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Alhejab, Meshal
CM🇰🇼FIDE 10302603· Male· Kuwait· Born in 2007
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Meshal Alhejab, a 19-year-old Candidate Master, is rated 1755. He has slipped back 165 Elo over the past 12 months. 67 rated games in the past year (≈53/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include World Youth Chess Championship 2025 - U18, 1st FUJAIRAH Global Chess Championships-Youth-Open, and 31stAbuDhabiInternationalChess Festival-Open A. Also played 1 rapid event (including Asian Junior Chess Championship 2025 - Rapid) recently. His peak of 2066 was reached at age 18 (Mar 2025); he also reached #1 nationally in Feb 2024 and spent 26 months in top 5.
Awarded CM in 2024 (age 17). Earned a IM norm at Arab Individual Chess Championship U16 Open 2022. At junior level, he reached #3, #1, #1, #1, #1 and #1 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1755
Standard
Rpd1852·Blz1753
All-time high
2066
−311 pts below
Mar 2025 · age 18
Mar 2025 · age 18
Activity
96
games / yr avg. · ≈8/mo
51 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#90,878
#90,878 · players worldwide · of 218,279
26 months in National top 5 (2022–2025)
26 months in National top 5 (2022–2025)
Career timeline
21 entries2026
3rd U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 1757
Apr 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
500 career games
at age 18
Aug 2025
26 months in national top 5
since Oct 2022
Jun 2025
1st U18 player nationally
at age 18 · rated 2066
Mar 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 18
Mar 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+15
1740 → 1755
Tournaments
5
43 games
Score
19.5/ 4345.3%
18W3D22L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/11 | #93 | 1854 | +46.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/6 | #111 | 1786 | -22.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3/7 | #190 | 1775 | -9.2 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3.5/8 | #22 | 1771 | +12.0 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5/9 | #40 | 1883 | -13.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsBader Al-HajiriFM
🇰🇼KUW·2033
+0 −3 =4
7 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsHashem Hussain
🇰🇼KUW·1796
+4 −1 =2
7 games·last met Jan 2024
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vsMeshal Alsaqer
🇰🇼KUW·1856
+1 −4 =1
6 games·last met Jan 2024
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vsAhmad Alrefae
🇰🇼KUW·1853
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsAbdulrahman Al IbrahimCM
🇰🇼KUW·2016
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Jan 2025
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Rankings
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Kuwait
#15
out of 90 players
Asia-Pacific
#11,529
in continent
World
#90,876
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Kuwait
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