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Sultan, Ahmed Faraj
🇱🇾FIDE 9205535· Male· Libya· Born in 1979
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Ahmed Faraj Sultan, a 47-year-old player, is rated 1874 — just 23 short of his peak of 1897 (Jun 2025, age 46). He has held steady between 1850 and 1900 for 14 months. 19 rated games in the past year (≈20/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 6th Chess academy of libya championship Ramadan, 4th Chess Acedemy of libya open 2025, and Libya championship 2nd stage Eastern Region 2025. Also played 1 blitz event (including Loai Elslitny Friends Blitz) recently. He took a 30-month break between Jun 2021 and Jan 2024. He reached #24 nationally in Oct 2020.
Current rating
1874
Standard
Rpd1849·Blz1917
All-time high
1897
−23 pts below
Jun 2025 · age 46
Jun 2025 · age 46
Activity
19
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#54,766
#54,766 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2025
4th 45-50 player nationally
at age 46 · rated 1897
Aug 2025
All-time peak 1897
at age 46 · −23 from today
Jun 2025
2022
10th 40-45 player nationally
at age 43 · rated 1848
Apr 2022
2021
Inactive for 30 months
paused at 1848 → returned at 1845
Jun 2021
2020
Peak national rank: #24
at age 41 · rated 1865
Oct 2020
2018
100 career games
at age 39
Oct 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-23
1897 → 1874
Tournaments
3
26 games
Score
11/ 2642.3%
14W2D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/4 | #9 | 2688 | +24.2 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/3 | #17 | 2552 | -10.6 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2.5/8 | #28 | 1747 | -36.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSaad Battal
🇱🇾LBA·1720
+9 −1 =1
11 games·last met Nov 2019
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vsAbdullah Alabar
🇱🇾LBA·1911
+3 −5 =2
10 games·last met Jan 2019
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vsAli Yousef
🇱🇾LBA·1791
+2 −4 =3
9 games·last met Aug 2019
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vsMohamed Mustafa Mahgub
🇱🇾LBA·1875
+2 −6 =1
9 games·last met Jul 2019
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vsMokhtar Almahjoub
🇱🇾LBA·1928
+0 −6 =2
8 games·last met Apr 2025
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Rankings
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Libya
#61
out of 290 players
Africa
#1,671
in continent
World
#54,765
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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