Al-Rakib Abdulla
Number of games in database: 144
Years covered: 1996 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2532
Highest rating achieved in database: 2535
Overall record: +60 -37 =47 (58.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Queen's Pawn Game (21)      A40 D02 E00 D00 A46  Slav (10)      D10 D12 D18 D16 D11  Modern Benoni (5)      A70 A61 A65 A57  Queen's Gambit Declined (5)      D30 D37 D31 D38 D35  King's Indian (4)      E70 E61 E73	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (14)      C99 C91 C60 C77 C61  Caro-Kann (13)      B17 B14 B10 B15 B12  Ruy Lopez, Closed (8)      C99 C91 C92 C85  Slav (8)      D12 D13 D11 D10 D17  Queen's Pawn Game (6)      D00 A40 D02 E10  Semi-Slav (5)      D49 D44 D47 D45

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   Yurtaev vs A Abdulla, 2001 1/2-1/2

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AL-RAKIB ABDULLA (born Dec-02-1980) Bangladesh [what is this?] Abdulla (Abdullah) Al-Rakib earned the Grandmaster title in 2007. He won the Bangladesh championship in 2007 after taking 2nd place in 2003, 2004, and 2006.

page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 144  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Kasimdzhanov vs A Abdulla 1-0 18 1996 Macau ch-Asia jrb B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 2. Z Rahman vs A Abdulla   1-0 38 1998 Elista ol (Men) E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 3. J M Hodgson vs A Abdulla 1-0 37 1999 Ch Great Britain, Scarborough (England) D00 Queen's Pawn Game 4. Sasikiran vs A Abdulla   ½-½ 40 1999 Ch Great Britain, Scarborough (England) D49 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 5. A Abdulla vs Hebden   ½-½ 24 1999 Ch Great Britain, Scarborough (England) D02 Queen's Pawn Game 6. Sundararajan vs A Abdulla   ½-½ 39 1999 Ch Great Britain, Scarborough (England) D49 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 7. A Abdulla vs Emms   ½-½ 56 1999 Ch Great Britain, Scarborough (England) A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 8. S Ledger vs A Abdulla   0-1 41 1999 Ch Great Britain, Scarborough (England) D02 Queen's Pawn Game 9. A Abdulla vs J W Naylor   1-0 31 1999 Ch Great Britain, Scarborough (England) D02 Queen's Pawn Game 10. S Buckley vs A Abdulla   0-1 33 1999 Ch Great Britain, Scarborough (England) A12 English with b3 11. R Shaw vs A Abdulla   ½-½ 58 1999 Ch Great Britain, Scarborough (England) B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 12. A Abdulla vs F N Stephenson   1-0 29 1999 Ch Great Britain, Scarborough (England) D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. A Abdulla vs C Ward   0-1 42 1999 Ch Great Britain, Scarborough (England) A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 14. C Sandipan vs A Abdulla   ½-½ 4 2001 5th United Insurance B15 Caro-Kann 15. Harikrishna vs A Abdulla   ½-½ 42 2001 Asian Championships A07 King's Indian Attack 16. A Abdulla vs A Kunte   1-0 37 2001 Asian Championships A57 Benko Gambit 17. A Abdulla vs N Murshed   0-1 16 2001 5th United Insurance A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 18. Yurtaev vs A Abdulla   ½-½ 135 2001 Asian Championships B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 19. A Abdulla vs I Rubene   ½-½ 23 2001 6th Wichern Open D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 20. A Abdulla vs E Hossain   ½-½ 5 2001 5th United Insurance C07 French, Tarrasch 21. Z Rahman vs A Abdulla   0-1 46 2001 Asian Championships D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 22. A Abdulla vs S Wobbe   ½-½ 41 2001 6th Wichern Open D87 Grunfeld, Exchange 23. A Abdulla vs C Liang   1-0 36 2001 Asian Championships E00 Queen's Pawn Game 24. M Kroencke vs A Abdulla   ½-½ 53 2001 6th Wichern Open B10 Caro-Kann 25. Ehlvest vs A Abdulla   ½-½ 48 2001 5th United Insurance B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 144

Apr-16-07    Timex: Who is this guy? I have never heard of him until he won the Bangladesh Championship. Is he a GM? His rating seems to say so. Jun-13-07    monvalonai: He is the third grandmaster of Bangladesh. he achieved the third norm of grandmaster in the last national championship.

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