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Tahan, Sabry

IM🇪🇬

FIDEFIDE 10600701· Male· Egypt· Born in 1959

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Sabry Tahan, a 67-year-old Egyptian International Master, is rated 2153 and ranked 39th among Egyptian players, and in the top 5% worldwide. He has held steady between 2150 and 2200 for 9 years. 12 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Egyptian National Chess Cup Champship May 2026, Egyptian League 2026 ( Elite) Round 6-9, and Egyptian League 2026 ( Ellite ) Round 1-4. Also played 1 blitz event (including 7th Egypt Champions Tournament Blitz) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 13 months (2011–2012), 12 months (2014–2015), 18 months (2017–2019) and 61 months (2020–2025, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2344 was reached at age 49 (Jul 2008, Egyptian #11 at the time).

Awarded IM in 2001 (age 42).

Current rating

2153

Standard

Rpd2135·Blz2145

All-time high

2344

−191 pts below
Jul 2008 · age 49

Activity

4

games / yr avg.

10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#39

#39 · Egyptian players · of 1,159

Career timeline

21 entries
2025
2nd Egyptian 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 2168
Dec 2025
2020
5th Egyptian 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 2157
Oct 2020
Inactive for 61 months
paused at 2157 → returned at 2152
Apr 2020
2017
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 2152 → returned at 2152
Jun 2017
2015
4th Egyptian 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 2225
Apr 2015
2014
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2225 → returned at 2205
Jun 2014

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Imed AbdelnabbiIM 2,369
Egyptian Cup 2025 · Aug 2025 · +15.5 Elo
Evolution
+1
2152 → 2153
Tournaments
6
12 games
Score
6/ 1250.0%
4W4D4L

Last 12 months — tournaments

6 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Egyptian League 2026 ( Elite) Postponed Round 10-11
Open Swiss
Jun 20260/1#1101569-4.4
Egyptian National Chess Cup Champship May 2026
Open Swiss
May 20261/2#572040-6.2
Egyptian League 2026 ( Elite) Round 6-9
Open Swiss
Apr 20262.5/4#172152-0.2
Egyptian League 2026 ( Ellite ) Round 1-4
Open Swiss
Jan 20261/2#841990-8.8
Egyptian League Elite Final 2025
Team
Oct 20250.5/1#382174+0.2
Egyptian Cup 2025
Open Swiss
Aug 20251/1#533169+15.6

Rankings

/
Egypt
#39
out of 2,900 players
Africa
#175
in continent
World
#11,051
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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1
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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Africa
1
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2,628
2
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2,581
3
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4
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5
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2,464
6
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2,453
7
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8
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9
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10
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2,412
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World
1
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2
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2
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8
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