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Abdulrahim, Salem
🇦🇪FIDE 9308946· Male· United Arab Emirates· Born in 2002
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Salem Abdulrahim, a 24-year-old player, is rated 1885 — just 8 short of his peak of 1893 (Aug 2025, age 23). He has held steady between 1850 and 1900 for 16 months. 27 rated games in the past year (≈38/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Arab Men's Chess Championship 2025, UAE League Chess Championship 2025-Open, and UAE INDV. Chess Championship-Open. Also played 3 rapid (including 31st Sharjah International Chess Championship 2026 - Rapid) and 6 blitz events (including 31st AbuDhabi International Chess Festival-Blitz - Open) recently. He reached #23 nationally in Aug 2022.
At junior level, he reached #5, #8, #10, #10 and #8 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1885
Standard
Rpd1916·Blz1868
All-time high
1893
−8 pts below
Aug 2025 · age 23
Aug 2025 · age 23
Activity
49
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#51,810
#51,810 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
18 entries2025
All-time peak 1893
at age 23 · −8 from today
Aug 2025
500 career games
at age 23
Aug 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 22
Mar 2024
2022
Peak national rank: #23
at age 20 · rated 1811
Aug 2022
5th U20 player nationally
at age 20 · rated 1811
Aug 2022
Best 12-month gain (+251 Elo)
1560 → 1811
Aug 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-7
1892 → 1885
Tournaments
3
26 games
Score
10/ 2638.5%
11W5D10L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsHamad Shuaib Al Kaff1,788·SCA May Classic Tournament 2026 A(Abdulaziz Belhaif Memorial)·R3·+7.3
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/8 | #40 | 1862 | -8.6 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 2/1 | #26 | 2295 | +1.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/9 | #15 | 1883 | +1.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsIbrahim SultanIM
🇦🇪UAE·2161
+2 −15 =2
19 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsFareed AhmedFM
🇦🇪UAE·2130
+1 −15 =1
17 games·last met May 2026
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vsAhmed Saif
🇦🇪UAE·2017
+3 −11 =1
15 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsHamad Essam
🇦🇪UAE·1991
+1 −9 =4
14 games·last met Jan 2020
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vsSedrani AmmarFM
🇦🇪UAE·2254
+2 −11 =0
13 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
/
United Arab Emirates
#31
out of 257 players
Asia-Pacific
#6,112
in continent
World
#51,809
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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