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Player:
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Essa, Naseem Ahmed
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Title
:
FM
Years
:
2014-2023
Number of games
:
112
Number of wins
:
54
Number of draws
:
22
Number of losses
:
36
White score
:
36½/57 (64.04% - Average Elo: 1721.82)
Black score
:
28½/55 (51.82% - Average Elo: 1768.78)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Essa, Naseem Ahmed (1855) - Mthunzi, Brighton (2090), Durban Ethekwini op, Durban (A46) - 2017
Essa, Naseem Ahmed (1983) - Manon Og, Ramon Jr (2064), Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Aug, Chess.com INT (E01) - 2021
Essa, Naseem Ahmed (1864) - Zhao, Isaac (1975), World ol U16, Ahmedabad (E07) - 2017
Skalsky, Alexandr (2085) - Essa, Naseem Ahmed (1771), Wch U14, Khanty-Mansiysk (C01) - 2016
Mmoneng, Patrick L (1970) - Essa, Naseem Ahmed (1612), South African op, Cape Town (A45) - 2015
Mausyach Suri, Kemas Ade Krisna (1805) - Essa, Naseem Ahmed (1864), World ol U16, Ahmedabad (B27) - 2017
Essa, Naseem Ahmed - ? (55)
Bhawoodien, Shabier Hussain (½/2)
Mhango, Banele (1½/2)
Alaissaoui, Amine (0/1)
Balashov, Egor (1/1)
Brilej, Jaka (0/1)
Chetty, Cailin (½/1)
Cotic, Borna (1/1)
Cruywagen, Armand (1/1)
Davtyan, Artur (0/1)
Dheda, Khellan (1/1)
Dhevcharran, Kahill (1/1)
Felix, Ethon (1/1)
Ferreira, Ronan (1/1)
Fihla, Lonwabo Luvuyo (1/1)
Fitton, Ruben (1/1)
Gluckman, Paul (1/1)
Govender, Eli Jordan (0/1)
Govindasamy, Nashlen (0/1)
Hedman, Erik (0/1)
Jayawarna, Nugith (1/1)
Lilienfeld Quevedo, Daniel (1/1)
Louw, Carlo (0/1)
Mabusela, Johannes Manyedi (½/1)
Malan, Jacques (1/1)
Manon Og, Ramon Jr (1/1)
Mazurkiewicz, M (0/1)
Mgaga, Bongani (½/1)
Mickiewicz, Piotr (0/1)
Millard, Chad (1/1)
Miyasaka, Marcus M (0/1)
Moss, Jason (0/1)
Mthunzi, Brighton (1/1)
Mthunzi, Clive (1/1)
Naidu, Aaron Jude (1/1)
Neelash, Saha (0/1)
Nhamuave, Eleazar (1/1)
Nielsen, Andre (0/1)
O'Gorman, Tom (1/1)
Oliver, Henry Noel (1/1)
Pather, Sachen (1/1)
Rahul, Srivatshav P (0/1)
Raubenheimer, Dian (1/1)
Rooplal, Desmond (½/1)
Rowe, Omario (1/1)
Scharnick, Leon Wade (1/1)
Schnabel, Johann Emil (1/1)
Schoeman, Ewald (1/1)
Thybo, Thomas Sondergaard (1/1)
Tlale, Tshepang (1/1)
Wilken, Justin Barend (0/1)
Wilson, Louis (0/1)
Windvogel, Lance J (1/1)
Zhao, Isaac (1/1)
Zholdoshmamatov, Adilet (1/1)
Zwakala, Ntando (½/1)
? - Essa, Naseem Ahmed (53)
Adams, Seth Riley (½/2)
Varden, Trevelyn (2/2)
Acar, Cameron Gavin (1/1)
Acar, Utku Cengiz (0/1)
Al Darwashi, Anas (1/1)
Amini, Daud (0/1)
Cawdery, Daniel (0/1)
Chetty, Lloyd Chris (½/1)
Dedebas, Emre Emin (0/1)
Dinham, James (1/1)
Eaton, Dante (½/1)
Frye, Reece Lawrence (1/1)
Govender, Eli Jordan (1/1)
Govindasamy, Nashlen (½/1)
Guerra Tulcan, Lenin (0/1)
Horn, Aldo (1/1)
Hua, Eugene (0/1)
Hyman, Daniel (1/1)
Jere, Daniel (½/1)
Katz, Sasha (1/1)
Kavyev, Ruslan (0/1)
Louw, Carlo (1/1)
Lye, Lik Zang (0/1)
Mabusela, Johannes Manyedi (½/1)
Malan, Jacques (1/1)
Mausyach Suri, Kemas Ade Krisna (1/1)
Mayta Aiza, Vicmar (½/1)
Mazibuko, Buhle (1/1)
McKay, Jonathan (0/1)
Mhango, Banele (½/1)
Mmoneng, Patrick L (1/1)
Moreno, Diego (1/1)
Mwale, Joseph (0/1)
Nhamuave, Eleazar (0/1)
Oliver, Henry Noel (1/1)
Osaka, Takuma (0/1)
Petkov, Matey (0/1)
Rodriguez Santiago, J (0/1)
Sabirov, Timur (1/1)
Salem, Ahmed Salem (½/1)
Salimu, Reuben (½/1)
Saydaliev, Saidakbar (0/1)
Schnabel, Johann Emil (½/1)
Schoeman, Ewald (1/1)
Schutte, Andre (0/1)
Skalsky, Alexandr (1/1)
Skosana, Stephen K (½/1)
Thilakarathne, GM Harshana (0/1)
Tokhirjonova, Gulruhbegim (½/1)
Van der Westhuizen, Donald (1/1)
Van der Westhuizen, Petrus (½/1)
Zhou, Xiangheng (½/1)
Zhuravleva, Olga (0/1)
Openings played as White (45)
B42 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3)
Average Elo:
1807.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo:
1276
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1800
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1566
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
1363
Result:
2/2 = 100%
C18 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3)
Average Elo:
1532
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5)
Average Elo:
1804
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3)
Average Elo:
1715.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2090
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1418
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
1753
Result:
½/2 = 25%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
1750
Result:
2/2 = 100%
C60 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5)
Average Elo:
1575
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6)
Average Elo:
1666
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
1702
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C87 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6)
Average Elo:
1161
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
1323
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5)
Average Elo:
1290
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo:
2139
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3)
Average Elo:
1883
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6)
Average Elo:
1853
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A89 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1970
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C78 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
1312
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7)
