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Khalifah, Khaled
CM🇦🇪FIDE 9312552· Male· United Arab Emirates· Born in 2006
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Khaled Khalifah, a 20-year-old Candidate Master, is rated 1896. He has held steady between 1850 and 1900 for 11 months. 43 rated games in the past year (≈52/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Int. Graz Open 2026 - B, UAE League Chess Championship 2025-Open, and 1st FUJAIRAH Global Chess Championships-Youth-Open. Also played 3 rapid (including UAE Teams Cup Open Tournament) and 8 blitz events (including 31st AbuDhabi International Chess Festival-Blitz - Open) recently. His peak of 2069 was reached at age 18 (Nov 2024); he also reached #7 nationally in Mar 2022.
Awarded CM in 2015 (age 9). At junior level, he reached World #45 in U8 and #5, #3, #1, #1, #1 and #1 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1896
Standard
Rpd1983·Blz1902
All-time high
2069
−173 pts below
Nov 2024 · age 18
Nov 2024 · age 18
Activity
39
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
43 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#49,097
#49,097 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
23 entries2025
5th U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 1916
Jul 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2025
2024
All-time peak 2069
at age 18 · −173 from today
Nov 2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 18
Sep 2024
2023
3rd U18 player nationally
at age 17 · rated 2031
Jul 2023
Re-crossed 2000
at age 17
Jun 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-20
1916 → 1896
Tournaments
5
44 games
Score
20/ 4445.5%
15W19D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsAbdelrahman Ahmed1,704·SCA May Classic Tournament 2026 A(Abdulaziz Belhaif Memorial)·R1·-15.0
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6/9 | #22 | 1957 | +22.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 2.5/4 | #20 | 1996 | -4.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/6 | #114 | 2049 | +10.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/7 | #3 | 1915 | +12.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/9 | #26 | 1626 | -63.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAl Taher Abdulrahman MohammadFM
🇦🇪UAE·2226
+1 −14 =6
21 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsSedrani AmmarFM
🇦🇪UAE·2254
+5 −12 =1
18 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsMohamed Saeed LailyCM
🇦🇪UAE·2065
+2 −7 =8
17 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsAlawadhi Mohammad Abdulrahman
🇦🇪UAE·1869
+13 −2 =1
16 games·last met May 2026
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vsSultan Al Taher Zayed
🇦🇪UAE·1934
+8 −3 =3
14 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
/
United Arab Emirates
#28
out of 257 players
Asia-Pacific
#5,781
in continent
World
#49,096
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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