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El Habboub, Hicham

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FIDEFIDE 5309778· Male· Lebanon· Born in 2010

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Hicham El Habboub, a 16-year-old player, is rated 1641 — just 1 short of his peak of 1642 (Apr 2026, age 16). He is rising rapidly, having gained +110 Elo over the past 12 months. 14 rated games in the past year (≈5/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 SCC Winter Swiss, 2025 SCC Jack Frost, and 2025 SCC Falling Leaves Swiss. Also played 3 rapid events (including 2026 Toronto Rapid Chess Championship Crown) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 33 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included) and 19 months (2024–2025). He reached #59 nationally in Oct 2020.

Previously known as Hisham Habboub (until Sep 2019). At junior level, he reached #7, #4, #2 and #1 nationally in U16, U14, U12 and U10.

Current rating

1641

Standard

Rpd1768·Blz1577

All-time high

1642

−1 pts below
Apr 2026 · age 16

Activity

5

games / yr avg.

14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#131,026

#131,026 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

14 entries
2026
7th U16 player nationally
at age 16 · rated 1642
Apr 2026
All-time peak 1642
at age 16 · −1 from today
Apr 2026
Crossed 1600
at age 16
Jan 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+313 Elo)
1218 → 1531
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 14
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 14
Mar 2024

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Best result
2025 SCC Falling Leaves Swiss
perf 1873 (+272) · 3.5/5 · #21
Top opponent
vs Merlin Nazareno 1,850
2025 SCC Falling Leaves Swiss · Oct 2025 · +12.3 Elo
Evolution
+110
1531 → 1641
Tournaments
4
16 games
Score
8.5/ 1653.1%
7W3D6L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsLuc Chamberland1,696·2025 SCC Falling Leaves Swiss·R2·+25.3
2.[W]vsRay Chen1,709·2026 SCC Winter Swiss·R1·+23.8
3.[W]vsShannon Zhao1,666·2025 SCC Falling Leaves Swiss·R4·+23.7
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsYathushan Jeyakumar1,595·2025 SCC Jack Frost·R5·-21.0
2.[L]vsRay Chen1,724·2025 SCC Falling Leaves Swiss·R1·-13.2
3.[L]vsJulian Pan1,768·2025 SCC Jack Frost·R2·-11.6

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 SCC Winter Swiss
Swiss
Feb 20261/1#232509+30.4
2025 SCC Jack Frost
Swiss
Dec 20251/3#271562+11.2
2025 SCC Falling Leaves Swiss
Swiss
Oct 20253.5/5#211873+55.2
2025 SCC Howard Ridout Swiss
Open Swiss
Sep 20253/5#30—+14.4
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.

Rankings

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Lebanon
#114
out of 406 players
Asia-Pacific
#19,623
in continent
World
#131,020
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Lebanon
1
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2,318
2
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2,304
3
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2,299
4
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2,289
5
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2,260
6
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2,255
7
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2,179
8
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2,163
9
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2,099
10
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2,092
...
114🇱🇧El Habboub, Hicham1,641
Asia-Pacific
1
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2,780
2
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
3
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2,753
4
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2,751
5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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2,733
8
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2,732
9
🇻🇳Le, Quang LiemFollow Quang Liem LeTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,731
10
🇷🇺Nepomniachtchi, IanFollow Ian NepomniachtchiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
...
19623🇱🇧El Habboub, Hicham1,641
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
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2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
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131020🇱🇧El Habboub, Hicham1,641