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Esshaq, Saud Abdullah
🇸🇦FIDE 21512507· Male· Saudi Arabia· Born in 1994
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Saud Abdullah Esshaq, a 32-year-old player, is rated 1687. He has slipped back 87 Elo over the past 12 months. 11 rated games in the past year (≈2/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Saudi Arabia Chess Championship 2025 - Men, Open Classic Chess Tournament (Jeddah July 2025), and Western Region Chess Qualification Tournament 2025. Also played 5 rapid (including Jeddah-Chess-Open-Tournament) and 1 blitz events (including Chess Square Open Tournament) recently. He took a 20-month break between Nov 2023 and Aug 2025. His peak of 1774 was reached at age 30 (Mar 2024); he also reached #37 nationally in Sep 2023.
Current rating
1687
Standard
Rpd1670·Blz1744
All-time high
1774
−87 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 30
Mar 2024 · age 30
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#114,673
#114,673 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
8 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+118 Elo)
1656 → 1774
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1774
at age 30 · −87 from today
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1624 → returned at 1750
Nov 2023
Peak national rank: #37
at age 29 · rated 1656
Sep 2023
Crossed 1600
at age 29
Sep 2023
Crossed 1500
at age 29
Sep 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-87
1774 → 1687
Tournaments
3
22 games
Score
9/ 2240.9%
7W4D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3.5/7 | #34 | 1831 | -43.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 1.5/1 | #11 | 2598 | -18.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/3 | #24 | 2670 | -24.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAhmed Farghaly
🇪🇬EGY·1896
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsKhalid Badr youssef
🇪🇬EGY
+2 −4 =0
6 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsAhmed Mohammed A Alharthi
🇸🇦KSA·1882
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsAhmed S Malki
🇸🇦KSA·1806
+2 −3 =0
5 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsElsayed Elnemr
🇪🇬EGY·1907
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Sep 2025
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Rankings
/
Saudi Arabia
#68
out of 382 players
Asia-Pacific
#15,878
in continent
World
#114,669
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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