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Bullen, Alex

CM🇬🇧

FIDEFIDE 1801627· Male· Wales· Born in 1994

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Alex Bullen, a 32-year-old Candidate Master, is rated 2071 and sitting in the top 8% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 89 Elo over the past 12 months. 67 rated games in the past year (≈58/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Welsh Championship, 92nd Bristol Over 1799 Championship, and 2025-26 4NCL Division 2 Rounds 7-8. Also played 1 rapid event (including 2025 Welsh Rapidplay Championship) recently. His peak of 2186 was reached at age 30 (May 2024); he also reached #9 nationally in Dec 2023 and spent 19 months in top 10.

Awarded CM in 2018 (age 24). At junior level, he reached #1, #3 and #6 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.

Current rating

2071

Standard

Rpd1997·Blz2042

All-time high

2186

−115 pts below
May 2024 · age 30

Activity

54

games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo

67 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

Top 8%

#18,282 · players worldwide · of 216,808
19 months in National top 10 (2023–2025)

Career timeline

23 entries
2025
19 months in national top 10
longest streak 19 months · since Nov 2023
May 2025
2024
All-time peak 2186
at age 30 · −115 from today
May 2024
2023
Peak national rank: #9
at age 29 · rated 2139
Dec 2023
2022
Re-crossed 2100
at age 28
Nov 2022
Re-crossed 2100
at age 28
May 2022
2020
Re-crossed 2100
at age 26
Apr 2020

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Best result
2026 Welsh Championship
perf 2256 (+185) · 5/7 · #4
Top opponent
vs Jose Camacho ColladosIM 2,348
2026 Welsh Championship · Apr 2026 · +6.6 Elo
Evolution
-58
2129 → 2071
Tournaments
13
64 games
Score
39/ 6460.9%
30W18D16L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsAlexis M HarakisFM2,192·2026 Welsh Championship·R2·+13.3
2.[W]vsIwan Cave2,122·2026 Welsh Championship·R5·+11.5
3.[W]vsAvyukt DasguptaCM2,103·2025 South Wales International Open·R8·+9.7

Last 12 months — tournaments

top 10 of 13
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 Welsh Championship
Swiss
Apr 20265/7#42256+42.2
92nd Bristol Over 1799 Championship
Swiss
Mar 20262.5/5#201932-20.6
2025-26 4NCL Division 2 Rounds 7-8
Team
Mar 20260/2#801325-18.4
2026 Welsh Spring Open
Open Swiss
Mar 20263.5/5#32027-3.6
7th Simon Bartlett Memorial Congress 2026 - Open
Swiss
Feb 20262.5/5#141934-21.0
Worst Elo result: 2026 Isle of Wight Masters (-31.6 Elo, finished #51).

Rankings

/
Wales
#15
out of 269 players
Europe
#13,376
in continent
World
#18,282
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Wales
1
🇬🇧Camacho Collados, JoseFollow Jose Camacho ColladosTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,353
2
🇬🇧Rees, IoanFollow Ioan ReesTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,267
3
🇬🇧Blackburn, Jonathan L BFollow Jonathan L B BlackburnTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,255
4
🇬🇧Strugnell, CarlFollow Carl StrugnellTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,201
5
🇬🇧Cooper, John GFollow John G CooperTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,199
6
🇬🇧Toczek, GrzegorzFollow Grzegorz ToczekTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,176
7
🇬🇧Harakis, Alexis MFollow Alexis M HarakisTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,171
8
🇬🇧Varley, PeterFollow Peter VarleyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,159
9
🇬🇧Rathbone-Jones, IfanFollow Ifan Rathbone-JonesTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,156
10
🇬🇧Zeidler, Sven P.Follow Sven P. ZeidlerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,137
...
15🇬🇧Bullen, Alex2,071
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
3
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,735
7
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
8
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,708
...
13376🇬🇧Bullen, Alex2,071
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
18282🇬🇧Bullen, Alex2,071