In 1990 at the 29th Chess Olympiad in Novi Sad he scored 8/11, after which he took a break from chess for his studies. At the age of 20, in 1992 he played successfully in several European tournaments. In the same year he played at the 30th Chess Olympiad with a performance of 7.5/11. He won in Sitges and Ceuta in 1992, where he picked up his first grandmaster norm. In 1993 he starting studying Economics at the University of Montpellier. In December 1993 he won the masters tournament in Montpellier with 7/9, gaining his second norm. A few months later he was awarded the grandmaster title. At that time he was one of the three African grandmasters, the other two being the Tunisian players Slim Bouaziz and Slim Belkhodja.
In 1994 he won the Masters tournament in Casablanca and in 1995 he became Arab Chess Champion in Dubai, a performance which he would repeat in 2002 and 2004. In 1996 he won again the strong grandmaster tournament in Montpellier, where he studied business now. After finishing his studies in 1998, he settled down in Spain and won tournaments in Dos Hermanas, Bolzano and Djerba.
He won once again in Montpellier in 2001 and in the same year became African Chess Champion ahead of South African Watu Kobese. In 2002 he won the open in Nice, Belfort and Coria del Rio. In January 2003 he was ranked 75th in the world with a rating of 2615.
Hichem Hamdouchi player profile and games at Chessgames.com
Biography at (in French)
Selected tournament results at
April 12, 2023
hichem, hamdouchi, arabic, هشام, الحمدوشی, born, october, 1972, tangier, moroccan, french, chess, grandmaster, hicham, hamdouchi, 2013, hamdouchi, moroccan, chess, championship, eleven, times, first, 1988, years, when, first, allowed, play, important, tourname. Hichem Hamdouchi Arabic هشام الحمدوشی born 8 October 1972 in Tangier is a Moroccan French chess grandmaster Hicham Hamdouchi 2013 Hamdouchi has won the Moroccan Chess Championship eleven times first in 1988 at 15 years old when he was first allowed to play in important tournaments In the same year in the tournament of Casablanca he was noticed for his talent and qualified for the national team of Morocco to participate in the Chess Olympiad of 1988 in Thessaloniki At the age of 17 he managed to qualify in the African selection for the World Team Chess Championship in Lucerne Here he made remarkable victories over Jeroen Piket John Fedorowicz and Ye Jiangchuan In 1990 at the 29th Chess Olympiad in Novi Sad he scored 8 11 after which he took a break from chess for his studies At the age of 20 in 1992 he played successfully in several European tournaments In the same year he played at the 30th Chess Olympiad with a performance of 7 5 11 He won in Sitges and Ceuta in 1992 where he picked up his first grandmaster norm In 1993 he starting studying Economics at the University of Montpellier In December 1993 he won the masters tournament in Montpellier with 7 9 gaining his second norm A few months later he was awarded the grandmaster title At that time he was one of the three African grandmasters the other two being the Tunisian players Slim Bouaziz and Slim Belkhodja In 1994 he won the Masters tournament in Casablanca and in 1995 he became Arab Chess Champion in Dubai a performance which he would repeat in 2002 and 2004 In 1996 he won again the strong grandmaster tournament in Montpellier where he studied business now After finishing his studies in 1998 he settled down in Spain and won tournaments in Dos Hermanas Bolzano and Djerba He won once again in Montpellier in 2001 and in the same year became African Chess Champion ahead of South African Watu Kobese In 2002 he won the open in Nice Belfort and Coria del Rio In January 2003 he was ranked 75th in the world with a rating of 2615 In the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004 in Tripoli he progressed to the third round where he was eliminated 0 5 1 5 by eventual runner up Michael Adams In 2005 he won in Castelldefels in 2006 in Salou and in 2007 in Saint Affrique 1 At the European Club Cup in October 2007 he played for the Basque team Gros Xake Taldea In 2009 Hamdouchi transferred to the French Chess Federation 2 In 2013 he won the French Chess Championship 3 and was a member of the French team that won the silver medal at the European Team Chess Championship in Warsaw French chess woman grandmaster Adina Maria Hamdouchi at the 2011 Andorra Open He is married to Woman Grandmaster Adina Maria Hamdouchi 4 References Edit Grigoryan Meri 2007 08 22 How about Montpellier and Saint Affrique 2008 ChessBase Retrieved 11 December 2015 Player transfers in 2009 FIDE Retrieved 11 December 2015 Hamdouchi and Maisuradze are 2013 French Chess Champion Chessdom 2013 08 28 Retrieved 11 December 2015 Mamedyarov and Kasparov win in Corsica ChessBase 2008 11 03 Retrieved 11 December 2015 External links EditHichem Hamdouchi rating card at FIDE Hichem Hamdouchi chess games at 365Chess com Hichem Hamdouchi player profile and games at Chessgames com Biography at maroc echecs com in French Selected tournament results at cgueneau club fr Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hichem Hamdouchi amp oldid 1115613598, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
