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Farooq Abdullah
USCF rating: 1313
No locations for you!Bangladesh

Member since Oct 22, 2025

Active

Time spent playing: 1 day, 13 hours

Time featured on TV: 18 minutes

Why puzzles are so important

Why puzzles?

Why chess is hard

Today I will share why chess is hard

Why the middlegame is so confusing

Today! I will be sharing why the middlegame is hardest phase in chess.
Activity644 games

Played 17 Bullet games17813
5 wins1 draw11 losses
Played 4 Rapid games140717
4 losses
Played 3 Classical games
3 losses
Played 1 Horde game146238
1 loss
Competed in 6 Arena tournaments
Ranked #25 (top 49%) with 6 games in Hourly HyperBullet Arena
Ranked #234 (top 58%) with 8 games in Daily HyperBullet Arena
Ranked #13 (top 72%) with 1 game in Hourly Horde Arena
Ranked #531 (top 91%) with 1 game in ≤2000 Rapid Arena
Ranked #1371 (top 95%) with 1 game in Daily Rapid Arena
Ranked #327 (top 96%) with 1 game in Hourly Rapid Arena
Competed in 1 Swiss tournament
Ranked #30 in Rapid

Solved 28 tactical puzzles2022110
18 wins10 losses
Played 12 Bullet games178417
4 wins1 draw7 losses
Played 9 Classical games176047
9 losses
Played 8 Rapid games14246
4 wins4 losses
Played 4 Blitz games143633
2 wins1 draw1 loss
Played 4 Three-Check games1743243
2 wins2 losses
Participated in 2 simultaneous exhibitions
Competed in 6 Arena tournaments
Ranked #9 (top 3%) with 5 games in ≤1500 Rapid Arena
Ranked #1 (top 20%) with 5 games in Tournament before the simul Arena
Ranked #22 (top 57%) with 4 games in Hourly Three-check Arena
Ranked #1258 (top 77%) with 1 game in Daily Rapid Arena
Ranked #270 (top 84%) with 1 game in Hourly Rapid Arena
Ranked #175 (top 86%) with 2 games in Hourly Bullet Arena

Played 12 Bullet games180133
3 wins1 draw8 losses
Played 12 Rapid games14186
4 wins1 draw7 losses
Played 6 UltraBullet games1397314
1 win5 losses
Played 3 Classical games
3 losses
Played 1 Blitz game140327
1 loss
Started following 1 player
IM Sparklehorse
Participated in 1 simultaneous exhibition
Competed in 4 Arena tournaments
Ranked #49 (top 12%) with 8 games in Hourly Rapid Arena
Ranked #58 (top 76%) with 6 games in Hourly UltraBullet Arena
Ranked #1389 (top 92%) with 1 game in Daily Rapid Arena
Ranked #372 (top 93%) with 4 games in Hourly Bullet Arena

Solved 3 tactical puzzles191223
1 win2 losses
Played 6 Rapid games
6 wins
Played 3 Bullet games183423
3 losses
Played 2 Classical games
2 losses
Competed in 1 Arena tournament
Ranked #140 (top 91%) with 3 games in ≤2000 Bullet Arena

Solved 6 tactical puzzles193515
3 wins3 losses
Played 38 Bullet games185754
17 wins5 draws16 losses
Played 16 Rapid games14121
6 wins1 draw9 losses
Played 4 UltraBullet games1711211
2 wins2 losses
Played 4 Classical games180718
4 losses
Played 1 Blitz game143032
1 loss
Competed in 7 Arena tournaments
Ranked #8 (top 1%) with 7 games in ≤1700 Rapid Arena
Ranked #36 (top 20%) with 9 games in Hourly Bullet Arena
Ranked #63 (top 25%) with 13 games in Hourly Bullet Arena
Ranked #172 (top 57%) with 2 games in ≤2000 Rapid Arena
Ranked #33 (top 57%) with 4 games in Hourly UltraBullet Arena
Ranked #651 (top 93%) with 1 game in ≤2000 Rapid Arena
Ranked #258 (top 94%) with 1 game in ≤2000 Rapid Arena

Solved 7 tactical puzzles192025
1 win6 losses
Played 2 runs of Puzzle Racer
Highscore: 17
Played one run of Puzzle Streak
Highscore: 18
Played 34 Bullet games180363
21 wins1 draw12 losses
Played 22 Classical games182523
22 losses
Played 3 Blitz games146285
2 wins1 loss
Played 3 Rapid games14138
3 losses
Completed 3 correspondence games1 win2 draws
Draw vs Stockfish level 8
Victory vs Stockfish level 8
Draw vs Stockfish level 8
Competed in 1 Arena tournament
Ranked #43 (top 27%) with 6 games in ≤2000 Bullet Arena

Solved 11 tactical puzzles1945148
10 wins1 loss
Played 14 Bullet games174022
4 wins1 draw9 losses
Played 7 Rapid games142110
4 wins3 losses
Played 1 Classical game184815
1 win
Posted 6 messages in Is the book "Comprehensive chess Endings" worth it ? and the Silman co…
@Lord-Bismuth-III said [^] > > Anything by Averbakh on the endgame oughta be good. > > I didn't except that a National M…
Anyways yeah I have both of them so it’s good cause it works for me but then after you should read 100 endgames you must…
@James_J_Henderson said [^] > What are the errors in Silman's book of which people have been speaking? They don’t have b…
@Lord-Bismuth-III said [^] > > > > Anything by Averbakh on the endgame oughta be good. > > > > > > I didn't except that …
@Lord-Bismuth-III said [^] > > > What are the errors in Silman's book of which people have been speaking? > > > > They d…
I know how to now
Posted 3 messages in I’ve been stuck at 1200 USCF for a while
Could I have any tips to get better?
@MrPushwood said [^] > How long is "a while"? Unless we're talking a year or more (and assuming you've been working dili…
@NeuralGnat said [^] > > (@)farooqabdullah: You are not giving us nearly enough information to work with. How many games…
Posted 2 messages in 1700 bullet!
Let’s delete!
Participated in 1 simultaneous exhibition
Competed in 3 Arena tournaments
Ranked #13 (top 3%) with 5 games in ≤2000 Rapid Arena
Ranked #5 (top 33%) with 2 games in Tournament before the simul Arena
Ranked #249 (top 95%) with 1 game in ≤2000 Rapid Arena