Average Elo:
1743
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
1480
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E15 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
2025
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2269
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A90 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2020
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.d4)
Average Elo:
1799
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
1203
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3)
Average Elo:
1321
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 h6)
Average Elo:
1324
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A14 English (1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
2020
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1927
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2066
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B32 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5)
Average Elo:
1513
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E07 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7)
Average Elo:
1975
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D74 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O)
Average Elo:
1726
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2)
Average Elo:
1487
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2385
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4)
Average Elo:
2047
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1520
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo:
2344
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A52 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4)
Average Elo:
2145
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E16 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
2245
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (41)
B34 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nxc6)
Average Elo:
1825.67
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
B27 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1557.33
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1286.33
Result:
3/3 = 100%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1941
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
1641.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1908
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1830.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1396
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C06 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4)
Average Elo:
1982
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1975.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C78 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
2127
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo:
1581
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6)
Average Elo:
1815
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
1298
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E90 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1220
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
1208
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E50 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3, without ...d5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2041
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
1290
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B38 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy Bind, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
1361
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
1450
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E70 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
1694
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2085
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4)
Average Elo:
2028
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D97 Grunfeld, Russian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4)
Average Elo:
1888
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C20 King's Pawn Game (1.e4 e5)
Average Elo:
1791
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A15 English (1.c4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2132
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2039
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C18 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3)
Average Elo:
1468
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7)
Average Elo:
1390
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B24 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
1247
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1968
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Be7)
Average Elo:
2362
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qc2)
Average Elo:
2258
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C54 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4)
Average Elo:
1787
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
2254
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2047
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6)
Average Elo:
2278
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E16 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
2306
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
1591
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A22 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2026
Result:
0/1 = 0%