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Shir Ahmad Wahab Zadah
🇦🇫FIDE 11701064· Male· Afghanistan· Born in 1976
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Shir Ahmad Wahab Zadah, a 50-year-old player, is rated 1526 — just 16 short of his peak of 1542 (Mar 2024, age 48). He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 26 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 21 months (2023–2025). Recent appearance: 18th Avicenna International Chess Tournament 2025 -(B). Also played 1 blitz event (including 18th Avicenna International Chess Tournament 2025 -(D)) recently. He reached #12 nationally in Jan 2022.
Current rating
1526
Standard
Rpd1600·Blz1530
All-time high
1542
−16 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 48
Mar 2024 · age 48
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#175,595
#175,595 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+302 Elo)
1240 → 1542
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 48
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1400
at age 48
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1542
at age 48 · −16 from today
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 1237 → returned at 1527
Dec 2023
3rd 45-50 player nationally
at age 47 · rated 1245
Jan 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-16
1542 → 1526
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
3/ 933.3%
3W0D6L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3/5 | #199 | 1567 | -16.2 |
Worst Elo result: 18th Avicenna International Chess Tournament 2025 -(B) (-16.2 Elo, finished #199).
Rankings
/
Afghanistan
#13
out of 17 players
Asia-Pacific
#33,477
in continent
World
#175,557
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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