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Zayed, Sultan Al Taher
🇦🇪FIDE 9310592· Male· United Arab Emirates· Born in 2006
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Sultan Al Taher Zayed, a 20-year-old player, is rated 1934. He has slipped back 35 Elo over the past 12 months. 33 rated games in the past year (≈34/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Arab Clubs Chess Championship 2026, XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Grupa B, and UAE League Chess Championship 2025-Open. Also played 6 rapid (including UAE Teams Cup Open Tournament) and 9 blitz events (including 31st AbuDhabi International Chess Festival-Blitz - Open) recently. His peak of 1969 was reached at age 18 (Sep 2024); he also reached #16 nationally in Jun 2025.
At junior level, he reached #3, #5, #3, #13, #4 and #3 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1934
Standard
Rpd1920·Blz1860
All-time high
1969
−35 pts below
Sep 2024 · age 18
Sep 2024 · age 18
Activity
41
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
33 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#40,105
#40,105 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2025
Peak national rank: #16
at age 19 · rated 1969
Jun 2025
3rd U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 1969
Jan 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2025
2024
All-time peak 1969
at age 18 · −35 from today
Sep 2024
5th U18 player nationally
at age 18 · rated 1961
May 2024
2023
Re-crossed 1800
at age 17
Aug 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-35
1969 → 1934
Tournaments
5
41 games
Score
20/ 4148.8%
18W14D9L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsRashid Husain AlhammadiCM1,971·SCA May Classic Tournament 2026 A(Abdulaziz Belhaif Memorial)·R3·+11.1
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/5 | #21 | 1964 | +5.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/9 | #114 | 1893 | -12.4 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 3.5/3 | #10 | 2475 | +2.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #54 | 1911 | -8.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/7 | #4 | 1849 | -20.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAl Taher Abdulrahman MohammadFM
🇦🇪UAE·2226
+4 −16 =6
26 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsRaji AbuazizahFM
🇵🇸PLE·2066
+0 −12 =5
17 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsKhaled KhalifahCM
🇦🇪UAE·1896
+3 −8 =3
14 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsHamad Essa Al-BlooshiCM
🇦🇪UAE·1944
+5 −4 =3
12 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsIbrahim SultanIM
🇦🇪UAE·2161
+1 −9 =2
12 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
/
United Arab Emirates
#25
out of 257 players
Asia-Pacific
#4,757
in continent
World
#40,104
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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