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Ahmed Samy

HorusChessYOUTUBE Alexandria Egypt Since 2025 (Active) Chess.com ♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♟
46.7% W 45.6% L 7.7% D
Bullet
2078
287W 223L 28D
Blitz
2267
1818W 1826L 263D
Rapid
2312
519W 513L 141D

Ahmed Samy: The Eye of Horus on the 64 Squares

The Streamer Who Sees All

Ahmed Samy, better known to the internet as HorusChessYOUTUBE, is a chess streamer who has logged nearly 6,800 online games, which is roughly 6,800 more than the average person's excuse for being late to work. His handle tips a falcon-headed hat to Horus, the Egyptian sky god who sees everything from above, an appropriate mascot for a man who premoves first and asks questions never.

He has crossed 2300 in both blitz and rapid, but the real content is the streaming itself: immaculate thumbnails, lightning-fast resignations, and a chat that has learned to type "F" with record speed.

Bullet Chess, His Natural Habitat

Ask Ahmed his favorite time control and the answer is bullet, the beautiful chaos format where thinking is a luxury and premoving is a lifestyle. His form peaks at 11 in the morning, when his win rate climbs past 60%, and wilts around dinnertime, when the falcon, the sun, and his accuracy all set together. Once locked in, he can rip off a 20-game winning streak that makes chat briefly believe in prophecies.

Bullet Rating210420932082207120602025: 20702026: 209420252026

Opening Book: Spicy e4 Everything

Ahmed opens with e4 in the overwhelming majority of his games and prefers his positions seasoned with danger. As White, his Italian Game, Two Knights Defense scores around 65%, and when opponents dare try the Blackburne Shilling Gambit against him, he wins over 64% of the time, meaning the famous trap has been formally repossessed.

As Black, his signature is the Elephant Gambit, played nearly 300 times in blitz for a 60% win rate, alongside cobra-tempered Sicilian lines. In bullet, his Sicilian Defense has won 80.77% of games and the Scandinavian over 70%, numbers suggesting his opponents time out of existence.

The Elephant in question:

Win Rate by Opening0%25%75%100%50%Elephant Gambit: 57.9% over 356 gamesSicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Cobra Variation: 54.4% over 307 gamesCaro-Kann Defense: 46.5% over 275 gamesItalian Game: Two Knights Defense: 62.3% over 260 gamesScandinavian Defense: 56.6% over 228 gamesSicilian Defense: Closed, Anti-Sveshnikov Variation, Kharlov-Kramnik Line: 61.1% over 226 gamesElephant Gambit58%Sicilian Defense: Four …54%Caro-Kann Defense46%Italian Game: Two Knigh…62%Scandinavian Defense57%Sicilian Defense: Close…61%

Nemesis Management

Every falcon has a serpent, and Ahmed's is Volen Dyulgerov, who leads their head-to-head 24 wins to 6 across 31 battles, a rivalry Ahmed has streamed so often it deserves its own intro music, including a typical episode. Yet the food chain has many tiers: he is a perfect 7-0 against albinali1, as seen in one of those seven takedowns, and a spotless 6-0-1 against m7md_7assan.

Habits, Quirks, and Queen Checks

  • An early resignation rate of 82%: when the position dies, the game ends before the "gg" even lands.
  • Paradoxically, his comeback rate is 83.77%, and he still wins half his games after dropping a piece, so if he is still on the board, assume the trap is already set.
  • Over 8,000 queen checks delivered, making Her Majesty his preferred instrument of psychological warfare.
  • An endgame frequency of 76%: his wins average around 70 moves, because glory earned slowly tastes better.
  • Casual Ahmed outperforms rated Ahmed by roughly 37 points, which means the rating system is the only force standing between him and full divinity.
  • A tilt factor of just 11: certified stream-safe, rage-free, and premoved with love.

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Bio last updated 2026-10-09