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Zolfagharian, Kevin
🇩🇪FIDE 12933570· Male· Germany· Born in 1997
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Kevin Zolfagharian, a 29-year-old German player, is rated 2222 and sitting in the top 5% of German players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months). Recent appearances: NRW-Liga Gruppe 2 2025-2026 Maerz 2026 and Oberliga NRW 2025-2026 Januar 2026. His peak of 2257 was reached at age 22 (Aug 2019).
At junior level, he reached #50, #30 and #34 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2222
Standard
Rpd2129·Blz2136
All-time high
2257
−35 pts below
Aug 2019 · age 22
Aug 2019 · age 22
Activity
19
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#693 · German players · of 14,156
Career timeline
15 entries2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 28
Nov 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2200
at age 27
Oct 2024
2020
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 2241 → returned at 2242
Mar 2020
2019
All-time peak 2257
at age 22 · −35 from today
Aug 2019
Crossed 2200
at age 22
May 2019
2016
50th German U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2152
Dec 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+29
2193 → 2222
Tournaments
8
10 games
Score
7/ 1070.0%
5W4D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Jun 2026 | 1/1 | #24 | 3065 | +11.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #21 | 2198 | -1.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #1 | 2933 | +7.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #61 | 2839 | +5.4 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #61 | 2087 | -3.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #24 | 2380 | +4.6 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 2/2 | #4 | 3025 | +22.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/1 | #61 | 1527 | -6.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsOliver KniestFM
🇩🇪GER·2128
+1 −4 =6
11 games·last met Nov 2023
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vsHelmut Meckel
🇩🇪GER·1818
+4 −1 =0
5 games·last met Nov 2022
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vsHans-Joachim, Dr. Boschek
🇩🇪GER·1893
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met Oct 2022
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vsStephan Borchert
🇩🇪GER·2035
+4 −0 =1
5 games·last met Jun 2022
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vsJoachim Goerke
🇩🇪GER·2065
+1 −1 =3
5 games·last met Oct 2019
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Rankings
/
Germany
#693
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#4,896
in continent
World
#7,068
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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