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Saqar Essa Khamis
🇦🇪FIDE 9325611· Male· United Arab Emirates· Born in 2014
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Saqar Essa Khamis, a 12-year-old player, is rated 1955 — his current career high and sitting in the top 2% of players worldwide under 12. He is rising rapidly, having gained +223 Elo over the past 12 months. 112 rated games in the past year (≈67/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include UAE TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 U14, Muscat Nights International Chess Championship 2026 - Open B, and SCA By Sharjah Cooperative 2025 -Classic. Also played 6 rapid (including UAE Teams Cup Open Tournament) and 9 blitz events (including UAE National Day Team Chess Championship 2025) recently. He reached #21 nationally in May 2026.
At junior level, he reached #2, #2 and #2 nationally in U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
1955
Standard
Rpd1840·Blz1846
All-time high
1955
at best
May 2026 · age 12
May 2026 · age 12
Activity
78
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
94 past 12 mo · ≈8/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#259 · players worldwide under 12 · of 14,529
Career timeline
9 entries2026
Peak national rank: #21
at age 12 · rated 1955
May 2026
All-time peak 1955
at age 12
May 2026
2nd U12 player nationally
at age 12 · rated 1952
Mar 2026
Crossed 1800
at age 12
Feb 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+401 Elo)
1308 → 1709
Jan 2025
2024
2nd U10 player nationally
at age 10 · rated 1700
Aug 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+260
1695 → 1955
Tournaments
12
96 games
Score
58.5/ 9660.9%
51W15D30L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/3 | #6 | 2506 | +27.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6.5/9 | #12 | 1957 | +106.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 6.5/8 | #8 | 1979 | +80.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 7/8 | #6 | 1986 | +66.0 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5/10 | #144 | 1746 | -48.4 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/2 | #52 | 1152 | -19.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRashid Husain AlhammadiCM
🇦🇪UAE·1971
+3 −8 =1
12 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsKhalifa Mohamed Alhammadi
🇦🇪UAE·1821
+6 −3 =2
11 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsFareed AhmedFM
🇦🇪UAE·2130
+2 −7 =0
9 games·last met May 2026
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vsAlzarooni Sultan Jabir
🇦🇪UAE·1623
+4 −3 =2
9 games·last met Apr 2026
View head-to-head →
vsKhaled KhalifahCM
🇦🇪UAE·1896
+1 −6 =2
9 games·last met Apr 2026
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
United Arab Emirates
#22
out of 257 players
Asia-Pacific
#4,286
in continent
World
#35,644
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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