Essam El-Gindy

Essam El-Gindy
CountryEgypt
Born (1966-07-14) 14 July 1966 (age 58)
Cairo, Egypt
TitleGrandmaster (2008)
FIDE rating2407 (December 2024)
Peak rating2527 (October 2008)

Essam El-Gindy (also known as Essam El-Gendy and Esam Mohamed Ahmed Nagib;[1][2] born 14 July 1966) is an Egyptian chess Grandmaster and FIDE Trainer.[3]

He is a former Egyptian Champion (2002), African Champion (2003) and has represented Egypt in three Chess Olympiads (1996, 1998, 2014). He has competed at two FIDE World Chess Championships (1999, 2004) and seven Chess World Cups (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2021).

Career

In 2003, El-Gindy won the delayed 2002 Egyptian Chess Championship,[4] shared first (third on tiebreak) with 8/10 at the Golden Cleopatra Open,[5] followed by scoring his first two GM norms at the African Championships with 7.5/9 and the Arab Chess Championships with 7/9 in 2003.[6][7] Eventually he reached his final norm in 2008 with 9/12 at the Alushta Summer Open.[8]

He made his debut at World Championship level with a first round 2–0 exit to Ulf Andersson in the FIDE World Chess Championship 1999.

El-Gindy's success at the African Chess Championship of 2003 earned him a spot in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004, losing in the first round to Aleksej Aleksandrov 1½–½. He qualified for the Chess World Cup six times via the African Championships. His third place on tiebreak in 2007 secured a place at the Chess World Cup 2007 where he scored an upset win in the first round against former FIDE World Champion and eventual quarter-finalist Ruslan Ponomariov, but he went on to lose the match after rapid tiebreaks 2½–1½.[9] A fourth-place finish in 2009 saw him qualify for the Chess World Cup 2009, going out in the first round to Ponomariov 1½–½.[10] Second place in 2011 saw him qualify for the Chess World Cup 2011, going out in the first round to Zoltán Almási 2–0.[11] Third place on tiebreak in 2013 saw him qualify for the Chess World Cup 2013, where he went out in first round 2–0 to Leinier Domínguez.[12]

In 2009, El-Gindy won the Arab Chess Championship, scoring 7/9.[13]

El-Gindy won the 2014 AIDEF[note 1] Chess Championships on tiebreak with a score of 7.5/9.[14]

Team results

El-Gindy has competed in various team tournaments at both club and international level. He has won three team golds and an individual gold and bronze at international level, representing Egypt. For his clubs, El-Gindy has won four team golds and a team silver medal as well as gold, two silvers and two bronze medals for his individual play.[15]

International results

Tournament Board Individual result Team result
Olympiad Yerevan 1996 First 1.5/7 66th
Olympiad Elista 1998 First 5/10 (60th) 38th
All-Africa Games 2003 Second 4/6 Gold
Pan Arab Games 2007 First 5.5/8 Gold
All-Africa Games 2007 [16] First 8.5/9 (Gold) Gold
World Team Champ. 2011 Third 0.5/4 10th
All Africa Games 2011 Third 5.5/7 (Bronze) Gold
World Cities Champ. 2012 First 0/2 Group phase
Olympiad Tromsø 2014[17] Fifth 2/6 23rd

Club results

Tournament Team Board Individual result Team result
Arab Club Champ, Damascus 2003 Al-Sharkia (EGY) Second 4.5/7 Gold
Arab Club Champ, Agadir 2005 Al-Sharkia (EGY) Second 6.5/8 (Bronze) Gold
Arab Club Champ, Amman 2006 Al-Sharkia (EGY) Second 6/8 (Gold) Gold
Arab Club Champ, Khartoum 2007 Al-Sharkia (EGY) First 6/8 (Bronze) Gold
Asian Club Cup, Al-Ain 2008 Al-Ain B (UAE) Reserve 5/7 (Silver) Eighth
Arab Club Champ, Tunis 2009 El-Dakhlia (EGY) Third 6/8 (Silver) Silver

Note

  1. ^ Association Internationale Des Échecs Francophones, a FIDE affiliated association of French-speaking countries

References

  1. ^ FIDE rating history – Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib Olimpbase Accessed 27 November 2014
  2. ^ FIDE rating history – Esam Ahmed Nagib Olimpbase Accessed 27 November 2014
  3. ^ Egypt's Essam El-Gindy gets 3rd GM norm Archived 12 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine The Chess Drum. 13 June 2008
  4. ^ EGY Championship 2003 Tournament Report FIDE Accessed 25 November 2014
  5. ^ The Golden Cleopatra Open Chessbase Published 18 June 2003
  6. ^ IM Essam El-Gindy takes African Crown! The Chess Drum Published 19 Oct 2003
  7. ^ FIDE Title Application FIDE.com Accessed 23 Nov 2014
  8. ^ Alushta Summer 2008 3 (Grandmaster Norm) kaissia.com.ua Accessed 23 Nov 2014
  9. ^ African Championships The Week In Chess #671 Published 17 September 2007
  10. ^ African Championships The Week In Chess #769 Published 3 August 2009
  11. ^ African Individuals 2011 The Week In Chess #867 Published 20 June 2011
  12. ^ African Championship Open 2013 The Week In Chess #968 Published 27 May 2013
  13. ^ Arab Men Championship 2009 Chess-Results. Retrieved 28 November 2014
  14. ^ Championnat Individuel de L'AIDEF July 2014 FIDE. Retrieved 25 November 2014
  15. ^ Essam El-Gindy Olimpbase Accessed 28 November 2014
  16. ^ All-Africa Games Algiers 2007 Olimpbase.org Accessed 23 Nov 2014
  17. ^ Egypt Olympiad team profile Chess24.com Accessed 25 November 2014