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Gadzhiev, Farid
🇬🇧FIDE 24194450· Male· England· Born in 1994
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Farid Gadzhiev, a 32-year-old English player, is rated 1935. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 22 months (2011–2013) and 116 months (2015–2025). Recent appearance: 2025 British Championship: Major Open. Also played 1 blitz event (including 2025 UK Open Blitz: London 3 (Golders Green) Qualifier) recently. His peak of 1978 was reached at age 30 (Mar 2024).
Competes for England since Aug 2023. At junior level, he reached #23 and #32 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1935
Standard
Rpd1957·Blz1866
All-time high
1978
−43 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 30
Mar 2024 · age 30
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#39,871
#39,871 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2024
All-time peak 1978
at age 30 · −43 from today
Mar 2024
2023
Switched federation: FID → ENG
at age 29
Aug 2023
2022
Switched federation: RUS → FID
at age 28
Sep 2022
2015
Inactive for 116 months
paused at 1963 → returned at 1935
Dec 2015
2014
23rd English U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1906
Oct 2014
2013
Best 12-month gain (+110 Elo)
1779 → 1889
Nov 2013
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-43
1978 → 1935
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
4/ 944.4%
2W4D3L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/9 | #59 | 1800 | -43.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAlexander SotskyIM
🇮🇱ISR·2317
+1 −7 =0
8 games·last met May 2021
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vsKirill Protasov
🇷🇺RUS·1919
+6 −2 =0
8 games·last met May 2016
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vsSergey Koltunov
🇷🇺RUS
+6 −1 =0
7 games·last met May 2016
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vsAlexey Klobukov
🇷🇺RUS·1980
+4 −2 =0
6 games·last met Feb 2016
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Rankings
/
England
#638
out of 3,855 players
Europe
#29,443
in continent
World
#39,870
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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