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El Habboub, Hicham
🇱🇧FIDE 5309778· Male· Lebanon· Born in 2010
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Hicham El Habboub, a 16-year-old player, is rated 1679 — his current career high. He is rising rapidly, having gained +148 Elo over the past 12 months. 19 rated games in the past year (≈6/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 31 months (2023–2025). 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
1679
Standard
Rpd1768·Blz1577
All-time high
1679
at best
Jun 2026 · age 16
Jun 2026 · age 16
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
19 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#117,510
#117,510 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2026
7th U16 player nationally
at age 16 · rated 1679
Jun 2026
Best 12-month gain (+148 Elo)
1531 → 1679
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1679
at age 16
Jun 2026
Crossed 1600
at age 16
Jan 2026
2024
Crossed 1500
at age 14
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 14
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+148
1531 → 1679
Tournaments
5
22 games
Score
12.5/ 2256.8%
11W3D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/5 | #16 | 1860 | +38.4 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #23 | 2509 | +30.4 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1/3 | #27 | 1562 | +11.2 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3.5/5 | #21 | 1873 | +55.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3/5 | #30 | — | +14.4 |
Hot streak: 5 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
Lebanon
#106
out of 404 players
Asia-Pacific
#16,468
in continent
World
#117,505
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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