Zev Ganganbars

Zev Ganganbars, a 16-year-old Mongolian player, is rated 2055 — his current career high and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide under 16, and in the top 9% worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +247 Elo over the past 12 months. 45 rated games in the past year (≈12/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include "DZ Chess III" FIDE Rated Open Tournament, FIDE World Amateur Chess Championships 2025 - U2000, and 19th Asian Schools Chess Championships 2025 - U15. Also played 1 rapid (including 19th Asian Schools Rapid Chess Championships 2025 - U15) and 1 blitz events (including 19th Asian Schools Blitz Chess Championships 2025 - U15) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 34 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 17 months (2022–2024). He reached Mongolian #58 in Apr 2022.

At junior level, he reached #6, #10, #5, #3 and #2 nationally in U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.