Abdelrahman Hesham

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Abdelrahman Hesham
Country Egypt (until 2024)
FIDE (since 2024) [lower-alpha 1]
Born (1992-12-02) December 2, 1992 (age 31)
Title Grandmaster (2016)
Peak rating 2450 (March 2019)

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

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Career

Hesham won the 2016 African Chess Championship, earning him the title of Grandmaster. [3]

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

Notes

  1. ↑ Several Egyptian players officially switched federations due to FIDE suspending membership of the Egyptian Chess Federation. [1]

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References

  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. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  5. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.


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