GMBassem Amin
- FIDE ID
- 10601457
About Bassem Amin
Bassem Amin was born in Tanta, Egypt, in 1988 and combined chess with medical training. After winning several Arab youth titles, he became African junior champion in 2005. He earned the grandmaster title in 2006 and shared first place at the 2007 Abu Dhabi Chess Festival with Ashot Anastasian. Show more
Bassem Amin was born in Tanta, Egypt, in 1988 and combined chess with medical training. After winning several Arab youth titles, he became African junior champion in 2005. He earned the grandmaster title in 2006 and shared first place at the 2007 Abu Dhabi Chess Festival with Ashot Anastasian. He won bronze at the 2008 World Junior Championship. His seven African senior titles came between 2009 and 2024. He also shared first at the 2013 Reykjavik Open and became Mediterranean champion in 2014. That year he scored eight and a half points from eleven games on Egypt’s top board at the Olympiad. Away from chess, he graduated from Tanta University’s medical faculty in 2012.
FIDE rating history
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FIDE tournaments
| Date | Tournament | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-12 | Lag-DM 2026-2027, div Elit R2 | Classical | ½ |
| 2026-10-09 | 1. Schachbundesliga 2026-2027 Oktober 2026 | Classical | 2 |
| 2026-10-03 | Egyptian League 2026 ( Elite) last | Classical | 1 |
Available Games
Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-09 (UTC).
Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).
| # | Date | Event | Site | Round | White | Black | Result | Moves | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 2026-03-24 | Titled Tue 24th Mar 2026 | chess.com INT | 6 | Tikhonov,Viacheslav | Amin,B | 0-1 | 63 | Open |
| 52 | 2026-03-24 | Titled Tue 24th Mar 2026 | chess.com INT | 10 | Amin,B | Janaszak,Daw | 1-0 | 37 | Open |
| 53 | 2026-03-24 | Titled Tue 24th Mar 2026 | chess.com INT | 7 | Amin,B | Kukushkin,Ivan | 1-0 | 59 | Open |
| 54 | 2025-07-26 | Esports World Cup LC Lose | chess.com INT | 1.2 | Jules Moussard | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 44 | Open |
| 55 | 2025-07-26 | Esports World Cup LC Win | chess.com INT | 1.2 | Bassem Amin | Andrey Esipenko | 1/2-1/2 | 42 | Open |
| 56 | 2025-07-26 | Esports World Cup LC Win | chess.com INT | 1.1 | Andrey Esipenko | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 57 | 2025-07-26 | Esports World Cup LC Lose | chess.com INT | 1.1 | Bassem Amin | Jules Moussard | 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 58 | 2025-06-18 | Las Vegas Play-In Swiss | chess.com INT | 4 | Wouter Terlouw | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 71 | Open |
| 59 | 2025-06-18 | Las Vegas Play-In Swiss | chess.com INT | 3 | Bassem Amin | Nicolas Perossa | 1/2-1/2 | 55 | Open |
| 60 | 2025-06-18 | Las Vegas Play-In Swiss | chess.com INT | 2 | Peter Svidler | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 61 | 2025-06-18 | Las Vegas Play-In Swiss | chess.com INT | 1 | Tudor-Gabriel Danila | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 21 | Open |
| 62 | 2024-09-28 | Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 L | chess.com INT | 2.2 | Bassem Amin | Boris Gelfand | 0-1 | 32 | Open |
| 63 | 2024-09-28 | Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 L | chess.com INT | 2.1 | Boris Gelfand | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 48 | Open |
| 64 | 2024-09-27 | Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 W | chess.com INT | 1.5 | Bassem Amin | David Navara | 1/2-1/2 | 55 | Open |
| 65 | 2024-09-27 | Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 W | chess.com INT | 1.4 | Bassem Amin | David Navara | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 66 | 2024-09-27 | Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 W | chess.com INT | 1.3 | David Navara | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 55 | Open |
| 67 | 2024-09-27 | Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 W | chess.com INT | 1.2 | Bassem Amin | David Navara | 0-1 | 37 | Open |
| 68 | 2024-09-27 | Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 L | chess.com INT | 1.2 | Bassem Amin | Gadir Guseinov | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 69 | 2024-09-27 | Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 W | chess.com INT | 1.1 | David Navara | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 51 | Open |
| 70 | 2024-09-27 | Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 L | chess.com INT | 1.1 | Gadir Guseinov | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 46 | Open |
| 71 | 2024-09-26 | Julius Baer Gen Cup P/I m D3 | chess.com INT | 1.3 | Bassem Amin | Eray Kilic | 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 72 | 2024-09-26 | Julius Baer Gen Cup P/I m D3 | chess.com INT | 1.2 | Eray Kilic | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 34 | Open |
