 He has competed at two FIDE World Chess Championships (1999, 2004) and six Chess World Cups (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019).In 2003, El-Gindy won the delayed 2002 Egyptian Chess Championship, shared first (third on tiebreak) with 8/10 at the Golden Cleopatra Open, followed by scoring his first two GM norms at the African Championships with 7.5/9 and the Arab Chess Championships with 7/9 in 2003.Eventually he reached his final norm in 2008 with 9/12 at the Alushta Summer Open.