Essa, Naseem Ahmed
FM
South AfricaRSA
ID: 14316560
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Naseem Ahmed Essa

FIDE ratings

1,990Classical
1,930Blitz

Performance

50 games
24% Win
40% Draw
36% Loss

Naseem Ahmed Essa's playing style

Overall score:44%12W 20D 18L over 50 games
Steady recent form:45%8W 2D 10L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:40%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation, Pseudo-Catalan has the largest White sample, with 6 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation, Pseudo-Catalan
67%
33%
6g
Benoni Defense
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Borisenko Variation
100%
2g
Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Classical Variation
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Breyer Defense, Zaitsev Hybrid
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Fianchetto has the largest Black sample, with 4 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Fianchetto
100%
4g
Queen's Gambit Declined
50%
50%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Closed
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon
100%
2g
Catalan Opening
100%
2g

Repertoire

26 games as white in scope
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

26 games in this line · White to move

Results for Essa, Naseem Ahmed as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
23%
31%
46%
Move
14 · 54%
14%
43%
43%
10 · 38%
40%
20%
40%
2 · 8%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Aug 20, 2021
OTB - TWIC
Alaissaoui, Amine
L—
Aug 20, 2021
OTB - PGNMentor
Al Darwashi, Anas(1471)
W—
Aug 20, 2021
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Al Darwashi, Anas(1471)
W—
Aug 20, 2021
OTB - TWIC
Alaissaoui, Amine
L—
Aug 19, 2021
OTB - PGN-Mentor
FMBrilej, Jaka(2344)
L—
Aug 19, 2021
OTB - PGNMentor
Mayta Aiza, Vicmar(1591)
D—
Aug 19, 2021
OTB - PGNMentor
FMBrilej, Jaka(2344)
L—
Aug 19, 2021
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Mayta Aiza, Vicmar(1591)
D—
Aug 18, 2021
OTB - TWIC
Lilienfeld Quevedo, Daniel(1436)
W—
Aug 18, 2021
OTB - TWIC
Lilienfeld Quevedo, Daniel(1436)
W—

Research Naseem Ahmed Essa’s games and opening repertoire

FM Naseem Ahmed Essa is rated 1990 in standard, 1930 in blitz by FIDE. Naseem Ahmed Essa plays for South Africa.

Naseem Ahmed Essa has FIDE ID 14316560.

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