| 73 | 2024-09-26 | Julius Baer Gen Cup P/I m D3 | chess.com INT | 1.1 | Bassem Amin | Eray Kilic | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 74 | 2024-09-25 | Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In | chess.com INT | 9 | Rasmus Svane | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 32 | Open |
| 75 | 2024-09-25 | Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In | chess.com INT | 8 | Bassem Amin | Mahammad Muradli | 1-0 | 56 | Open |
| 76 | 2024-09-25 | Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In | chess.com INT | 7 | Karthik Venkataraman | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 46 | Open |
| 77 | 2024-09-25 | Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In | chess.com INT | 6 | Bassem Amin | Alexander Donchenko | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 78 | 2024-09-25 | Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In | chess.com INT | 5 | Benjamin Gledura | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 79 | 2024-09-25 | Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In | chess.com INT | 4 | Bassem Amin | Nikita Meshkovs | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 80 | 2024-09-25 | Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In | chess.com INT | 3 | Maciej Klekowski | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 52 | Open |
| 81 | 2024-09-25 | Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In | chess.com INT | 2 | Bassem Amin | Renato R. Quintiliano | 1-0 | 27 | Open |
| 82 | 2024-09-25 | Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In | chess.com INT | 1 | Mukhiddin Madaminov | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 71 | Open |
| 83 | 2024-09-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Sep Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Robert Hungaski | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 55 | Open |
| 84 | 2024-09-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Sep Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Bassem Amin | Martin Horak | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 85 | 2024-09-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Sep Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Valeriy Grinev | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 86 | 2024-09-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Sep Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Bassem Amin | Alexey Sarana | 0-1 | 50 | Open |
| 87 | 2024-09-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Sep Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Shakked Tifferet | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 32 | Open |
| 88 | 2024-09-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Sep Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Sanan Sjugirov | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 89 | 2024-09-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Sep Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Bassem Amin | Egor Kurchenko | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 90 | 2024-09-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Sep Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Julian Estrada Nieto | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 74 | Open |
| 91 | 2024-09-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Sep Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Bassem Amin | Arseny Alavkin | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 92 | 2024-09-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Sep Late | chess.com INT | 11 | Zarina Nurgaliyeva | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 28 | Open |
| 93 | 2024-09-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Sep Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Bassem Amin | Niklas Schmider | 1-0 | 23 | Open |
| 94 | 2024-08-27 | Titled Tue 27th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Bassem Amin | Daniel Naroditsky | 0-1 | 44 | Open |
| 95 | 2024-08-27 | Titled Tue 27th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Jeronimo Hernandez Jimenez | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 25 | Open |
| 96 | 2024-08-27 | Titled Tue 27th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Bassem Amin | Cristian Dolezal | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 97 | 2024-08-27 | Titled Tue 27th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Theodore Slade | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 32 | Open |
| 98 | 2023-09-02 | Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L | chess.com INT | 5.3 | Bassem Amin | Levon Aronian | 1/2-1/2 | 28 | Open |
| 99 | 2023-09-02 | Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L | chess.com INT | 5.2 | Levon Aronian | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 100 | 2023-09-02 | Julius Baer Rapid Div 2 L | chess.com INT | 5.1 | Bassem Amin | Levon Aronian | 1-0 | 30 | Open |