Hishaam Essop

RSA · 28 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1905 (Mar 2024)

Best performance: 2052 at 2016 African Chess Lounge (Elite)(Best of 2016)

World #=47796 live44#47,752 publishedSouth Africa #115

OCT26 Rating

1902

Live Rating

1905.8

Change

+3.8

Games Played

Rating History · Classical

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Classical games since the October list

	Tournament	Score	Change	TPR	After
	CTCF League 2026Aug 1 – Sep 20TPR 1917	6½/9	+3.8	1917	1905.8

Event timeline · Classical

13 events

Events before the current rating period show the performance, not a rating change.

Live events show the rating change; earlier events show the performance rating.

CTCF League 2026+3.8
Aug – Sep 2026Teamchess-results.com
Best of 2026Score 6½/9TPR 1917Opp avg 1776Start 1902
Cape Town Chess Federation Club League 2025 (A)2033
Jul – Sep 2025Teamfederation source
Best of 2025Score 4½/5Opp avg 1697Start 1888
Chess Western Province League 2024 (Premier)1824
Jul – Sep 2024Teamfederation source
Best of 2024Score 5½/9Opp avg 1744Start 1905
Chess Western Province League 2023 (Premier)1866
Jul – Sep 2023Teamfederation source
Best of 2023Score 9/11Opp avg 1708Start 1835
2019 South African Closed Chess Championship (B-Section)1815
Dec 2019Swissfederation source
#2 in 2019Score 6½/11Opp avg 1779Start 1840
2019 Chess Western Province League (Premier)1839
Jul – Sep 2019Teamfederation source
Best of 2019Score 5½/9Opp avg 1796Start 1839
2018 Western Province League (Premier)1839
Aug – Sep 2018Teamfederation source
#2 in 2018Score 3½/7Opp avg 1782Start 1837
Commonwealth Chess Championship 2018 U 20 open1864
Jun – Jul 2018Swissfederation source
Best of 2018Score 3/7Opp avg 1989Start 1840
2017 South African Closed Championships (U23)1882
Dec 2017Round robinfederation source
Best of 2017Score 6/10Opp avg 1810Start 1813
2017 National Club Team Championship1762
Sep 2017Teamfederation source
#3 in 2017Score 2½/6Opp avg 1819Start 1818
2017 Western Province League1849
Jul – Sep 2017Teamfederation source
#2 in 2017Score 3½/6Opp avg 1849Start 1818
2016 African Chess Lounge (Elite)2052
Dec 2016Swissfederation source
Best of 2016Score 3/5Opp avg 1927Start 1776
South African Open Chess Championships 2016 (A-Section)1987
Jul 2016Swissfederation source
#2 in 2016Score 4½/9Opp avg 2059Start 1738

Recent opponents · Classical

Justin Lynch Becker Stefan Jiraan Braaf Asanda Ngcobo Callan Manning Malesela Moja Rowan Nel Roland C. Willenberg Zachary Knight

Rated near Hishaam Essop · Classical

World

#=47796Anh Dung Nguyen1905.8
#=47796Dmitriy Gein1905.8
#=47796Hishaam Essop1905.8
#=47796Petar Sparada1905.8
#=47796Isaac Lampurlanes Farre1905.8

South Africa

#=112Yu Bo (David) Weng1909.0
#114CM Anton Goosen1907.0
#115Hishaam Essop1905.8
#116Brooklyn Waguta1904.8
#=117Andrew Mokomele1903.0

Live ratings projected from the OCT26 published list · Not affiliated with FIDE