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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 3 career breaks: 15 months (2015–2016), 87 months (2016–2024) and 14 months (2024–2025).
Competes for Egypt since May 2024.
Current rating
1896
Standard
Rpd1866·Blz1835
All-time high
1896
at best
Feb 2026 · age 43
Feb 2026 · age 43
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#49,133
#49,133 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
16 entries2026
31st Egyptian 40-45 player
at age 43 · rated 1896
May 2026
All-time peak 1896
at age 43
Feb 2026
2024
Switched federation: FID → EGY
at age 41
May 2024
Best 12-month gain (+82 Elo)
1796 → 1878
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 41
Mar 2024
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1878 → returned at 1889
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
+7
1889 → 1896
Tournaments
4
27 games
Score
19/ 2770.4%
21W0D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 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 |
Swiss | May 2025 | 3/1 | #4 | 2714 | +11.0 |
Rankings
/
Egypt
#293
out of 3,084 players
Africa
#1,445
in continent
World
#49,133
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Egypt
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| 293 | 1,896 | |
Africa
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