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HH
Hussain, Hashem
🇰🇼FIDE 10300716· Male· Kuwait· Born in 1988
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Hashem Hussain, a 38-year-old player, is rated 1796. He has slipped back 63 Elo over the past 12 months. 52 rated games in the past year (≈36/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Isle of Wight Masters, Kuwait Championship 2026, and Arab Men's Chess Championship 2025. Also played 2 rapid (including Arab Men's Rapid Chess Championship 2025) and 2 blitz events (including 31st AbuDhabi International Chess Festival-Blitz - Open) recently. His peak of 1859 was reached at age 37 (Jun 2025); he also reached #5 nationally in Aug 2025 and spent 69 months in top 10, with a longest streak of 3 consecutive years.
Current rating
1796
Standard
Rpd1693·Blz1731
All-time high
1859
−63 pts below
Jun 2025 · age 37
Jun 2025 · age 37
Activity
40
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
43 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#77,644
#77,644 · players worldwide · of 218,279
69 months in National top 10 (2015–2026)
69 months in National top 10 (2015–2026)
Career timeline
12 entries2026
69 months in national top 10
longest streak 45 months · since Jul 2015
Feb 2026
2025
Peak national rank: #5
at age 37 · rated 1859
Aug 2025
All-time peak 1859
at age 37 · −63 from today
Jun 2025
Best 12-month gain (+159 Elo)
1642 → 1801
Feb 2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 37
Feb 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 36
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-63
1859 → 1796
Tournaments
5
43 games
Score
21/ 4348.8%
17W8D18L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2/7 | #104 | 1781 | -5.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6/9 | #6 | 1771 | -3.6 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/9 | #30 | 1830 | +0.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3.5/9 | #83 | 1765 | -14.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #29 | 1648 | -41.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsBader Al-HajiriFM
🇰🇼KUW·2033
+1 −15 =0
16 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsAbdulrahman Al IbrahimCM
🇰🇼KUW·2016
+3 −9 =0
12 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsAbdul Wahab AlothmanFM
🇰🇼KUW·1954
+0 −9 =1
10 games·last met Jan 2020
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vsHazaa AlShourfaa
🇰🇼KUW·1772
+3 −5 =1
9 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsMeshal Alsaqer
🇰🇼KUW·1856
+3 −1 =4
8 games·last met Jun 2023
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Rankings
/
Kuwait
#11
out of 90 players
Asia-Pacific
#9,511
in continent
World
#77,643
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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