Netherlands. In February 2021, he won the Africa Online Open with a score of 7.5/9. On the national level, Adly won the Egyptian championship in 2007 and 2009. On the International level, In 2004, Adly qualified for the FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004), but lost the first-round match, after rapid tiebreaks, to Sergei Rublevsky. In 2005, Adly won the Arab Junior Chess Championship and qualified once more, but he was again eliminated in the first round of the FIDE World Cup (2005), this time by Ruslan Ponomariov. Adly qualified for the World Cup (2011), but was forced to withdraw after the first game due to illness. His misfortune continued at the World Cup (2013), for which he qualified, but was unable to attend due to travel difficulties. Adly was the runner up in the African Chess Championship of 2015, and thereby qualified for the Chess World Cup 2015. At the World Cup (2015), he lost to Ukrainian super-GM Vassily Ivanchuk in the first round. Adly also won two gold medals in the African Chess Olympics and one silver medal in 2005 in different formats. In 2007, Adly acquired all three gold medals, becoming the first Egyptian to do so. In 2009, Adly participated in the Mediterranean Chess Championship and acquired the first place. Adly also won the African Chess Championship four times, in 2005, 2011, 2019 and 2021 Playing style Adly had expressed admiration towards Mikhail Tal and his attacking style, having been inspired by him. In youth, Adly had been an attacking player but has since evolved to a more universal playing style. Adly has expressed admiration for several other players' play styles, including the World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen, who has also expressed his acknowledgement of Adly's win against him in the 2006 Reykjavik Open. Notable games A Adly vs V Laznicka, 2007 1-0 A Adly vs I Vovk, 2007 1-0 Carlsen vs A Adly, 2006 0-1 Rapport vs A Adly, 2015 0-1 A Adly vs Kosten, 2003 1-0 A Adly vs G Meier, 2007 1-0 A Adly vs A Hesham, 2021 1-0 Kamsky vs A Adly, 2007 1/2-1/2 H Hayrapetyan vs A Adly, 2007 0-1 Movsesian vs A Adly, 2015 0-1 References External links 1987 births Living people Chess grandmasters Egyptian chess players World Junior Chess Champions Sportspeople from Cairo African Games bronze medalists for Egypt African Games medalists in chess Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa