WGMJosefine Safarli

GER Born 1998 Female
FIDE ID
12900460

About Josefine Safarli

Josefine Safarli was born Josefine Heinemann in Gardelegen, Germany. She first competed in the national youth championships in the under-ten section in 2007. In 2015, she won the German girls' under-eighteen title and finished fifth in the world championship for that age group. Show more

Josefine Safarli was born Josefine Heinemann in Gardelegen, Germany. She first competed in the national youth championships in the under-ten section in 2007. In 2015, she won the German girls' under-eighteen title and finished fifth in the world championship for that age group. She became a Woman International Master in 2016 and a Woman Grandmaster in 2018. Her national-team achievements include Mitropa Cup gold in 2016 and European Team Championship bronze in 2025. She played second board at the 2022 Olympiad and third board in 2024. At the 2023 European Team Championship, she went undefeated on third board with four wins and four draws. Away from tournaments, she studied business mathematics at the University of Mannheim with a sporting scholarship. She married grandmaster Eltaj Safarli in 2024.

FIDE ratings

2251

Classical

Published FIDE

2232

Rapid

Published FIDE

2260

Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#5898
National rank · GER
#562
Women’s world rank
#248

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

FIDE rating history

Highest recorded rating
2369 Dec 2021
Recorded years
2010–2026
Archived games
920

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

FIDE rating history

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FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-031. Frauenbundesliga 2026-2027 Oktober 2026Classical1

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Available Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-09 (UTC).

Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).

