IMHussain Besou
- FIDE ID
- 16269950
About Hussain Besou
Hussain Besou was born in Riyadh in 2011 to Syrian parents and moved to Germany with his family in 2016. He began playing at Lippstadt's chess club after its volunteers introduced chess to children in refugee accommodation. Show more
Hussain Besou was born in Riyadh in 2011 to Syrian parents and moved to Germany with his family in 2016. He began playing at Lippstadt's chess club after its volunteers introduced chess to children in refugee accommodation. Artur Yusupov coached him from 2018 to 2021, and Matthias Krallmann later became his trainer. Besou won Germany's under-12 championship at nine and took bronze in the world under-12 championship in 2022. In April 2023, aged eleven, he became the youngest player to represent Germany's senior national team when he appeared in the Mitropa Cup.
FIDE rating history
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FIDE tournaments
| Date | Tournament | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-15 | Marburger Schachtage 2026 A-Turnier | Classical | 5½ |
| 2026-10-10 | 2. Bundesliga Mitte AUT 2026-2027 Round 1-2 | Classical | 0 |
| 2026-10-04 | Oberliga NRW 2026-2027 Oktober 2026 | Classical | ½ |
Available Games
Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-09 (UTC).
Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).
| # | Date | Event | Site | Round | White | Black | Result | Moves | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 2025-02-04 | Titled Tue 4th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Rout Padmini | Hussain Besou | 1-0 | 23 | Open |
| 52 | 2025-02-04 | Titled Tue 4th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Hussain Besou | Wagh Suyog | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 53 | 2025-02-04 | Titled Tue 4th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Hussain Besou | Vladimir Bochnicka | 1-0 | 61 | Open |
| 54 | 2025-02-04 | Titled Tue 4th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Artin Ashraf | Hussain Besou | 1-0 | 28 | Open |
| 55 | 2025-02-04 | Titled Tue 4th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Abtin Atakhan | Hussain Besou | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 56 | 2025-02-04 | Titled Tue 4th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Hussain Besou | Seyed Kian Poormosavi | 1-0 | 28 | Open |
| 57 | 2025-02-04 | Titled Tue 4th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Anthony Wirig | Hussain Besou | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 58 | 2025-02-04 | Titled Tue 4th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Hussain Besou | Adar Tarhan | 1-0 | 53 | Open |
| 59 | 2025-02-04 | Titled Tue 4th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Hussain Besou | Sofia Valente | 1-0 | 12 | Open |
| 60 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Vahe Danielyan | Hussain Besou | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 61 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Hussain Besou | Farzad Bolourchifard | 1-0 | 52 | Open |
| 62 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Hussain Besou | Sarp Sahin | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 63 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Nayaka Budhidharma | Hussain Besou | 1-0 | 28 | Open |
| 64 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Hussain Besou | Asghar Golizadeh | 1-0 | 67 | Open |
| 65 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Swaminathan Soumya | Hussain Besou | 0-1 | 49 | Open |
| 66 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Denis Makhnev | Hussain Besou | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 67 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Qingyu Yuan | Hussain Besou | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 68 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Hussain Besou | Frederik Svane | 0-1 | 23 | Open |
| 69 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Hussain Besou | Daniel Shapiro | 1-0 | 26 | Open |
| 70 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Sergei Zhigalko | Hussain Besou | 0-1 | 43 | Open |
| 71 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Aleksandar Indjic | Hussain Besou | 1-0 | 47 | Open |
| 72 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Fabio Colonetti | Hussain Besou | 0-1 | 37 | Open |
| 73 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Hussain Besou | Artem Dyachuk | 1-0 | 52 | Open |
| 74 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Viktor Skliarov | Hussain Besou | 0-1 | 69 | Open |
| 75 | 2023-08-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Aug Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Marco Materia | Hussain Besou | 1-0 | 18 | Open |
| 76 | 2023-08-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Aug Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Hussain Besou | Hui Li | 1-0 | 28 | Open |
| 77 | 2023-08-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Aug Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Robby Kevlishvili | Hussain Besou | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 78 | 2023-08-15 | Titled Tue 15th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Hussain Besou | Dejan Omorjan | 0-1 | 56 | Open |
| 79 | 2023-08-15 | Titled Tue 15th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Matvei Shcherbin | Hussain Besou | 1-0 | 30 | Open |
| 80 | 2023-08-15 | Titled Tue 15th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Polina Shuvalova | Hussain Besou | 0-1 | 43 | Open |
| 81 | 2023-08-15 | Titled Tue 15th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Hussain Besou | Huynh Lam Binh Nguyen | 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 82 | 2023-08-15 | Titled Tue 15th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Evan Ai | Hussain Besou | 0-1 | 34 | Open |
| 83 | 2023-08-15 | Titled Tue 15th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Hussain Besou | Kirill Klukin | 0-1 | 47 | Open |
| 84 | 2023-08-15 | Titled Tue 15th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Fernando Diaz | Hussain Besou | 0-1 | 28 | Open |
| 85 | 2023-08-15 | Titled Tue 15th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Hussain Besou | Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara | 0-1 | 74 | Open |
| 86 | 2023-08-01 | Titled Tue 1st Aug Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Vjacheslav Weetik | Hussain Besou | 1-0 | 54 | Open |
| 87 | 2023-08-01 | Titled Tue 1st Aug Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Amilal Munkhdalai | Hussain Besou | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 88 | 2023-08-01 | Titled Tue 1st Aug Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Hussain Besou | Alexandros Papasimakopoulos | 0-1 | 65 | Open |
| 89 | 2023-08-01 | Titled Tue 1st Aug Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Hussain Besou | Miroslaw Lewicki | 1-0 | 24 | Open |
| 90 | 2023-08-01 | Titled Tue 1st Aug Late | chess.com INT | 7 | George-Catalin Ardelean | Hussain Besou | 1-0 | 74 | Open |
| 91 | 2023-08-01 | Titled Tue 1st Aug Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Alexander Timerkhanov | Hussain Besou | 0-1 | 52 | Open |
| 92 | 2023-08-01 | Titled Tue 1st Aug Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Hussain Besou | George-Catalin Ardelean | 0-1 | 55 | Open |
| 93 | 2023-08-01 | Titled Tue 1st Aug Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Alexander Timerkhanov | Hussain Besou | 0-1 | 63 | Open |
| 94 | 2023-08-01 | Titled Tue 1st Aug Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Hussain Besou | Ramon Jr. Manon-og | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 95 | 2023-08-01 | Titled Tue 1st Aug Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Nikolaos Skiadopoulos | Hussain Besou | 0-1 | 31 | Open |
| 96 | 2023-08-01 | Titled Tue 1st Aug Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Hussain Besou | Mushini Ajay | 1-0 | 32 | Open |
| 97 | 2023-08-01 | Titled Tue 1st Aug Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Thomas Thiel | Hussain Besou | 1-0 | 11 | Open |
| 98 | 2023-08-01 | Titled Tue 1st Aug Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Hussain Besou | Gawain C B Maroroa Jones | 1/2-1/2 | 142 | Open |
| 99 | 2023-08-01 | Titled Tue 1st Aug Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Roman Jiganchine | Hussain Besou | 0-1 | 45 | Open |
| 100 | 2023-08-01 | Titled Tue 1st Aug Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Hussain Besou | Hongjin Ahn | 1-0 | 47 | Open |