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Essam ElGendy
Full nameEssam A Elgendy
Country Egypt
Born14 July, 1966
Cairo, Egypt
TitleGrandmaster (2007)
FIDE rating2407 (August 2024)
Peak rating2530 (September 2005)
Olympic medal record
Men's Chess
Representing  Zimbabwe
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo Teams
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place 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

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