Hamood Al Busaidi: The Midnight Bullet Warrior
Hamood Al Busaidi, known online as HAMOOD-ALBUSAIDI, is an Omani Candidate Master who treats bullet chess like a competitive sport and a sleep disorder. His philosophy is simple: why think for five minutes when you can think for five seconds? The clock is his true rival, and the premove is his favorite weapon.
A Life Lived in Bullet Time
With nearly 5,800 bullet games on record and a peak bullet rating of 2610, Hamood is not just a bullet player. He is a bullet economy. In one month alone he played 1,389 bullet games, which is basically a full-time job with overtime and no coffee breaks.
His best hour is midnight, when the rating points are loose and the opponents are sleepy.
His blitz game is nearly as fierce, peaking at 2466, but his rapid record is the real comedy: 46 wins, 2 losses, and zero draws. He refuses to sign a peace treaty in any game longer than ten minutes.
Openings and Amusing Habits
Hamood's opening repertoire mixes classical foundations with cheerful chaos. He frequently plays the Caro-Kann Defense, the Sicilian Defense, and the Scandinavian Defense. When the mood strikes, he also experiments with the Nimzo-Larsen Attack and the delightfully dubious Amar Gambit. With the white pieces, 1.e4 is his holy ritual.
A typical Hamood Caro-Kann start looks like this:
Friendly Rivalries
Every warrior needs a nemesis. For Hamood, that is Eman Sawan, with 65 meetings and a score as balanced as a seesaw: 30 wins, 31 losses, and 4 draws. Against gm-alhinai he is the boss, holding a commanding 17-4-2 record. Jacob Askin is his personal bogeyman, currently ahead 18-10.
The Comeback Artist
Down a piece? No problem. Hamood still wins 43.65% of those games, and his comeback rate sits at a spectacular 89.11%. He almost never gets blown off the board, with a one-sided loss rate of just 1.06%. His longest winning streak is 11 games, while his longest losing streak is 14, which he follows by simply clicking rematch until the universe balances itself.
Numbers That Make You Blink
- Peak bullet rating: 2673 (2026-09-23)
- Peak blitz rating: 2466 (2026-07-26)
- Peak rapid rating: 2078 (2026-09-04)
- Win rate against lower-rated players: 74.21%
- Win rate against higher-rated players: 27.61%
One more detail: according to the data, Hamood has never delivered a checkmate. He prefers to let the clock and the opponent's sanity do the finishing work.