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Yahya Shuaib Al Kaff
🇦🇪FIDE 9322701· Male· United Arab Emirates· Born in 2007
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Yahya Shuaib Al Kaff, a 19-year-old player, is rated 1889. He has held steady between 1850 and 1900 for 9 months. 89 rated games in the past year (≈46/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Muscat Nights International Chess Championship 2026 - Open B, SCA By Sharjah Cooperative 2025 -Classic, and UAE League Chess Championship 2025-Open. Also played 3 rapid (including UAE Teams Cup Open Tournament) and 6 blitz events (including UAE National Day Team Chess Championship 2025) recently. His peak of 2088 was reached at age 18 (Aug 2025, #10 nationally at the time).
At junior level, he reached #6, #1, #1, #2 and #2 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1889
Standard
Rpd1852·Blz1894
All-time high
2088
−199 pts below
Aug 2025 · age 18
Aug 2025 · age 18
Activity
71
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
73 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#50,821
#50,821 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2026
6th U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 1890
Apr 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
Peak national rank: #10
at age 18 · rated 2088
Aug 2025
1st U18 player nationally
at age 18 · rated 2088
Aug 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 18
Aug 2025
All-time peak 2088
at age 18 · −199 from today
Aug 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-6
1895 → 1889
Tournaments
9
68 games
Score
46/ 6867.6%
37W18D13L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6/9 | #23 | 1843 | -5.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 7/8 | #3 | 2072 | +12.4 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1.5/1 | #29 | 2565 | -13.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/7 | #97 | 1792 | -94.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/9 | #85 | 1968 | -53.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/7 | #4 | 1895 | -42.8 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6.5/9 | #2 | 2147 | +82.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6.5/9 | #3 | 2121 | +78.0 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 6/6 | #4 | 2546 | +35.7 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsHamad Shuaib Al Kaff
🇦🇪UAE·1803
+14 −1 =0
15 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsJaber Soud
🇦🇪UAE·1995
+2 −4 =5
11 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsSultan Al Taher Zayed
🇦🇪UAE·1934
+2 −7 =2
11 games·last met Feb 2024
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vsKhalifa Mohamed Alhammadi
🇦🇪UAE·1821
+5 −5 =0
10 games·last met Oct 2023
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vsAl Taher Abdulrahman MohammadFM
🇦🇪UAE·2226
+1 −7 =1
9 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
/
United Arab Emirates
#29
out of 257 players
Asia-Pacific
#5,992
in continent
World
#50,820
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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