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Khan, Taffin

CM🇬🇾

FIDEFIDE 19700024· Male· Guyana· Born in 1992

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Taffin Khan, a 34-year-old Candidate Master, is rated 2005. He has held steady between 2000 and 2050 for 20 months. 33 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Guyana National Championships 2026 - Open, 2026 Sittu Chess Championship - Group B, and CARICOM Classic Team Tournament 2025. Also played 2 rapid (including Clasificatorio Masculino XXV Juegos Centroamericanos y C, RD 2026) and 1 blitz events (including Guyana National Blitz Chess Tournament) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 16 months (2015–2016), 17 months (2016–2018) and 14 months (2022–2023). His peak of 2066 was reached at age 32 (Jun 2024); he also reached #1 nationally in Sep 2010 and has been #1 for 89 months and counting (6 consecutive years on his current run).

Awarded CM in 2016 (age 24). At junior level, he reached #1 and #1 nationally in U20 and U18.

Current rating

2005

Standard

Rpd1968·Blz1968

All-time high

2066

−61 pts below
Jun 2024 · age 32

Activity

32

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

33 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#26,716

#26,716 · players worldwide · of 216,808
#1 nationally since Mar 2020

Career timeline

18 entries
2026
89 months in National #1 (ongoing)
longest streak 72 months · since Sep 2010
May 2026
2024
All-time peak 2066
at age 32 · −61 from today
Jun 2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 32
Mar 2024
2022
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 2005 → returned at 2014
Sep 2022
2021
Crossed 2000
at age 29
May 2021
2019
100 career games
at age 27
Jul 2019

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Joshua ChristieFM 2,213
CARICOM Classic Team Tournament 2025 · Jul 2025 · +5.0 Elo
Evolution
+1
2004 → 2005
Tournaments
3
25 games
Score
16.5/ 2566.0%
12W9D4L

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Guyana National Championships 2026 - Open
Round-Robin
Mar 20266.5/9#41932-8.4
2026 Sittu Chess Championship - Group B
Swiss
Feb 20264.5/7#51970-6.4
CARICOM Classic Team Tournament 2025
Round-Robin
Jul 20255.5/9#122042+8.8

Most-Played Opponents

vsAnthony DraytonFM
🇬🇾GUY·2003
+7 −6 =4
17 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsLoris NathooCM
🇬🇾GUY·1822
+8 −2 =5
15 games·last met Jun 2024
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vsKeron Sandiford
🇬🇾GUY·1874
+7 −1 =3
11 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsSachin Dhilan PitamberCM
🇬🇾GUY·1998
+7 −2 =2
11 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsRonuel GreenidgeCM
🇬🇾GUY·1762
+6 −1 =2
9 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings

/
Guyana
#1
out of 61 players
Americas
#2,787
in continent
World
#26,716
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Guyana
12,005
2
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4
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5
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6
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1,786
7
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1,762
8
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1,745
9
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1,742
10
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1,714
Americas
1
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2,792
2
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2,788
3
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4
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5
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6
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2,724
7
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2,718
8
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2,696
9
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10
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2787🇬🇾Khan, Taffin2,005
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
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2,754
10
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