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Islam Sh.Nour, Kassim
🇸🇴FIDE 16100360· Male· Somalia· Born in 1997
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Kassim Islam Sh.Nour, a 29-year-old player, is rated 1943. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 13 months (2023–2024) 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. His peak of 1995 was reached at age 20 (Dec 2017, #1 nationally at the time); he spent 39 months as #1, with a longest streak of 2 consecutive years.
At junior level, he reached #1 nationally in U20.
Current rating
1943
Standard
Rpd1984·Blz1996
All-time high
1995
−52 pts below
Dec 2017 · age 20
Dec 2017 · age 20
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#38,106
#38,106 · players worldwide · of 218,279
39 months in #1 nationally (2017–2023)
39 months in #1 nationally (2017–2023)
Career timeline
11 entries2025
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1935 → returned at 1943
Feb 2025
2023
39 months in National #1
longest streak 26 months · since Dec 2017
Oct 2023
Best 12-month gain (+68 Elo)
1849 → 1917
Apr 2023
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1917 → returned at 1938
Apr 2023
2021
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 24
Oct 2021
2017
Peak national rank: #1
at age 20 · rated 1995
Dec 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+8
1935 → 1943
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
6/ 966.7%
5W2D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 6/9 | #3 | 1963 | +8.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsElshareef Hassan
🇸🇩SUD·1829
+6 −0 =0
6 games·last met Jan 2023
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vsAbdulkadir Mohamed WarsameCM
🇸🇴SOM·2011
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met May 2026
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vsFarah Ali AbdullahiCM
🇸🇴SOM·1923
+1 −1 =3
5 games·last met May 2026
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vsHaitham Mohammed abdalrasool
🇸🇩SUD·1961
+1 −4 =0
5 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsMahad Dahir Muhumad
🇸🇴SOM·1775
+2 −1 =2
5 games·last met Aug 2025
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Rankings
/
Somalia
#2
out of 23 players
Africa
#1,035
in continent
World
#38,105
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Somalia
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