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Kanz, Ahmad Safy
CM🇦🇫FIDE 11700947· Male· Afghanistan· Born in 1997
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Ahmad Safy Kanz, a 29-year-old Candidate Master, is rated 2020 — just 5 short of his peak of 2025 (Oct 2024, age 27). He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 38 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included) and 12 months (2023–2024). Recent appearances: 1. Maasch & Kirsch Schachfestival 2026 A-Open and Internationales Pfingst-Open 2025 A im 3. Muenchner Schachfestival. Also played 1 rapid (including 1. Maasch & Kirsch Schachfestival 2026 Schnellschachturnier) and 1 blitz events (including 1. Maasch & Kirsch Schachfestival 2026 Blitzschachturnier) recently. He reached #1 nationally in Feb 2020 and spent 13 months as #1.
Awarded CM in 2018 (age 21). At junior level, he reached #1 nationally in U20.
Current rating
2020
Standard
Rpd1977·Blz2310
All-time high
2025
−5 pts below
Oct 2024 · age 27
Oct 2024 · age 27
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#24,516
#24,516 · players worldwide · of 216,808
13 months in #1 nationally (2020–2021)
13 months in #1 nationally (2020–2021)
Career timeline
14 entries2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 27
Oct 2024
All-time peak 2025
at age 27 · −5 from today
Oct 2024
2023
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1961 → returned at 2025
Sep 2023
2021
13 months in National #1
since Feb 2020
May 2021
2020
Peak national rank: #1
at age 23 · rated 1982
Feb 2020
Inactive for 38 months
paused at 1982 → returned at 1968
Jan 2020
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-5
2025 → 2020
Tournaments
2
9 games
Score
2.5/ 927.8%
2W1D6L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsTugrul Turel2,147·Internationales Pfingst-Open 2025 A im 3. Muenchner Schachfestival·R2·+13.4
3.[D]vsNaum Aumueller2,114·Internationales Pfingst-Open 2025 A im 3. Muenchner Schachfestival·R6·+2.6
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsAlexis Buchinger2,067·Internationales Pfingst-Open 2025 A im 3. Muenchner Schachfestival·R9·-8.7
2.[L]vsJoao Dinis de Sousa2,133·Internationales Pfingst-Open 2025 A im 3. Muenchner Schachfestival·R8·-6.9
3.[L]vsLukas MelznerCM2,184·Internationales Pfingst-Open 2025 A im 3. Muenchner Schachfestival·R7·-5.7
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #36 | 1503 | -3.2 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 2.5/8 | #129 | 2018 | -2.2 |
Rankings
/
Afghanistan
#3
out of 19 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,137
in continent
World
#24,516
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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