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Tawfeik, Ahmed Gamal
🇪🇬FIDE 10608435· Male· Egypt· Born in 1977
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Ahmed Gamal Tawfeik, a 49-year-old Egyptian player, is rated 1916. He has held steady between 1900 and 1950 for 2 years. 15 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent appearances: Egyptian National Chess Champship 2025 and 4th Internaional Egyptian Champions festival 8-6- 2025. Also played 3 rapid events (including National Open Chess Championship Rapid 1 2026) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 27 months (2009–2012), 12 months (2012–2014), 14 months (2018–2019) and 20 months (2022–2024). His peak of 1961 was reached at age 37 (Dec 2014).
Current rating
1916
Standard
Rpd1795·Blz—
All-time high
1961
−45 pts below
Dec 2014 · age 37
Dec 2014 · age 37
Activity
17
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#44,191
#44,191 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2025
36th Egyptian 45-50 player
at age 48 · rated 1923
Sep 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+63 Elo)
1860 → 1923
Aug 2024
2022
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1860 → returned at 1888
Aug 2022
2020
41st Egyptian 40-45 player
at age 43 · rated 1916
Oct 2020
100 career games
at age 43
Mar 2020
2018
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1916 → returned at 1895
Sep 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-7
1923 → 1916
Tournaments
1
8 games
Score
5/ 862.5%
5W0D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/8 | #41 | 1862 | -6.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMohamed Tork
🇪🇬EGY·1964
+2 −4 =0
6 games·last met Jan 2024
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vsHany SameehFM
🇪🇬EGY·2030
+1 −4 =0
5 games·last met Jan 2024
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vsHany Sayed
🇪🇬EGY·2097
+2 −3 =0
5 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsNabil El Nabawy
🇪🇬EGY·1755
+5 −0 =0
5 games·last met Aug 2023
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Rankings
/
Egypt
#257
out of 2,900 players
Africa
#1,251
in continent
World
#44,190
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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