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Rzaev, Elshad

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FIDEFIDE 34199001· Male· FIDE (no federation)· Born in 1986

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Elshad Rzaev, a 40-year-old FIDE Master, is rated 2130 and sitting in the top 6% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 110 Elo over the past 12 months. 14 rated games in the past year (≈4/year long-term). Recent appearances: 22e Bois-Colombes Chess Master - Open A and Turkiye Chess Second League - 2025. He had 3 career breaks: 23 months (2014–2016), 43 months (2016–2019) and 70 months (2019–2025, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2319 was reached at age 28 (Jan 2014, #43 nationally at the time).

Competes for FIDE (no federation) since Oct 2025. Awarded FM in 2014 (age 28).

Current rating

2130

Standard

Rpd2194·Blz2140

All-time high

2319

−189 pts below
Jan 2014 · age 28

Activity

5

games / yr avg.

14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

Top 6%

#12,789 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

15 entries
2025
Switched federation: RUS → FID
at age 39
Oct 2025
2019
Best 12-month gain (+51 Elo)
2189 → 2240
Sep 2019
Re-crossed 2200
at age 33
Sep 2019
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 33
Sep 2019
Inactive for 70 months
paused at 2240 → returned at 2164
Sep 2019
2016
Inactive for 43 months
paused at 2189 → returned at 2240
Jan 2016

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Evolution
-110
2240 → 2130
Tournaments
2
14 games
Score
3/ 1421.4%
0W6D8L
Top wins
No noteworthy wins (no Elo gained on any game).

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
22e Bois-Colombes Chess Master - Open A
Open Swiss
Dec 20253/7#1071988-33.6
Turkiye Chess Second League - 2025
Team
Jul 20250/7#2171412-76.0
Worst Elo result: Turkiye Chess Second League - 2025 (-76.0 Elo, finished #217).

Rankings

/
FIDE (no federation)
#162
out of 957 players
Special
#162
in continent
World
#12,789
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
FIDE (no federation)
1
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2,710
2
Svidler, PeterFollow Peter SvidlerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,682
3
Murzin, VolodarFollow Volodar MurzinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,650
4
Grebnev, AlekseyFollow Aleksey GrebnevTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,625
5
Malakhov, VladimirFollow Vladimir MalakhovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,620
6
Nesterov, ArseniyFollow Arseniy NesterovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,599
7
Khanin, SemenFollow Semen KhaninTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,597
8
Najer, EvgeniyFollow Evgeniy NajerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,594
9
Paravyan, DavidFollow David ParavyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,593
10
Rakhmanov, AleksandrFollow Aleksandr RakhmanovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,590
...
162Rzaev, Elshad2,130
Special
1
Andreikin, DmitryFollow Dmitry AndreikinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,710
2
Svidler, PeterFollow Peter SvidlerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,682
3
Murzin, VolodarFollow Volodar MurzinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,650
4
Grebnev, AlekseyFollow Aleksey GrebnevTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,625
5
Malakhov, VladimirFollow Vladimir MalakhovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,620
6
Nesterov, ArseniyFollow Arseniy NesterovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,599
7
Khanin, SemenFollow Semen KhaninTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,597
8
Najer, EvgeniyFollow Evgeniy NajerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,594
9
Paravyan, DavidFollow David ParavyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,593
10
Rakhmanov, AleksandrFollow Aleksandr RakhmanovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,590
...
162Rzaev, Elshad2,130
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
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