The chess games of Essam El Gindy

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Essam El Gindy

Number of games in database: 91
Years covered: 1996 to 2017
Last FIDE rating: 2457 (2444 rapid, 2488 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2533

Overall record: +28 -30 =31 (48.9%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 2 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Nimzo Indian (9)
    E32 E58 E46 E39
Queen's Pawn Game (6)
    A41 A40 A46 D05
Slav (4)
    D11 D10 D12
Grunfeld (4)
    D85 D99 D90 D98

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (19)
    B61 B56 B64 B50 B32
Sicilian Richter-Rauser (7)
    B61 B64 B63

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   E El Gindy vs Ponomariov, 2007 1-0
   A Kosten vs E El Gindy, 2003 1/2-1/2
   Ponomariov vs E El Gindy, 2009 1/2-1/2

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   X Anibal Open (2003)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 World Cup
   E El Gindy vs Grischuk (Sep-04-17) 0-1
   Grischuk vs E El Gindy (Sep-03-17) 1-0
   H Olafsson vs E El Gindy (Aug-14-14) 0-1
   E El Gindy vs A Golizadeh (Aug-12-14) 1/2-1/2
   E El Gindy vs N Georgiadis (Aug-10-14) 0-1

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ESSAM EL GINDY
(born Jul-14-1966, 52 years old) Egypt

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Essam El Gindy was awarded the Grandmaster title in 2008. He was African champion in 2003, took 2nd place in the championship of Africa and in the Arab championship in 2007, 4th in the African Championship of 2009, and winner of the 2009 Arab Championship that was held in Tunisia. He qualified for the World Cup (2011) through the African Continental Championship of 2011 but lost to Hungarian super-GM Zoltan Almasi in the first round. He lost to Leinier Dominguez Perez at the World Cup (2013) in the 1st round, and was therefore eliminated from the contest. He again qualified(1) for the World Cup in 2017. El Gindy is also a FIDE Trainer.

Photo: http://www.google.com.au/imgres?q=e...

References / Sources

(1) http://www.fide.com/images/stories/...

Wikipedia article: Essam El-Gindy

Last updated: 2017-09-04 11:21:17

page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91

Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. E El Gindy vs Krasenkow	0-1	67	1996	Olympiad	A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
2. E El Gindy vs G A Timoshenko	1-0	46	1997	Cairo-B	E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
3. Bacrot vs E El Gindy	1-0	39	1998	Cap d'Agde Rapid Group B	B64 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
4. E El Gindy vs M Ezat	1-0	96	2003	1st Misr Closed, Cairo EGY	B25 Sicilian, Closed
5. E Ahmed vs E El Gindy	½-½	14	2003	1st Misr Closed, Cairo EGY	C42 Petrov Defense
6. E El Gindy vs Jonkman	1-0	22	2003	1st Misr Closed, Cairo EGY	D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
7. E El Gindy vs S Savchenko	½-½	21	2003	1st Misr Closed, Cairo EGY	D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
8. I Abdelnabbi vs E El Gindy	½-½	9	2003	1st Misr Closed, Cairo EGY	E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation
9. E El Gindy vs Z Medvegy	1-0	32	2003	1st Misr Closed, Cairo EGY	A40 Queen's Pawn Game
10. E El Gindy vs B Amin	0-1	57	2003	1st Misr Closed, Cairo EGY	A97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky
11. A Kosten vs E El Gindy	½-½	53	2003	1st Misr Closed, Cairo EGY	A13 English
12. E Inarkiev vs E El Gindy	½-½	41	2003	X Anibal Open	C42 Petrov Defense
13. E El Gindy vs S Halkias	0-1	50	2003	X Anibal Open	A40 Queen's Pawn Game
14. E El Gindy vs D Guerra Bastida	½-½	28	2003	X Anibal Open	E77 King's Indian
15. E Ahmed vs E El Gindy	0-1	32	2003	X Anibal Open	B24 Sicilian, Closed
16. O Korneev vs E El Gindy	0-1	44	2003	X Anibal Open	B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
17. E El Gindy vs M Pavlovic	1-0	27	2003	X Anibal Open	E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
18. E El Gindy vs M Brodsky	½-½	23	2003	Dubai op 5th	E15 Queen's Indian
19. E El Gindy vs G Sargissian	0-1	28	2003	Dubai op 5th	D05 Queen's Pawn Game
20. E El Gindy vs V Malakhatko	1-0	81	2003	Golden Cleopatra op	D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
21. E El Gindy vs Z Rahman	0-1	71	2003	ADCF Masters	A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
22. S Kasparov vs E El Gindy	½-½	39	2003	Abu Dhabi op 13th	B54 Sicilian
23. E El Gindy vs S Chumfwa	1-0	59	2003	TCh-Africa	E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
24. L Mesfin vs E El Gindy	0-1	39	2003	TCh-Africa	B08 Pirc, Classical
25. E El Gindy vs S De Gondo	1-0	39	2003	TCh-Africa	A56 Benoni Defense


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Dec-05-08		whiteshark: Grandmaster title approved to him at the 79th FIDE Congress which was held 16-26 November 2008 in Dresden, Germany. Congratulations! (He is from Egypt)

Mar-13-09		wordfunph: <BIDMOFA> any pic of GM Essam El Gindy and his date of birth? Thanks..

Nov-17-09		Tabanus: African champion 2003. He placed 4th in the African Championship 2009: http://kennysolomon.co.za/2009/08/g...

Dec-31-09		Tabanus: Winner of the Arab Championship in Tunisia, 21-29 December 2009: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr286...

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