Abdelrahman Hesham

Abdelrahman Hesham
Personal information
Born (1992-12-02) December 2, 1992 (age 32)
Chess career
CountryEgypt
FIDE (2024)[a]
TitleGrandmaster (2016)
Peak rating2450 (March 2019)

Abdelrahman Hesham (born 1992)[2] is an Egyptian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2016.

Career

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Hesham won the 2016 African Chess Championship, earning him the title of Grandmaster.[3] In 2017 he became 7th at the African Championship, which was then won by Ahmed Adly.[4]

At the FIDE Chess World Cup 2021 in Sochi he won in round 1 against Ahmed Adly, 2½–1½. In round 2 he was eliminated, 0–2, by the Rumanian GM Constantin Lupulescu.

In May 2023 he finished 5th at the African Championship, which was held in Gizeh, Egypt.[5] In the same month he became 5th at the 6e Sharjah Challengers tournament, which was won by Ortik Nigmatov.[6]

In March 2024 he won the SixDays Budapest IM March tournament, scoring 8/9.[7]

He has also represented Egypt in two Chess Olympiads. In 2016, he played on board 5, ending on 5.5/9.[8] In 2018, he played on board 4, finishing on 4.5/9.[9]

Notes

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  1. ^ Several Egyptian players briefly switched federations in 2024 due to FIDE suspending membership of the Egyptian Chess Federation.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "FIDE Resolution on suspending membership of Egyptian Chess Federation". March 6, 2024.
  2. ^ "Hesham, Abdelrahman". FIDE. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  3. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2016 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS - OPEN". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  4. ^ ch-Africa 2017, www.365chess.com
  5. ^ ch-Africa 2023, www.365chess.com
  6. ^ 6th Sharjah Challengers, www.365chess.com
  7. ^ SixDays Budapest IM March, www.365chess.com
  8. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  9. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
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