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Khan, Taffin
CM🇬🇾FIDE 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 21 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 90 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
Jun 2024 · age 32
Activity
32
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
33 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#26,724
#26,724 · players worldwide · of 218,279
#1 nationally since Mar 2020
#1 nationally since Mar 2020
Career timeline
18 entries2026
90 months in National #1 (ongoing)
longest streak 73 months · since Sep 2010
Jun 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
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-6
2011 → 2005
Tournaments
3
25 games
Score
16.5/ 2566.0%
12W9D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 6.5/9 | #4 | 1932 | -8.4 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/7 | #5 | 1970 | -6.4 |
Round-Robin | Jul 2025 | 5.5/9 | #12 | 2042 | +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 59 players
Americas
#2,796
in continent
World
#26,724
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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