 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Safin akagovana nzvimbo yekutanga naMikhail Gurevich naVictor Mikhalevski muHogeschool Zeeland Tournament muVlissingen. Akapedza ari wechitatu pakuita tiebreak. Muna 2001, Safin akakunda Uzbekistan Chess Championship. Mukupera kwaNovember wegore rimwe chetero, akatora chikamu muFIDE World Championship. Pano akaiswa kunze mumutambo wokutanga naPredrag Nikolić. Muna 2002 Safin akafananidza 1st3rd naMikhail Ulibin naEvgeny Gleizerov pamutambo weMasters we12th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival. Muna 2008 akauya wechitatu muKolkata Open. Muna 2009, akafananidza 5th-10th naChakkravarthy Deepan, Georgy Timoshenko, Sundar Shyam, Saidali Iuldachev naAndrei Deviatkin muMumbai Mayor Cup. 