Top chess players in Afghanistan

Live FIDE ratings, updated as games are played · October 2026

Afghanistan has 18 rated players. The highest rated is CM Khaiber Farazi at 2149.

Country ranking

#132 of 184

top 10 average 1988.7

Grandmasters

Moved since the October list

OCT26·18 players·Updated 08:55 UTC

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1#=1144122	22	CMKhaiber Farazi AFG · 42	2149	21492149.0	–	+21
2#=2141170	70	CMHabibullah Amini AFG · 45	2046	20462046.0	–	-1
3#=2238571	71	FMS.wahabuddin Mirzaad AFG · 39	2038	20382038.0	–	+6
4#=2481773	73	CMAhmad Safy Kanz AFG · 29	2020	20202020.0	–	-3
5#=2523296	96	CMSulaiman Ahmad Ashrafi AFG · 38FIDE 2016	2016	20182017.8	+1.8	+38
6#=32149103	103	FMZaheeruddeen Asefi AFG · 61	1974	19741974.0	–	+13
7#=40194100	100	Homayoun Mohtaat AFG · 54	1935	19351935.0	–	+20
8#=43118136	136	Aminullah Khairandish AFG · 52	1922	19221922.0	–	-6
9#=50156162	162	S.Ahmad Fahim Razawi AFG · 34	1893	18931893.0	–	+133
10#=50420161	161	Hamidullah Sarwari AFG · 37	1892	18921892.0	–	-20
11#=54560171	171	Abasin Mohibi AFG · 43	1876	18761876.0	–	-25
12#=94251361	361	Sayed Qasim Sadat AFG · 55	1747	17471747.0	–	-135
13#=100274377	377	Amini Ezatullah AFG · 45	1730	17301730.0	–	-10
14#=103382412	412	Hassibullah Badghisi AFG · 24	1721	17211721.0	–	+84
15#=150750676	676	Nooreen Gouhari AFG · 24	1595	15951595.0	–	n/a
16#=157610668	668	Mohammad Osman Abdullah AFG · 19	1578	15781578.0	–	-41
17#=164451693	693	Belqis Gunesh AFG · 30	1561	15611561.0	–	n/a
18#=177021782	782	Azizi Setareh AFG · 35	1530	15301530.0	–	n/a

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