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Full name | Essam A Elgendy |
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Born | 14 July, 1966 Cairo, Egypt |
Title | Grandmaster (2007) |
FIDE rating | 2407 (August 2024) |
Peak rating | 2530 (September 2005) |
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2011 Maputo | Teams |
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2003 Nigeria | Teams |
Essam El-Gindy or Essam El-Gendy is an Egyptian chess grandmaster. As of November 2014, he is the fifth highest ranked active player in Africa and number three among active players in Egypt.[citation needed]
Career
- Holding the title of International Grand Master and FideTrainer.
- Qualified to the Chess World Cup for men seven times from 1997 to 2013.
- Champion of the continent of Africa alone in 2003 Nigeria.
- Champion of the African Zone three times in a row since 1996 .
- Arab champion alone at 2003 Egypt Cairo.
- Champion of Egypt, and ranked number one for many years to the early nineties until 2005.
- Winner of 2 Golds Medal in individual and team,African olympic Games in Algeria in 2007.
- Achieved Elo rating more 2500 since 2002 ,and 2485 since 1997 .
- Victory over former world champion Ponomariov in the first game in the World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk 2007.
- Arab champion alone at 2009- Tunisia.
- Champion of the international Francophones chess 2014.
- Played for the Egyptian men team the winner of Gold medal of category B in Tromso chess olympiad 2014.
Trainer
- Coach in Manhattan and Marshall Chess clubs, New York 1999-2000.
- Coach in Trinity , Buckley and Browning schools, in New York City 2000-2002.
- Assistant coach with the famous U.S. coach Bruce Pandolfiny for the development of schools for children Reddlen 2001-2002.
- Coach in UAE ALAIN CHESS CLUB 2009-2010.
References
- http://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2008/06/13/egypts-essam-el-gindy-gets-3rd-gm-norm/
- http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2003/NB_AllAfrica3.html
- https://chess24.com/en/olympiad2014/teams/egypt
External links
- Essam El-Gindy rating card at FIDE
- Essam El-Gindy player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Chess Olympiad record at olimpbase.org