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Ehsan Ghaem Maghami

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IRI · 44 yrs · K=10 · Peak 2597 (Mar 2013)

Best performance: 2700 at FIDE World Cup 2019. Rapid Tie-breaks(Best of 2019)

World #=644Iran #5among all players, November list

Rapid rating

2498

FIDE’s November 2026 list. No rated games since, so the live rating is the same.

On FIDE’s list since Aug 2012 · Inactive on FIDE’s list

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Rapid

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Rapid rating unchanged at 2498 over the last 12 months; peak 2597 in March 2013.

Official rating by month

Each month: the rating, its change from the list before, and the rated games FIDE counted.

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262442, 0, 0 games2498, 0, 0 games2504, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262442, 0, 0 games2498, 0, 0 games2504, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262442, 0, 0 games2498, 0, 0 games2504, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262442, -3, 18 games2498, 0, 0 games2504, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262445, +4, 9 games2498, 0, 0 games2504, -3, 12 games
Jun 20262441, -6, 13 games2498, 0, 0 games2507, 0, 0 games
May 20262447, 0, 0 games2498, 0, 0 games2507, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262447, 0, 0 games2498, 0, 0 games2507, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262447, 0, 0 games2498, 0, 0 games2507, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262447, +20, 9 games2498, 0, 0 games2507, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262427, 0, 9 games2498, 0, 0 games2507, 0, 0 games
Dec 20252427, 0, 0 games2498, 0, 0 games2507, 0, 0 games

Form · Rapid

oldest → latest

From 497 rapid games on record, the latest on Dec 27, 2024.

Rapid games since the November list

No rated rapid games this rating periodsince the NOV26 list (Nov 1, 2026)

Last playedScore
2024 World Rapid ChampionshipDec 26, 2024 – Dec 28, 2024TPR 22303½/9

The live rating moves only when new rated games are played. Until then it matches the published rating.

Best wins · Rapid

From 448 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2012–2024

#OpponentRating
1, GM Nigel D Short, Mar 2013 · Talking Chess Rapid Match, 2702
2, GM Anton Demchenko, Dec 2021 · World Rapid Chess Championship 2021 - OPEN, 2666
3, GM Evgeniy Najer, Dec 2018 · FIDE Open World Rapid Championship 2018, 2653

Openings · Rapid

From the moves of 29 of 497 rapid games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 8 of 14 games, 1.c4 in 4.

As BlackMeets 1.d4 with 1...Nf6, and 1.e4 with 1...c5.

All openings (2 as White, 1 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
English Opening425%
Sicilian Defense333%

7 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Rapid

50 of 63 events

Events before the current rating period show the performance, not a rating change.

Live events show the rating change; earlier events show the performance rating.

Performance rating by year

YearGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
202483½22732230
2022312221542312
202115824772498
2020302818902312
2019137121½19852336
2018362622252391
2017191521392369
2016866821102340
2014201025722572

Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.

Rated near Ehsan Ghaem Maghami · Rapid · November list, all players

World

  1. #=634GM Leonid Yudasin2499
  2. #=644GM Pawel Czarnota2498
  3. #=644GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami2498
  4. #=644GM Juan Carlos Gonzalez Zamora2498
  5. #=644GM Max Illingworth2498

Iran

  1. #3GM Pouria Darini2543
  2. #4GM Bardiya Daneshvar2532
  3. #5GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami2498
  4. #6GM Mahdi Gholami Orimi2483
  5. #7IM Reza Mahdavi2467

Live rating: FIDE’s November list plus every rated game played since. Not affiliated with FIDE.