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Haitham, Karim Hussein
🇮🇶FIDE 4828909· Male· Iraq· Born in 1971
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Karim Hussein Haitham, a 55-year-old player, is rated 1799 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (6 games in the last 12 months) and took a 18-month break between Mar 2024 and Oct 2025. Recent appearance: The first international diamond chess tournament for Al-Hadaf Club. Also played 3 rapid (including Our security forces' victory in the rapid chess tournament2026) and 1 blitz events (including Sami Abbas International Blitz Chess tournament) recently.
Current rating
1799
Standard
Rpd1790·Blz1778
All-time high
1799
at best
Oct 2025 · age 54
Oct 2025 · age 54
Activity
2
games / yr avg.
6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#76,663
#76,663 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
8 entries2026
13th 50-55 player nationally
at age 55 · rated 1799
May 2026
2025
All-time peak 1799
at age 54
Oct 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+145 Elo)
1637 → 1782
Apr 2024
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 1782 → returned at 1799
Mar 2024
2023
Crossed 1600
at age 52
Jan 2023
Crossed 1500
at age 52
Jan 2023
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Best result
The first international diamond chess tournament for Al-Hadaf Clubperf 1958 (+159) · 3.5/6 · #17
Top opponent
Evolution
+17
1782 → 1799
Tournaments
1
7 games
Score
3.5/ 750.0%
3W1D3L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsHassan Shyaa HayderCM1,970·The first international diamond chess tournament for Al-Hadaf Club·R4·+29.1
2.[W]vsMohsan Moosa Emad1,897·The first international diamond chess tournament for Al-Hadaf Club·R3·+25.5
3.[D]vsQassim Abbas Firas1,946·The first international diamond chess tournament for Al-Hadaf Club·R2·+8.0
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsBarakat Salim Samer1,670·The first international diamond chess tournament for Al-Hadaf Club·R7·-27.1
2.[L]vsMOMEN DHIA KHALIL1,925·The first international diamond chess tournament for Al-Hadaf Club·R5·-13.0
3.[L]vsSalem Hatam Taleb1,989·The first international diamond chess tournament for Al-Hadaf Club·R6·-10.0
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3.5/6 | #17 | 1958 | +17.2 |
Rankings
/
Iraq
#127
out of 686 players
Asia-Pacific
#9,382
in continent
World
#76,663
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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