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ID: 5528470

Selim Essai

FIDE ratings

1,634Rapid
1,543Blitz

Performance

23 games
48% Win
4% Draw
48% Loss

Selim Essai's playing style

Overall score:50%11W 1D 11L over 23 games
Steady recent form:53%10W 1D 9L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Rapport-Jobava System has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Rapport-Jobava System
75%
25%
4g
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Steinitz Deferred
100%
1g

Repertoire

12 games as white in scope
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Starting position

12 games in this line · White to move

Results for Essai, Selim as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
33%
67%
Move
11 · 92%
36%
64%
1 · 8%
100%

Game History

(23 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jul 30, 2026
OTB
Lo, Tsz Hin(1442)
W—
Jul 30, 2026
OTB
Wang, Yuanjin(1699)
L—
Jul 30, 2026
OTB
Kong, Shun Heng Nathan(1454)
L—
Jul 30, 2026
OTB
Sun, Xiang Rui
W—
Jul 30, 2026
OTB
Hu, Runchu(1680)
L—
Jul 30, 2026
OTB
Zhang, Yixing
W—
Jul 30, 2026
OTB
Alto, Philo Lee(1474)
L—
Jul 30, 2026
OTB
Sun, Shaolong(1599)
L—
Jul 30, 2026
OTB
Nethi, Reddy Sai Theenash(1404)
W—
Jul 30, 2026
OTB
Daryanani, Naresh Lachmandas(1497)
W—

Research Selim Essai’s games and opening repertoire

Selim Essai is rated 1634 in rapid, 1543 in blitz by FIDE. Selim Essai plays for Japan.

Selim Essai has FIDE ID 5528470.

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