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Saeed, Ishaq
IM🇦🇪FIDE 9301453· Male· United Arab Emirates· Born in 1993
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Ishaq Saeed, a 33-year-old International Master, is rated 2290 and sitting in the top 2% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (1 game in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 15 months (2013–2014) and 23 months (2023–2025). Recent appearance: UAE League Chess Championship 2025-Open. His peak of 2437 was reached at age 25 (Mar 2018); he also reached #2 nationally in May 2017 and spent 95 months in top 3, with a longest streak of 7 consecutive years.
Awarded IM in 2018 (age 25) and FM in 2003 (age 10). At junior level, he reached World #97 in U16, World #81 in U14, World #41 in U12, World #6 in U10 and #2 and #2 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
2290
Standard
Rpd2243·Blz2232
All-time high
2437
−147 pts below
Mar 2018 · age 25
Mar 2018 · age 25
Activity
4
games / yr avg.
1 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 2%
#4,417 · players worldwide · of 218,279
95 months in National top 3 (2016–2024)
95 months in National top 3 (2016–2024)
Career timeline
24 entries2024
95 months in national top 3
longest streak 94 months · since Jan 2016
Nov 2024
2023
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 2291 → returned at 2290
Dec 2023
2019
500 career games
at age 26
Jan 2019
2018
IM title awardedIM
at age 25 · 1st quarter Presidential Board 2018
May 2018
All-time peak 2437
at age 25 · −147 from today
Mar 2018
2017
Best 12-month gain (+152 Elo)
2284 → 2436
Aug 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-1
2291 → 2290
Tournaments
1
1 games
Score
0/ 10.0%
0W0D1L
Top wins
No standard wins or draws in the last 12 months.
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/1 | #50 | 1829 | -1.1 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsNoaman OmarIM
🇦🇪UAE·2329
+8 −2 =5
15 games·last met Nov 2023
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vsA.R. Saleh SalemGM
🇦🇪UAE·2640
+0 −13 =1
14 games·last met Feb 2019
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vsIbrahim SultanIM
🇦🇪UAE·2161
+9 −2 =2
13 games·last met Oct 2022
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vsIbrahim Mohamed KhouriFM
🇦🇪UAE·2181
+7 −2 =3
12 games·last met Apr 2017
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vsOmran Al HosaniIM
🇦🇪UAE·2310
+5 −2 =4
11 games·last met Oct 2022
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Rankings
/
United Arab Emirates
#4
out of 257 players
Asia-Pacific
#825
in continent
World
#4,417
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
United Arab Emirates
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