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Saif Ghalib Alafeefi
🇦🇪FIDE 9328971· Male· United Arab Emirates· Born in 2015
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Saif Ghalib Alafeefi, a 11-year-old player, is rated 1431. He has slipped back 138 Elo over the past 12 months. 33 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include UAE TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 U14, 36th Abu Dhabi Chess Amateur, and DCCC December Standard Tournament 2025. Also played 2 rapid (including UAE Open Rapid Championship 2026) and 3 blitz events (including 54th National Day Blitz Chess Tournament) recently. His peak of 1569 was reached at age 10 (Jun 2025, #80 nationally at the time).
At junior level, he reached #10 and #2 nationally in U12 and U10.
Current rating
1431
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1568
All-time high
1569
−138 pts below
Jun 2025 · age 10
Jun 2025 · age 10
Activity
16
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
28 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#210,012
#210,012 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
10th U12 player nationally
at age 11 · rated 1458
Jan 2026
2025
Re-crossed 1500
at age 10
Aug 2025
Peak national rank: #80
at age 10 · rated 1569
Jun 2025
2nd U10 player nationally
at age 10 · rated 1569
Jun 2025
Best 12-month gain (+141 Elo)
1428 → 1569
Jun 2025
Crossed 1500
at age 10
Jun 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+19
1412 → 1431
Tournaments
9
66 games
Score
36/ 6654.5%
34W4D28L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/2 | #13 | 2475 | +10.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/3 | #65 | 2455 | -30.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/2 | #123 | 2674 | -15.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3.5/4 | #43 | 1899 | -24.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2/4 | #168 | 1604 | -30.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/6 | #13 | 1640 | -72.4 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/3 | #12 | 2437 | -10.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/2 | #4 | 2288 | +28.0 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 4.5/5 | #24 | 1978 | +8.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAbdulla Aref Albusaeedi
🇦🇪UAE·1613
+4 −4 =1
9 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsSkander Ali Alblooshi
🇦🇪UAE·1581
+1 −8 =0
9 games·last met May 2025
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vsHamdan Mohammed Al Ali
🇦🇪UAE·1616
+3 −4 =1
8 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsHasan Esam Alblooshi
🇦🇪UAE·1442
+0 −7 =0
7 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsSaqar Essa Khamis
🇦🇪UAE·1955
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met Jul 2024
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Rankings
/
United Arab Emirates
#156
out of 257 players
Asia-Pacific
#48,607
in continent
World
#209,712
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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