Adham Fawzy
Adham Fawzy at the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 3, 2000 Alexandria, Egypt |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Egypt |
| Title | Grandmaster (2019) |
| FIDE rating | 2466 (March 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2553 (November 2023) |
Adham Fawzy (born 2000) is an Egyptian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2019. As of May 2023, he is the third-highest rated active Egyptian player, and fourth-highest in the African continent.[1] By May 1st 2023 his rating was 2495, by November 2023 his rating was 2553.
Career
He won the 2017, 2018[2][3] and 2019[4] African Junior Chess Championship.
He finished third in the 2021 African Chess Championship, qualifying for the Chess World Cup 2021 in Sochi,[5] where he was in the first round defeated by the Russian chess player Evgeny Alekseev, 1½–2½ after rapid chess tiebreak games. He won the 2023 African Chess Championship,[6] qualifying for the Chess World Cup 2023.
Three times he participated with the Egyptian national team in the Chess Olympiad:
- at the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku in 2016, board 3, score 4/6
- at the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi in 2018, board 3, score 4½/10
- at the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai in 2022, board 3, score 7/9[7]
Also he participated in the World Team Chess Championship, in 2017 (playing at the 3rd bord)[8] and in 2019.
References
- ^ "Fawzy, Adham". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ^ "2019 African Junior Championship (Accra, Ghana)". 24 October 2019. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
- ^ Masala, Kenya Chess (2019-01-12). "IM Fawzy Adham & WIM Anika Du Plessis win African Junior Chess Championship". Kenya Chess Masala. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2019 African Junior Chess Championships - Open Section". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
- ^ Parodi (Alessandro_Parodi), Alessandro (29 May 2021). "Ahmed Adly Wins Nip-and-Tuck African Chess Championship". Chess.com. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2023 African Individual Chess Championship - Open". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
- ^ Chess Olympiad 2022, olimpbase.org.
- ^ World Team Chess Championship, olimpbase.org.
External links
- Adham Fawzy rating card at FIDE
- Adham Fawzy games at 365Chess.com
- Adham Fawzy player profile and games at Chessgames.com