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Hamad Shuaib Al Kaff
🇦🇪FIDE 9322710· Male· United Arab Emirates· Born in 2009
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Hamad Shuaib Al Kaff, a 17-year-old player, is rated 1803 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +57 Elo over the past 12 months. 74 rated games in the past year (≈34/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include UAE League Chess Championship U18-Open, SCA By Sharjah Cooperative 2025 -Classic, and UAE League Chess Championship 2025-Open. Also played 5 rapid (including UAE Teams Cup Open Tournament) and 6 blitz events (including Ramadan Blitz Teams Chess Tournament 2026) recently. He reached #39 nationally in Oct 2025.
At junior level, he reached #7, #5, #8, #4 and #3 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1803
Standard
Rpd1769·Blz1823
All-time high
1803
at best
Jun 2026 · age 17
Jun 2026 · age 17
Activity
54
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
57 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#75,450
#75,450 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2026
7th U18 player nationally
at age 17 · rated 1803
Jun 2026
Crossed 1800
at age 17
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1803
at age 17
Jun 2026
2025
Peak national rank: #39
at age 16 · rated 1788
Oct 2025
5th U16 player nationally
at age 16 · rated 1788
Oct 2025
Re-crossed 1600
at age 16
Sep 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+142
1661 → 1803
Tournaments
9
64 games
Score
38/ 6459.4%
33W10D21L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsAlyileili Aamer Saeed1,912·SCA May Classic Tournament 2026 A(Abdulaziz Belhaif Memorial)·R4·+26.1
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4/1 | #8 | 2673 | +15.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 4/3 | #2 | 2390 | +32.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 6/8 | #14 | 1820 | -18.4 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/3 | #41 | 1666 | -9.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/6 | #78 | 2546 | +91.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 7.5/7 | #2 | 2511 | +120.0 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3.5/7 | #17 | 1809 | +7.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 2/7 | #36 | 1503 | -90.0 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5/6 | #17 | 1862 | -6.7 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsYahya Shuaib Al Kaff
🇦🇪UAE·1889
+1 −14 =0
15 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsAlzarooni Sultan Jabir
🇦🇪UAE·1623
+5 −6 =0
11 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsAbdelrahman Mohamed Al Hammadi
🇦🇪UAE·1525
+8 −1 =1
10 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsAhmed Ali Bamatraf
🇦🇪UAE·1838
+8 −1 =1
10 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsAlhemeiri Rashed AbubakerCM
🇦🇪UAE·1889
+2 −6 =1
9 games·last met Aug 2025
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Rankings
/
United Arab Emirates
#42
out of 257 players
Asia-Pacific
#9,222
in continent
World
#75,449
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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