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Kandil, Adham
GM🇪🇬FIDE 10618490· Male· Egypt· Born in 2001
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Adham Kandil, a 25-year-old Egyptian Grandmaster, is rated 2369 — his current career high and ranked 8th among Egyptian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +104 Elo over the past 12 months. 87 rated games in the past year (≈52/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Egyptian League 2026 ( Elite) Round 6-9, Muscat Nights International Chess Championship 2026 - Open A, and Arab Clubs Chess Championship 2026. Also played 3 rapid events (including Egypt National Team Rapid Qualifiers 2025) recently. He reached Egyptian #8 in Feb 2026.
Awarded GM in 2025 (age 24), IM in 2016 (age 15), FM in 2013 (age 12), and CM in 2012 (age 11). At junior level, he reached World #69 in U16, World #63 in U14 and #1, #1 and #1 nationally in U20, U18 and U12.
Current rating
2369
Standard
Rpd2285·Blz2239
All-time high
2369
at best
May 2026 · age 25
May 2026 · age 25
Activity
50
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
87 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#8
#8 · Egyptian players · of 1,190
Career timeline
26 entries2026
All-time peak 2369
at age 25
May 2026
Peak Egyptian rank: #8
at age 25 · rated 2361
Feb 2026
2025
GM title awardedGM
at age 24
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 2300
at age 24
Nov 2025
2023
Re-crossed 2300
at age 22
Jun 2023
2021
1st Egyptian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2342
Sep 2021
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+144
2225 → 2369
Tournaments
12
81 games
Score
56/ 8169.1%
49W22D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
12 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2/2 | #36 | 2929 | +8.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5.5/9 | #19 | 2308 | -3.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/6 | #9 | 2499 | +22.0 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 7.5/9 | #1 | 2498 | +42.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 2.5/5 | #18 | 2347 | +4.4 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 7/9 | #3 | 2177 | +2.8 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 7/9 | #1 | 2480 | +59.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 8/9 | #1 | 2298 | +19.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2.5/5 | #21 | 2178 | -5.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 1/1 | #28 | 2915 | +7.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsHany Sayed
🇪🇬EGY·2097
+15 −1 =5
21 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsAdham FawzyGM
🇪🇬EGY·2467
+5 −13 =2
20 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsMohsen ElgabryIM
🇪🇬EGY·2143
+9 −6 =4
19 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsSalah YousryFM
🇪🇬EGY·2224
+9 −5 =3
17 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsAshraf AminFM
🇪🇬EGY·2075
+9 −3 =5
17 games·last met Sep 2025
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Rankings
/
Egypt
#8
out of 3,084 players
Africa
#19
in continent
World
#2,260
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Egypt
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Africa
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