Abdelrahman Hesham

Abdelrahman Hesham (born 1992)^[2] is an Egyptian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2016.

Abdelrahman Hesham

Personal information
Born	(1992-12-02) December 2, 1992 (age 32)
Chess career
Country	Egypt FIDE (2024)[a]
Title	Grandmaster (2016)
Peak rating	2450 (March 2019)

Career

Hesham won the 2016 African Chess Championship, earning him the title of Grandmaster.^[3] In 2017 he became 7th at the African Championship, which was then won by Ahmed Adly.^[4]

At the FIDE Chess World Cup 2021 in Sochi he won in round 1 against Ahmed Adly, 2½–1½. In round 2 he was eliminated, 0–2, by the Rumanian GM Constantin Lupulescu.

In May 2023 he finished 5th at the African Championship, which was held in Gizeh, Egypt.^[5] In the same month he became 5th at the 6e Sharjah Challengers tournament, which was won by Ortik Nigmatov.^[6]

In March 2024 he won the SixDays Budapest IM March tournament, scoring 8/9.^[7]

He has also represented Egypt in two Chess Olympiads. In 2016, he played on board 5, ending on 5.5/9.^[8] In 2018, he played on board 4, finishing on 4.5/9.^[9]

Notes

1. Several Egyptian players briefly switched federations in 2024 due to FIDE suspending membership of the Egyptian Chess Federation.^[1]