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Mohamud, Hussein Ali
🇸🇴FIDE 16100352· Male· Somalia· Born in 1995
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Hussein Ali Mohamud, a 31-year-old player, is rated 1834 — just 12 short of his peak of 1846 (Mar 2024, age 29). He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 21 months (2016–2018), 66 months (2018–2024, COVID-19 included) and 15 months (2025–2026). Recent appearance: Somali National Chess Championship - Road to 46th World Chess Olympiad. Also played 2 rapid events (including Eng. Jilacoow Somali Open Chess Championship 2025) recently. He reached #1 nationally in Feb 2016 and spent 35 months in top 5.
Current rating
1834
Standard
Rpd1810·Blz1786
All-time high
1846
−12 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 29
Mar 2024 · age 29
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#66,011
#66,011 · players worldwide · of 218,279
35 months in National top 5 (2016–2019)
35 months in National top 5 (2016–2019)
Career timeline
12 entries2025
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1819 → returned at 1834
Feb 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 29
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1846
at age 29 · −12 from today
Mar 2024
2019
35 months in national top 5
longest streak 35 months · since Feb 2016
Oct 2019
2018
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 23
Nov 2018
Inactive for 66 months
paused at 1743 → returned at 1840
Nov 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+15
1819 → 1834
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
5/ 955.6%
4W2D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsYusuf Abdihakin Haji Mohamed1,626·Somali National Chess Championship - Road to 46th World Chess Olympiad·R4·-15.4
2.[L]vsRami Ramadan Abdow1,875·Somali National Chess Championship - Road to 46th World Chess Olympiad·R3·-8.8
3.[L]vsFarah Ali AbdullahiCM1,900·Somali National Chess Championship - Road to 46th World Chess Olympiad·R9·-8.1
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 5/9 | #7 | 1878 | +15.2 |
Rankings
/
Somalia
#8
out of 23 players
Africa
#2,132
in continent
World
#66,010
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Somalia
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Africa
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World
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