# Date Event Site Round White Black Result Moves View
301 2023-04-30 Frauenbundesliga 2022-23 Germany GER 10.5 Josefine Safarli Pauline Guichard 0-1 52 Open
302 2023-04-29 Frauenbundesliga 2022-23 Germany GER 9.3 Mara Jelica Josefine Safarli 0-1 61 Open
303 2023-03-28 23rd ch-EUR Indiv w 2023 Petrovac MNE 10.42 Ana Berke Josefine Safarli 1-0 32 Open
304 2023-03-27 23rd ch-EUR Indiv w 2023 Petrovac MNE 9.29 Josefine Safarli Mihaela Sandu 0-1 36 Open
305 2023-03-26 23rd ch-EUR Indiv w 2023 Petrovac MNE 8.23 Michalina Rudzinska Josefine Safarli 1-0 60 Open
306 2023-03-25 23rd ch-EUR Indiv w 2023 Petrovac MNE 7.34 Josefine Safarli Sofia Pogorelskikh 1-0 53 Open
307 2023-03-23 23rd ch-EUR Indiv w 2023 Petrovac MNE 6.25 Liwia Jarocka Josefine Safarli 1-0 65 Open
308 2023-03-22 23rd ch-EUR Indiv w 2023 Petrovac MNE 5.25 Josefine Safarli Irina Chelushkina 1/2-1/2 82 Open
309 2023-03-21 23rd ch-EUR Indiv w 2023 Petrovac MNE 4.11 Dinara Wagner Josefine Safarli 1-0 41 Open
310 2023-03-20 23rd ch-EUR Indiv w 2023 Petrovac MNE 3.23 Josefine Safarli Emilia Dylag 1-0 47 Open
311 2023-03-19 23rd ch-EUR Indiv w 2023 Petrovac MNE 2.22 Salomeja Zaksaite Josefine Safarli 1/2-1/2 104 Open
312 2023-03-18 23rd ch-EUR Indiv w 2023 Petrovac MNE 1.37 Josefine Safarli Alena Skvortsova 1-0 25 Open
313 2023-03-12 Frauenbundesliga 2022-23 Germany GER 8.4 Olena Hess Josefine Safarli 1/2-1/2 57 Open
314 2023-03-11 Frauenbundesliga 2022-23 Germany GER 7.4 Josefine Safarli Melanie Muedder 1-0 22 Open
315 2023-02-19 Frauenbundesliga 2022-23 Germany GER 6.5 Magdalena Miturova Josefine Safarli 0-1 22 Open
316 2023-02-18 Frauenbundesliga 2022-23 Germany GER 5.5 Josefine Safarli Petra Schulz 1-0 41 Open
317 2023-01-06 33rd Staufer-Open 2023 Schwaebisch Gmuend GER 9.9 Bogdan Bilovil Josefine Safarli 1/2-1/2 36 Open
318 2023-01-05 33rd Staufer-Open 2023 Schwaebisch Gmuend GER 8.14 Josefine Safarli Josef Gabriel 1-0 35 Open
319 2023-01-05 33rd Staufer-Open 2023 Schwaebisch Gmuend GER 7.5 Jakob Pfreundt Josefine Safarli 1-0 51 Open
320 2023-01-04 33rd Staufer-Open 2023 Schwaebisch Gmuend GER 6.14 Josefine Safarli Johannes Leitherer 1-0 60 Open
321 2023-01-04 33rd Staufer-Open 2023 Schwaebisch Gmuend GER 5.4 Daniel Hausrath Josefine Safarli 1/2-1/2 19 Open
322 2023-01-03 33rd Staufer-Open 2023 Schwaebisch Gmuend GER 4.15 Josefine Safarli Samuel Minor 1-0 28 Open
323 2023-01-03 33rd Staufer-Open 2023 Schwaebisch Gmuend GER 3.14 Marharyta Khrapko Josefine Safarli 1/2-1/2 41 Open
324 2023-01-02 33rd Staufer-Open 2023 Schwaebisch Gmuend GER 2.2 Josefine Safarli Gabriel Juelg 1/2-1/2 37 Open
325 2023-01-02 33rd Staufer-Open 2023 Schwaebisch Gmuend GER 1.24 Ioannis Papadopoulos Josefine Safarli 0-1 32 Open
326 2022-12-17 9th Sunway Sitges 2022 Sitges ESP 6.38 Daniel Alsina Leal Josefine Safarli 1-0 68 Open
327 2022-12-16 9th Sunway Sitges 2022 Sitges ESP 5.74 Josefine Safarli Tamer Ismail 1-0 40 Open
328 2022-12-15 9th Sunway Sitges 2022 Sitges ESP 4.29 M. Amin Tabatabaei Josefine Safarli 1-0 86 Open
329 2022-12-14 9th Sunway Sitges 2022 Sitges ESP 3.73 Josefine Safarli Volker Bub 1-0 44 Open
330 2022-12-13 9th Sunway Sitges 2022 Sitges ESP 2.2 Daniel Dardha Josefine Safarli 1-0 109 Open
331 2022-12-12 9th Sunway Sitges 2022 Sitges ESP 1.105 Josefine Safarli Neeraj Harish 1-0 75 Open
332 2022-11-30 3rd elllobregat Open 2022 Sant Boi ESP 1.1 Josefine Safarli Vitaliy Bernadskiy 1-0 1 Open
333 2022-11-13 25th OIBM 2022 Tegernsee GER 9.28 Josefine Safarli Joachim Kick 1-0 35 Open
334 2022-11-12 25th OIBM 2022 Tegernsee GER 8.32 Josef Freundorfer Josefine Safarli 1/2-1/2 71 Open
335 2022-11-11 25th OIBM 2022 Tegernsee GER 7.1 Bobby Cheng Josefine Safarli 1-0 57 Open
336 2022-11-10 25th OIBM 2022 Tegernsee GER 6.7 Josefine Safarli Jiri Stocek 1/2-1/2 67 Open
337 2022-11-09 25th OIBM 2022 Tegernsee GER 5.29 Josefine Safarli Carlo Marzano 1-0 27 Open
338 2022-11-08 25th OIBM 2022 Tegernsee GER 4.31 Robert Vogel Josefine Safarli 0-1 55 Open
339 2022-11-07 25th OIBM 2022 Tegernsee GER 3.1 Josefine Safarli Jan-Christian Schroeder 0-1 41 Open
340 2022-11-06 25th OIBM 2022 Tegernsee GER 2.3 Volker Bub Josefine Safarli 0-1 47 Open
341 2022-11-05 25th OIBM 2022 Tegernsee GER 1.38 Josefine Safarli Richard Woerl 1-0 57 Open
342 2022-10-16 Frauenbundesliga 2022-23 Germany GER 2.5 Antonia Ziegenfuss Josefine Safarli 0-1 41 Open
343 2022-10-15 Frauenbundesliga 2022-23 Germany GER 1.5 Josefine Safarli Carina Brandt 1-0 36 Open
344 2022-10-09 37th ECC Women 2022 Mayrhofen AUT 7.4 Josefine Safarli Teja Vidic 1/2-1/2 48 Open
345 2022-10-08 37th ECC Women 2022 Mayrhofen AUT 6.5 Josefine Safarli Noga Orian 1-0 67 Open
346 2022-10-07 37th ECC Women 2022 Mayrhofen AUT 5.2 Aleksandra Maltsevskaya Josefine Safarli 1-0 28 Open
347 2022-10-06 37th ECC Women 2022 Mayrhofen AUT 4.2 Josefine Safarli Elisabeth Paehtz 1/2-1/2 70 Open
348 2022-10-04 37th ECC Women 2022 Mayrhofen AUT 2.2 Marsel Efroimski Josefine Safarli 1-0 56 Open
349 2022-10-03 37th ECC Women 2022 Mayrhofen AUT 1.5 Josefine Safarli Anna-Lena Schnegg 1/2-1/2 31 Open
350 2022-08-31 22nd ch-EUR Indiv w 2022 Prague CZE 11.16 Tereza Rodshtein Josefine Safarli 1/2-1/2 35 Open