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Essop, Hishaam
🇿🇦FIDE 14306549· Male· South Africa· Born in 1998
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Hishaam Essop, a 28-year-old South African player, is rated 1902 — just 3 short of his peak of 1905 (Mar 2024, age 26). He plays occasionally (4 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 44 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included) and 12 months (2023–2024). Recent appearance: Cape Town Chess Federation Club League 2025 (A). He reached South African #68 in Dec 2021.
At junior level, he reached #6, #12, #6 and #7 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1902
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1905
−3 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 26
Mar 2024 · age 26
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
4 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#47,633
#47,633 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2024
All-time peak 1905
at age 26 · −3 from today
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1842 → returned at 1888
Oct 2023
2021
Peak South African rank: #68
at age 23 · rated 1835
Dec 2021
2020
Inactive for 44 months
paused at 1835 → returned at 1842
Jan 2020
2018
6th South African U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1839
Nov 2018
100 career games
at age 20
Jan 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+14
1888 → 1902
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
4.5/ 590.0%
4W1D0L
Top 3 wins
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Jul 2025 | 4.5/4 | #59 | 2497 | +13.8 |
Rankings
/
South Africa
#108
out of 1,876 players
Africa
#1,394
in continent
World
#47,632
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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