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Hakimifard, Ghazal

Hakimifard, Ghazal

WGM🇨🇭

FIDEFIDE 12506540· Female· Switzerland· Born in 1994

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Ghazal Hakimifard, a 32-year-old Swiss Woman Grandmaster, is rated 2257 and sitting in the top 2% of Swiss players, and in the top 3% worldwide. She is progressing steadily with +40 Elo over the past 12 months. 25 rated games in the past year (≈43/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include SMM NLA 2026 round 2, SMM NLA 2026 round 1, and SGM 2025-2026 (all leagues) Round 5-6. Also played 1 blitz event (including Biel Chess Festival 2025 - BTZ) recently. She took a 15-month break between Dec 2016 and Apr 2018. Her peak of 2308 was reached at age 22 (Sep 2016); she also reached Swiss #47 in Mar 2023.

Competes for Switzerland since May 2020. Awarded WGM in 2016 (age 22), WIM in 2011 (age 17), and WFM in 2008 (age 14). At junior level, she reached #3, #2, #2, #1 and #2 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

2257

Standard

Rpd2197·Blz2130

All-time high

2308

−51 pts below
Sep 2016 · age 22

Activity

27

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

25 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 2%

#64 · Swiss players · of 3,316

Career timeline

27 entries
2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 31
May 2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 31
Feb 2025
2023
Peak Swiss rank: #47
at age 29 · rated 2293
Mar 2023
2020
Switched federation: IRI → SUI
at age 26
May 2020
2016
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 2274 → returned at 2286
Dec 2016
WGM title awardedWGM
at age 22 · 87th FIDE Congress 2016
Oct 2016

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Best result
European Women Team Ch 2025
perf 2343 (+111) · 5/7 · #44
Top opponent
vs Illya MutschnikIM 2,360
SMM NLA 2026 round 2 · Apr 2026 · +3.3 Elo
Evolution
+10
2247 → 2257
Tournaments
10
25 games
Score
15.5/ 2562.0%
11W9D5L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsHolger RaschFM2,246·SMM 2025 NLA round 5·R1·+10.0
2.[W]vsCeren TirpanWFM2,195·European Women Team Ch 2025·R7·+8.9
3.[W]vsSusanna GaboyanWIM2,165·European Women Team Ch 2025·R5·+8.1
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsFlavio Rotunno2,175·SMM 2025 NLA round 6-7·R1·-11.4
2.[L]vsSimone MediciFM2,201·SMM 2025 NLA round 6-7·R2·-10.7
3.[L]vsIgor SchlegelFM2,238·SMM 2025 NLA rounds 8-9·R2·-9.1

Last 12 months — tournaments

10 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Mitropa Cup 2026 Women
Team
May 20266/8#62322+16.8
SMM NLA 2026 round 2
Team
Apr 20260.5/1#442360+3.4
SMM NLA 2026 round 1
Team
Mar 20260.5/1#422188-1.4
SGM 2025-2026 (all leagues) Round 5-6
Team
Feb 20260.5/1#9182132-3.0
SGM 2025-2026 (all leagues) Round 4
Team
Jan 20261/1#2022866+5.4
SGM 2025-2026 (all leagues) Round 3
Team
Dec 20251/1#672805+4.2
European Women Team Ch 2025
Open Swiss
Oct 20255/7#442343+25.6
SMM 2025 NLA rounds 8-9
Team
Sep 20250/2#821456-18.2
SMM 2025 NLA round 6-7
Team
Aug 20250/2#741388-23.2
SMM 2025 NLA round 5
Team
Jun 20251/1#53046+10.2
Worst Elo result: SMM 2025 NLA round 6-7 (-23.2 Elo, finished #74).

Most-Played Opponents

vsShayesteh Ghader PourWIM
🇮🇷IRI·2147
+7 −4 =5
16 games·last met Dec 2013
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vsSarasadat KhademalshariehIM
🇪🇸ESP·2414
+2 −7 =4
13 games·last met Oct 2016
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vsHanieh KhalajiWFM
🇮🇷IRI·2124
+7 −2 =3
12 games·last met Dec 2015
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vsHoma Alavi
🇮🇷IRI·1943
+7 −1 =4
12 games·last met Jan 2011
View head-to-head →
vsMitra HejazipourWGM
🇫🇷FRA·2330
+4 −4 =3
11 games·last met Apr 2016
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Rankings

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Switzerland
#64
out of 3,528 players
Europe
#3,789
in continent
World
#5,568
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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5
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6
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7
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8
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1
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2,841
2
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6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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