #16 | 2209 | +16.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/8 | #11 | 2208 | +17.2 |
Round-Robin | Jul 2025 | 3/3 | #13 | 2879 | +13.4 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5/7 | #2 | 2080 | +10.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsTarik Anwoir
🇲🇦MAR·2086
+2 −8 =2
12 games·last met Jul 2025
View head-to-head →
vsYasser Hadj KholtiCM
🇲🇦MAR·2226
+3 −6 =2
11 games·last met May 2026
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vsHalim Alami
🇲🇦MAR·1967
+5 −2 =2
9 games·last met May 2025
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vsYassine SentissiCM
🇲🇦MAR·2225
+3 −3 =2
8 games·last met May 2026
View head-to-head →
vsMohamed Ouchleh
🇲🇦MAR
+7 −0 =1
8 games·last met Jul 2025
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Morocco
#28
out of 703 players
Africa
#286
in continent
World
#15,790
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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