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Nhen, Zana Ismail
🇮🇶FIDE 4817192· Male· Iraq· Born in 2004
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Zana Ismail Nhen, a 22-year-old player, is rated 1549 — just 25 short of his peak of 1574 (May 2024, age 20). He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 32 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included), 14 months (2022–2024) and 13 months (2024–2025). Recent appearance: 2nd Betav International Open Chess Tournament - B. Also played 4 rapid events (including 5th Erbil International Rapid Chess tournament-2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached #17, #15 and #10 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1549
Standard
Rpd1586·Blz1502
All-time high
1574
−25 pts below
May 2024 · age 20
May 2024 · age 20
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#166,689
#166,689 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2025
91st 20-35 player nationally
at age 21 · rated 1556
Jan 2025
2024
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1556 → returned at 1549
Aug 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 20
Aug 2024
Best 12-month gain (+312 Elo)
1262 → 1574
May 2024
All-time peak 1574
at age 20 · −25 from today
May 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 20
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-7
1556 → 1549
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
4/ 944.4%
3W2D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4/9 | #45 | 1528 | -7.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSara Masood AbdullahWCM
🇮🇶IRQ·1805
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsDlshad Hasan Yahiya
🇮🇶IRQ·1633
+4 −1 =1
6 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsPshtiwan Ahmed Parwa
🇮🇶IRQ·1838
+1 −4 =0
5 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsEssa Ali Nozhanad
🇮🇶IRQ·1722
+2 −2 =1
5 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsDlshad Hasan Ali
🇮🇶IRQ·1428
+4 −0 =1
5 games·last met Jul 2024
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Rankings
/
Iraq
#351
out of 719 players
Asia-Pacific
#30,167
in continent
World
#166,667
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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