About Imad Hakki
Born 1957. Imad Hakki is a Syrian chess player.
Infobox chess biography|name=Imad Hakki|country=Syria|birth_date= |FIDE_id=7600038|peak_rating=2471 (April 2005) |rating=2354 (January 2012) However, he went on to win that year's men's Arab Chess championship in Aden.
Hakki played many times for the Syrian Olympiad team, playing on board 1 in the 32nd and 34th Chess Olympiad, board 3 in the 37th, and on board 5 in the 38th edition of the Olympiad. Hakki played in his last championship in Jordan in 2012.
Hakki later contracted Alzheimer's disease and became homeless, sleeping in the streets and parks of Damascus. As of 2021, he was in a senior home in Damascus.
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Who is Imad Hakki?
Syrian chess player
When was Imad Hakki born?
Imad Hakki was born on 1 January 1957.
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Imad Hakki is a chess player.
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Imad Hakki is Syrian.
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