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KUW · 26 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1767 (Nov 2026)

Best performance: 1936 at Arab Men's Blitz Chess Championship 2025(Best of 2025)

World #=43775 live, down 730#43,045 publishedKuwait #10Asia #=10238among active players

Blitz rating

1767

FIDE’s November 2026 list. No rated games since, so the live rating is the same.

On FIDE’s list since Sep 2022

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 1702 to 1767 over the last 12 months; peak 1767 in November 2026.

Official rating by month

Each month: the rating, its change from the list before, and the rated games FIDE counted.

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20261812, 0, 0 games1824, 0, 0 games1767, +13, 7 games
Oct 20261812, +3, 9 games1824, 0, 0 games1754, 0, 0 games
Sep 20261809, 0, 0 games1824, 0, 0 games1754, 0, 0 games
Aug 20261809, 0, 0 games1824, 0, 0 games1754, -4, 8 games
Jul 20261809, 0, 0 games1824, 0, 0 games1758, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261809, 0, 0 games1824, 0, 0 games1758, 0, 0 games
May 20261809, 0, 0 games1824, 0, 0 games1758, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261809, 0, 0 games1824, 0, 0 games1758, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261809, +51, 8 games1824, +5, 9 games1758, +13, 7 games
Feb 20261758, +28, 8 games1819, 0, 0 games1745, +4, 10 games
Jan 20261730, 0, 0 games1819, 0, 0 games1741, -1, 0 games
Dec 20251730, +4, 8 games1819, -14, 8 games1742, +40, 9 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 4 games, Jul 6.

From 104 blitz games on record, the latest on Oct 3.

Blitz games since the November list

No rated blitz games this rating periodsince the NOV26 list (Nov 1, 2026)

Show gamesLast playedScore
October Blitz Chess Tournament 2026 (Rated)Oct 3TPR 18115/7

The live rating moves only when new rated games are played. Until then it matches the published rating.

Best wins · Blitz

From 88 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2022–2026

#OpponentRating
1, FM Husain Ayyad, Nov 2025 · Arab Men's Blitz Chess Championship 2025, 2093
2, Khaled waleed Abdullah, Nov 2025 · Arab Men's Blitz Chess Championship 2025, 2000
3, Ferdinand Laming, Jul 2025 · 1St National Council for Culture Chess Tournament 2025 Blitz, 1971

Openings · Blitz

From the moves of 9 of 104 blitz games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 3 of 3 games.

As BlackMeets 1.e4 with 1...c5.

All openings (1 as Black)

Against 1.e4: 1...c5 in 3.

Openings in Black gamesGamesScore
Sicilian Defense317%

3 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Blitz

13 events

Events before the current rating period show the performance, not a rating change.

Live events show the rating change; earlier events show the performance rating.

Performance rating by year

YearGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
2026321817321775
20254720½18441801
202473½16361636

Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.

Rated near Ali Khalaf · Blitz

World

  1. #=43769Danilo Maruca1767.4
  2. #43774Henning Riecken1767.2
  3. #=43775Ali Khalaf1767.0
  4. #=43775Pg. Fhame Ak. Md. Nazwan1767.0
  5. #=43775Zaydani Ahmad1767.0

Kuwait

  1. #8Turki Aldaihani1775.0
  2. #9WCM Amani Alazmi1770.0
  3. #10Ali Khalaf1767.0
  4. #11Ahmad Alrefae1735.0
  5. #12Hashem Hussain1714.0

Live rating: FIDE’s November list plus every rated game played since. Not affiliated with FIDE.

Ali Khalaf: Live FIDE Rating 1826