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BuKhalaf, Hussain
🇧🇭FIDE 11200634· Male· Bahrain· Born in 1995
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Hussain Bukhalaf, a 31-year-old player, is rated 1819. He has slipped back 58 Elo over the past 12 months. 10 rated games in the past year (≈4/year long-term). Recent appearance: Bahrain Chess Championship 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including Bahrain Rapid Chess Championship 2025- July 16) and 1 blitz events (including Bahrain Blitz Chess Championship 2025- July 18) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 16 months (2016–2017), 51 months (2018–2022, COVID-19 included) and 27 months (2023–2025). His peak of 1877 was reached at age 29 (Mar 2024); he also reached #3 nationally in Jan 2023 and spent 32 months in top 5.
At junior level, he reached #1 nationally in U20.
Current rating
1819
Standard
Rpd1782·Blz1831
All-time high
1877
−58 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 29
Mar 2024 · age 29
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#70,405
#70,405 · players worldwide · of 216,808
32 months in National top 5 (2014–2025)
32 months in National top 5 (2014–2025)
Career timeline
14 entries2025
32 months in national top 5
longest streak 12 months · since Feb 2014
Sep 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 29
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1877
at age 29 · −58 from today
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 27 months
paused at 1795 → returned at 1860
Mar 2023
Peak national rank: #3
at age 28 · rated 1797
Jan 2023
2018
Re-crossed 1800
at age 23
May 2018
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-58
1877 → 1819
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
6/ 966.7%
6W0D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 6/6 | #19 | 2364 | -41.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAli Al-GhasraCM
🇧🇭BRN·1985
+2 −5 =1
8 games·last met Aug 2023
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vsMaher AyyadFM
🇧🇭BRN·1952
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met Aug 2023
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vsAli Abbas
🇧🇭BRN·1842
+1 −5 =0
6 games·last met May 2018
View head-to-head →
vsHusain AyyadFM
🇧🇭BRN·2093
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsAhmed Al-Ghasra
🇧🇭BRN·1708
+2 −1 =2
5 games·last met Aug 2023
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Bahrain
#7
out of 103 players
Asia-Pacific
#8,534
in continent
World
#70,405
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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