Imed Abdelnabbi respresented Egypt in the Chess Olympiads 1982-2019[2]
- In 1982, at second reserve board in the 25th Chess Olympiad in Lucerne (+3, =3, -1)
- In 1984, at second board in the 26th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+4, =4, -3)
- In 1986, at second board in the 27th Chess Olympiad in Dubai (+7, =5, -0) and won an individual gold medal
- In 1990, at second board in the 29th Chess Olympiad in Novi Sad (+3, =5, -2)
- In 1992, at second board in the 30th Chess Olympiad in Manila (+1, =5, -4)
- In 2002, at first board in the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled (+4, =3, -4)
- In 2006, at third board in the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin (+2, =3, -3)
Imed Abdelnabbi played for Egypt and Africa (1989) teams in the World Team Chess Championship:[3]
- In 1989, at third board in the 2nd World Team Chess Championship in Lucerne (+0, =3, -3),
- In 2010, at reserve board in the 7th World Team Chess Championship in Bursa (+0, =2, -2),
- In 2017, at fourth board in the 11th World Team Chess Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk (+0, =2, -5),
- In 2019, at reserve board in the 12th World Team Chess Championship in Astana (+0, =0, -3).[4]
Also Imed Abdelnabbi two times played for Egypt in African Games team chess tournament (2003-2007), and in team competition won 2 gold medals (2003, 2007), and in individual competition won gold (2007) medal.[5]
In 2003, in Damascus, Imed Abdelnabbi won the Club Chess Championship with Egyptian team Eastern Company Al-Sharkia.[6] In 2005 he repeated this success.[7]
In 2012, in United Arab Emirates Imed Abdelnabbi won 2nd place in International Chess Tournament Jebel Hafeet International Championship,[8] but in 2013 he won there an International Chess Tournament Unified Home Festival.[9]
In 1985, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title. In 2005, he became a FIDE Trainer.