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Buckle, Adam
🇲🇹FIDE 5601487· Male· Malta· Born in 2000
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Adam Buckle, a 26-year-old player, is rated 1743 — just 15 short of his peak of 1758 (Apr 2026, age 26). He is on a steady climb with +54 Elo over the past 12 months. 38 rated games in the past year (≈18/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include XYCHESS Classic Grand Prix May U2200, CIS 2026 - Serie Promozione Sicilia, and Preliminaries 2026. He reached #39 nationally in Jan 2026.
At junior level, he reached #3 and #3 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1743
Standard
Rpd1563·Blz1562
All-time high
1758
−15 pts below
Apr 2026 · age 26
Apr 2026 · age 26
Activity
19
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
38 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#94,989
#94,989 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
All-time peak 1758
at age 26 · −15 from today
Apr 2026
Peak national rank: #39
at age 26 · rated 1736
Jan 2026
2024
100 career games
at age 24
Oct 2024
Best 12-month gain (+336 Elo)
1302 → 1638
Mar 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 24
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 24
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+54
1689 → 1743
Tournaments
7
43 games
Score
27.5/ 4364.0%
22W11D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 2.5/3 | #6 | 2117 | -14.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 3.5/5 | #22 | 1831 | +11.8 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/7 | #1 | 1788 | +10.2 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4.5/9 | #12 | 1771 | +19.0 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 5/3 | #4 | 2423 | +24.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/7 | #45 | 1638 | -13.2 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3.5/4 | #7 | 2088 | +16.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDavid Gauci
🇲🇹MLT·1526
+4 −2 =3
9 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsMilena StagnoWCM
🇲🇹MLT·1771
+1 −5 =2
8 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsStephen Busuttil Naudi
🇲🇹MLT·1493
+6 −0 =0
6 games·last met Feb 2022
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vsMatthias Gatt
🇲🇹MLT·1942
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsClaude Licari
🇲🇹MLT·1667
+2 −2 =1
5 games·last met Dec 2024
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Rankings
/
Malta
#42
out of 129 players
Europe
#67,713
in continent
World
#94,987
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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