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Farghaly, Ahmed
🇪🇬FIDE 10606890· Male· Egypt· Born in 1983
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Ahmed Farghaly, a 43-year-old Egyptian player, is rated 1896 — his current career high. He has held steady between 1850 and 1900 for 2 years. 10 rated games in the past year (≈4/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Open Classic Chess Tournament 2025 (4th), Open Classic Chess Championship 2025, and Open Classic Chess Tournament (Jeddah July 2025). Also played 7 rapid (including Jeddah Chess Season 2025) and 2 blitz events (including Chess Square Open Tournament) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 15 months (2015–2016) and 102 months (2016–2025).
Competes for Egypt since May 2024.
Current rating
1896
Standard
Rpd1859·Blz1848
All-time high
1896
at best
Feb 2026 · age 43
Feb 2026 · age 43
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#49,097
#49,097 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2026
31st Egyptian 40-45 player
at age 43 · rated 1896
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1896
at age 43
Feb 2026
2024
Switched federation: FID → EGY
at age 41
May 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 41
Mar 2024
Switched federation: EGY → FID
at age 41
Mar 2024
2016
Inactive for 102 months
paused at 1796 → returned at 1889
Nov 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+7
1889 → 1896
Tournaments
3
22 games
Score
16/ 2272.7%
18W0D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6/4 | #1 | 2609 | +11.6 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 7/2 | #1 | 2431 | +8.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3/3 | #8 | 2658 | -12.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsElsayed Elnemr
🇪🇬EGY·1907
+3 −5 =0
8 games·last met Jan 2026
View head-to-head →
vsAhmed Abdel Rahman
🇪🇬EGY·2114
+0 −7 =1
8 games·last met Nov 2025
View head-to-head →
vsKhaled Atea
🇪🇬EGY·1950
+0 −7 =0
7 games·last met Jun 2019
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vsMohamed Magdy Shashet
🇪🇬EGY·1655
+6 −0 =0
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsRenato Camartin
🇵🇭PHI·1867
+3 −3 =0
6 games·last met Jan 2026
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Egypt
#290
out of 2,900 players
Africa
#1,455
in continent
World
#49,096
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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