Format
AM
Al Maamari, Wafia Darwish
WIM🇦🇪FIDE 9305734· Female· United Arab Emirates· Born in 2003
Follow Wafia Darwish Al MaamariTrack her monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
Wafia Darwish Al Maamari, a 23-year-old Woman International Master, is rated 2019 — her current career high. She is progressing steadily with +67 Elo over the past 12 months. 59 rated games in the past year (≈55/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Grandmaster Chess Cup 2025, Arab Women's Chess Championship 2025, and FIDE World Amateur Chess Championships 2025 - U2300. Also played 3 rapid (including UAE Teams Cup Open Tournament) and 10 blitz events (including UAE National Day Team Chess Championship 2025) recently. She reached #6 nationally in Sep 2020.
Competes as a woman since 2013. Awarded WIM in 2026 (age 23), WFM in 2020 (age 17), and WCM in 2014 (age 11). At junior level, she reached #3, #2, #2, #4, #1 and #3 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2019
Standard
Rpd1882·Blz1962
All-time high
2019
at best
Feb 2026 · age 23
Feb 2026 · age 23
Activity
49
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
59 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#24,693
#24,693 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
24 entries2026
All-time peak 2019
at age 23
Feb 2026
WIM title awardedWIM
at age 23
Jan 2026
Crossed 2000
at age 23
Jan 2026
2023
3rd U20 player nationally
at age 20 · rated 1891
Sep 2023
2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2022
2021
2nd U18 player nationally
at age 18 · rated 1974
Sep 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+84
1935 → 2019
Tournaments
7
60 games
Score
35.5/ 6059.2%
29W13D18L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4.5/8 | #11 | 2253 | +29.2 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 7/9 | #1 | 2039 | +30.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3.5/9 | #63 | 1997 | +16.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 4.5/6 | #5 | 2081 | +20.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/9 | #47 | 1793 | -31.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 8/9 | #1 | 2031 | +18.4 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 3/9 | #130 | 1885 | -17.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAmal Fadel S M AlshamsiWCM
🇦🇪UAE·1660
+24 −1 =8
33 games·last met Dec 2019
View head-to-head →
vsAysha Nasser H Alshamsi
🇦🇪UAE·1576
+25 −2 =0
27 games·last met Dec 2019
View head-to-head →
vsZainab Darwish AlmaamariWCM
🇦🇪UAE·1718
+18 −4 =2
24 games·last met Apr 2026
View head-to-head →
vsWadima Al KalbaniWFM
🇦🇪UAE·1743
+11 −4 =6
21 games·last met Nov 2025
View head-to-head →
vsAisha Saif Al Ali
🇦🇪UAE·1749
+13 −3 =4
20 games·last met Jul 2024
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
United Arab Emirates
#13
out of 257 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,140
in continent
World
#24,693
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
United Arab Emirates
| 1 | 🇦🇪Follow A.R. Saleh SalemTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,640 |
| 2 | 🇦🇪Follow Noaman OmarTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,329 |
| 3 | 🇦🇪Follow Omran Al HosaniTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,310 |
| 4 | 🇦🇪Follow Ishaq SaeedTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,290 |
| 5 | 🇦🇪Follow Safin SafarullakhanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,266 |
| 6 | 🇦🇪Follow Sedrani AmmarTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,254 |
| 7 | 🇦🇪Follow A. Moussa OthmanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,226 |
| 7 | 🇦🇪Follow Al Taher Abdulrahman MohammadTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,226 |
| 9 | 🇦🇪Follow Ibrahim SultanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,161 |
| 10 | 🇦🇪Follow Fareed AhmedTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,130 |
| ... | ||
| 13 | 2,019 | |
Asia-Pacific
| 1 | 🇺🇿Follow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,777 |
| 1 | 🇺🇿Follow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,777 |
| 3 | 🇮🇳Follow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,761 |
| 4 | 🇨🇳Follow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| 5 | 🇮🇳Follow Viswanathan AnandTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,739 |
| 6 | 🇨🇳Follow Liren DingTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,738 |
| 7 | 🇮🇳Follow Praggnanandhaa RTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,735 |
| 8 | 🇷🇺Follow Ian NepomniachtchiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,733 |
| 9 | 🇮🇳Follow Gukesh DTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,732 |
| 10 | 🇻🇳Follow Quang Liem LeTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,731 |
| ... | ||
| 3140 | 2,019 | |
World
| 1 | 🇳🇴Follow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,841 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,777 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,777 |
| 6 | 🇩🇪Follow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,767 |
| 7 | 🇳🇱Follow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,764 |
| 8 | 🇮🇳Follow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,761 |
| 9 | 🇺🇸Follow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| 9 | 🇨🇳Follow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| ... | ||
| 24693 | 2,019 | |