Essam El-Gindy

Essam El-Gindy
CountryEgypt
Born (1966-07-14) 14 July 1966
Cairo, Egypt
TitleGrandmaster (2008)
FIDE rating2407 (June 2025)
Peak rating2527 (October 2008)

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

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).