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Ahmad, Khagan
IM🇦🇿FIDE 13431552· Male· Azerbaijan· Born in 2011
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Khagan Ahmad, a 15-year-old Azerbaijani International Master, is rated 2480 — just 3 short of his peak of 2483 (Mar 2026, age 15) and ranked 15th among Azerbaijani players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +78 Elo over the past 12 months. 136 rated games in the past year (≈74/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include European Individual Chess Championship 2026, Grand-Open in "Galeria", Final, and Azerbaijan Men's Chess Championship-2026. Also played 11 rapid (including FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025) and 13 blitz events (including FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. He reached Azerbaijani #13 in Mar 2026.
Awarded IM in 2024 (age 13) and FM in 2023 (age 12). At junior level, he reached World #10 in U16, World #3 in U14, World #2 in U12, World #4 in U10 and World #19 in U8.
Current rating
2480
Standard
Rpd2438·Blz2473
All-time high
2483
−3 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 15
Mar 2026 · age 15
Activity
105
games / yr avg. · ≈9/mo
149 past 12 mo · ≈12/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#15
#15 · Azerbaijani players · of 1,084
Career timeline
22 entries2026
Peak Azerbaijani rank: #13
at age 15 · rated 2483
Mar 2026
10th U16 player worldwide
at age 15 · rated 2483
Mar 2026
All-time peak 2483
at age 15 · −11 from today
Mar 2026
2025
3rd U14 player worldwide
at age 14 · rated 2458
Sep 2025
500 career games
at age 14
Sep 2025
Re-crossed 2400
at age 14
Jul 2025
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+65
2415 → 2480
Tournaments
14
122 games
Score
88/ 12272.1%
72W32D18L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 6/6 | #1 | 3088 | +17.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6.5/11 | #91 | 2387 | -11.3 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6/9 | #6 | 2557 | +11.0 |
Knockout | Feb 2026 | 2/4 | R16 | 2478 | +0.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6/9 | #5 | 2480 | +8.1 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsKhazar BabazadaIM
🇦🇿AZE·2499
+7 −7 =9
23 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsMurad IbrahimliIM
🇦🇿AZE·2461
+4 −13 =4
21 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsVugar ManafovIM
🇦🇿AZE·2448
+7 −8 =4
19 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsTunar DavudovFM
🇦🇿AZE·2439
+10 −2 =4
16 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsRavan AliyevIM
🇦🇿AZE·2363
+7 −7 =2
16 games·last met Feb 2026
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Rankings
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Azerbaijan
#15
out of 1,299 players
Europe
#448
in continent
World
#746
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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