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Hamad Essam
🇦🇪FIDE 9313397· Male· United Arab Emirates· Born in 2004
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Hamad Essam, a 22-year-old player, is rated 1991 — just 12 short of his peak of 2003 (Sep 2025, age 21). He is on a steady climb with +75 Elo over the past 12 months. 44 rated games in the past year (≈41/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Arab Men's Chess Championship 2025, UAE League Chess Championship 2025-Open, and 31stAbuDhabiInternationalChess Festival-Open A. Also played 2 rapid (including Arab Men's Rapid Chess Championship 2025) and 9 blitz events (including 31st AbuDhabi International Chess Festival-Blitz - Open) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 21 months (2021–2023) and 13 months (2023–2025). He reached #12 nationally in Oct 2020.
At junior level, he reached #4, #3, #2, #2, #3 and #6 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1991
Standard
Rpd1905·Blz1975
All-time high
2003
−12 pts below
Sep 2025 · age 21
Sep 2025 · age 21
Activity
22
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
44 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#28,940
#28,940 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
19 entries2025
Crossed 2000
at age 21
Sep 2025
All-time peak 2003
at age 21 · −12 from today
Sep 2025
2023
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1855 → returned at 1916
Nov 2023
4th U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 1863
Oct 2023
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2023
2022
3rd U18 player nationally
at age 18 · rated 1853
Mar 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+26
1965 → 1991
Tournaments
5
35 games
Score
21.5/ 3561.4%
15W13D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3.5/8 | #35 | 1982 | -7.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 2/3 | #12 | 1883 | -6.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #58 | 2082 | +26.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/9 | #5 | 1951 | -2.2 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5/6 | #2 | 2001 | +13.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSedrani AmmarFM
🇦🇪UAE·2254
+6 −16 =1
23 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsMohamed Saeed LailyCM
🇦🇪UAE·2065
+2 −6 =8
16 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsIbrahim SultanIM
🇦🇪UAE·2161
+1 −13 =0
14 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsSalem Abdulrahim
🇦🇪UAE·1885
+9 −1 =4
14 games·last met Jan 2020
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vsSultan Al Darmaky
🇦🇪UAE·1858
+6 −3 =4
13 games·last met Dec 2019
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Rankings
/
United Arab Emirates
#20
out of 257 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,586
in continent
World
#28,939
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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