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Abdulla, Murad

FM🇬🇧

FIDEFIDE 2403757· Male· Scotland· Born in 2000

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Murad Abdulla, a 26-year-old Scottish FIDE Master, is rated 2323 — just 21 short of his peak of 2344 (Dec 2025, age 25) and ranked 7th among Scottish players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +32 Elo over the past 12 months. 37 rated games in the past year (≈33/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Aberdeen Congress Open 2026, Dutch Team Competition - Meesterklasse Round 6, and 2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Open. Also played 2 blitz events (including NK Snelschaak voor Clubteams 2025) recently. He took a 27-month break between Apr 2020 and Aug 2022 (COVID-19 included). He reached Scottish #6 in Oct 2025 and has been in Scottish top 10 for 47 months and counting.

Awarded FM in 2017 (age 17). Earned a IM norm at Scottish Chess Championships Champ; Intl Open 2018. At junior level, he reached #1, #1, #1, #1 and #1 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

2323

Standard

Rpd2207·Blz2184

All-time high

2344

−21 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 25

Activity

36

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

37 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#7

#7 · Scottish players · of 384
National top 10 since Oct 2025

Career timeline

23 entries
2026
47 months in national top 10 (ongoing)
longest streak 23 months · since Feb 2020
May 2026
2025
All-time peak 2344
at age 25 · −21 from today
Dec 2025
Peak Scottish rank: #6
at age 25 · rated 2310
Oct 2025
Re-crossed 2300
at age 25
Oct 2025
2022
Re-crossed 2300
at age 22
Aug 2022
2020
1st Scottish U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2287
Oct 2020

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Best result
Open Schaakkampioenschap van Arnhem 2025
perf 2518 (+208) · 4.5/5 · #6
Top opponent
vs Tim GrutterIM 2,394
Amsterdam Chess Open 2025 Group A · Oct 2025 · +2.0 Elo
Evolution
+38
2285 → 2323
Tournaments
10
37 games
Score
28/ 3775.7%
26W4D7L

Last 12 months — tournaments

10 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Aberdeen Congress Open 2026
Swiss
Apr 20264.5/5#22367+4.6
Dutch Team Competition - Meesterklasse Round 6
Team
Mar 20261/1#193056+8.4
2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Open
Open Swiss
Nov 20253/8#972160-34.2
Dutch Team Competition - klasse 2 Round 4
Team
Nov 20251/1#652859+3.6
36ste Open van Leuven - Reeks A
Open Swiss
Nov 20254/5#522347+8.0
Dutch Team Competition - klasse 2 Round 3
Team
Nov 20251/1#373062+8.2
Amsterdam Chess Open 2025 Group A
Open Swiss
Oct 20254/5#462499+3.8
Rotterdam FIDE Weekend 2025 - A
Open Swiss
Oct 20254/4#22735+10.6
Dutch Team Competition - klasse 2 Round 1
Team
Sep 20251/1#82803+3.2
Open Schaakkampioenschap van Arnhem 2025
Open Swiss
Sep 20254.5/5#62518+21.8
Worst Elo result: 2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Open (-34.2 Elo, finished #97).

Most-Played Opponents

vsAndrew N GreetIM
🇬🇧SCO·2413
+1 −4 =0
5 games·last met Sep 2019
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vsRaj Bhopal
🇬🇧SCO·2007
+2 −1 =2
5 games·last met Mar 2017
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vsAndrew D GreenCM
🇬🇧SCO·2120
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Apr 2015
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Rankings

/
Scotland
#7
out of 460 players
Europe
#2,222
in continent
World
#3,399
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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Scotland
1
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2
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3
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2,413
4
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2,399
5
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2,385
6
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2,334
72,323
8
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2,306
9
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2,294
10
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2,278
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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2,767
3
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2,759
3
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2,759
5
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2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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10
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2,708
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World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
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2,754
10
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