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Bukannan, Ahmed A
🇸🇦FIDE 21504164· Male· Saudi Arabia· Born in 1999
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Ahmed A Bukannan, a 27-year-old player, is rated 1930. He plays occasionally (2 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 39 months (2018–2022, COVID-19 included) and 23 months (2023–2025). Recent appearance: Eastern Region Chess Qualification Tournament 2025 - Men. His peak of 1977 was reached at age 19 (Jul 2018, #2 nationally at the time); he spent 60 months in top 5, with a longest streak of 2 consecutive years.
At junior level, he reached #1 and #1 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1930
Standard
Rpd1910·Blz2081
All-time high
1977
−47 pts below
Jul 2018 · age 19
Jul 2018 · age 19
Activity
2
games / yr avg.
2 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#41,004
#41,004 · players worldwide · of 216,808
60 months in National top 5 (2017–2025)
60 months in National top 5 (2017–2025)
Career timeline
12 entries2025
60 months in national top 5
longest streak 32 months · since Jan 2017
Oct 2025
2023
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 1877 → returned at 1930
Sep 2023
2018
Inactive for 39 months
paused at 1951 → returned at 1933
Sep 2018
1st U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 1977
Jul 2018
Best 12-month gain (+67 Elo)
1910 → 1977
Jul 2018
All-time peak 1977
at age 19 · −47 from today
Jul 2018
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+4
1926 → 1930
Tournaments
1
7 games
Score
5.5/ 778.6%
4W3D0L
Top 1 win
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/2 | #6 | 2621 | +4.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsNaif Al Dosari
🇸🇦KSA·1770
+4 −1 =2
7 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsAli Hussain Alem
🇸🇦KSA·1688
+5 −0 =2
7 games·last met Aug 2023
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vsAbdulrahman A MasrahiCM
🇸🇦KSA·2014
+3 −1 =3
7 games·last met Aug 2018
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vsZeyad Saleh Al Abdali
🇸🇦KSA·1728
+6 −0 =0
6 games·last met Jul 2018
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vsAbdullah M Alsulaymi
🇸🇦KSA·1880
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Aug 2018
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Rankings
/
Saudi Arabia
#6
out of 372 players
Asia-Pacific
#4,872
in continent
World
#41,004
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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