GMBassem AminLIVE

EGY Born 1988 (Age ≈38) Male
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 ratings

2614.0 +8.0

Classical

Live estimate

2582

Rapid

Published FIDE

2520

Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#139
National rank · EGY
#1

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

FIDE rating history

Highest recorded rating
2712 Jan 2019
Recorded years
2001–2026
Archived games
1443

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

FIDE rating history

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FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-12Lag-DM 2026-2027, div Elit R2Classical½
2026-10-091. Schachbundesliga 2026-2027 Oktober 2026Classical2
2026-10-03Egyptian League 2026 ( Elite) lastClassical1

All tournament results

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
1151 2016-09-21 Baku Open 2016 Baku AZE 4.11 Bassem Amin Zeinab Mamedjarova 1/2-1/2 69 Open
1152 2016-09-20 Baku Open 2016 Baku AZE 3.5 Abdelrahman Hesham Bassem Amin 1-0 27 Open
1153 2016-09-19 Baku Open 2016 Baku AZE 2.13 Bassem Amin Niyazi Naghdiyev 1-0 33 Open
1154 2016-09-18 Baku Open 2016 Baku AZE 1.2 Agil Pirverdiyev Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 71 Open
1155 2016-09-13 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 11.38 Bassem Amin Rodwell Makoto 1-0 19 Open
1156 2016-09-12 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 10.35 Filip Pancevski Bassem Amin 1-0 47 Open
1157 2016-09-11 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 9.4 Bassem Amin Deng Cypriano Rehan 1-0 52 Open
1158 2016-09-10 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 8.47 Mark Machin Rivera Bassem Amin 0-1 74 Open
1159 2016-09-09 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 7.4 Nderim Saraci Bassem Amin 1-0 57 Open
1160 2016-09-08 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 6.23 Bassem Amin Nils Grandelius 1-0 34 Open
1161 2016-09-06 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 5.8 Sergey Karjakin Bassem Amin 1-0 51 Open
1162 2016-09-05 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 4.34 Bassem Amin Carlos S. Matamoros Franco 1-0 41 Open
1163 2016-09-04 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 3.42 Ruben Abraham Ulloa Castillo Bassem Amin 0-1 58 Open
1164 2016-09-03 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 2.26 Bassem Amin Leinier Dominguez Perez 0-1 35 Open
1165 2016-09-02 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 1.42 Ho Cheung Wong Bassem Amin 0-1 40 Open
1166 2016-08-29 23rd Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 9.4 Bassem Amin Boris Savchenko 1-0 56 Open
1167 2016-08-28 23rd Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 8.4 A.R. Saleh Salem Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 60 Open
1168 2016-08-27 23rd Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 7.7 Bassem Amin Deep Sengupta 1-0 58 Open
1169 2016-08-25 23rd Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 6.3 Anton Demchenko Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 25 Open
1170 2016-08-24 23rd Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 5.7 Bassem Amin Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian 1-0 39 Open
1171 2016-08-23 23rd Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 4.5 Ahmed Adly Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 22 Open
1172 2016-08-23 23rd Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 3.5 Bassem Amin Alexandr Predke 1/2-1/2 34 Open
1173 2016-08-22 23rd Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 2.6 Max Illingworth Bassem Amin 0-1 55 Open
1174 2016-08-21 23rd Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 1.7 Bassem Amin Kelkar Abhishek 1-0 46 Open
1175 2016-07-31 Xtracon Chess Open 2016 Helsingor DEN 10.1 Bassem Amin Matthias Bluebaum 1/2-1/2 30 Open
1176 2016-07-30 Xtracon Chess Open 2016 Helsingor DEN 9.1 Daniel Naroditsky Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 35 Open
1177 2016-07-29 Xtracon Chess Open 2016 Helsingor DEN 8.1 Bassem Amin Aleksey Dreev 1/2-1/2 17 Open
1178 2016-07-28 Xtracon Chess Open 2016 Helsingor DEN 7.1 Sebastien Maze Bassem Amin 0-1 28 Open
1179 2016-07-27 Xtracon Chess Open 2016 Helsingor DEN 6.1 Bassem Amin Erik, Dr. Zude 1-0 74 Open
1180 2016-07-26 Xtracon Chess Open 2016 Helsingor DEN 5.7 Vilka Sipila Bassem Amin 0-1 49 Open
1181 2016-07-25 Xtracon Chess Open 2016 Helsingor DEN 4.17 Bassem Amin Petter Haugli 1-0 37 Open
1182 2016-07-24 Xtracon Chess Open 2016 Helsingor DEN 3.5 Jakob Aabling-Thomsen Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 40 Open
1183 2016-07-24 Xtracon Chess Open 2016 Helsingor DEN 2.5 Bassem Amin Pal Royset 1-0 36 Open
1184 2016-07-23 Xtracon Chess Open 2016 Helsingor DEN 1.5 Carsten Juul Nielsen Bassem Amin 0-1 27 Open
1185 2016-06-12 Sharjah 21 Rapid Op 2016 Sharjah UAE 9.1 Bartlomiej Heberla Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 63 Open
1186 2016-06-12 Sharjah 21 Rapid Op 2016 Sharjah UAE 8.1 Ahmed Adly Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 16 Open
1187 2016-06-12 Sharjah 21 Rapid Op 2016 Sharjah UAE 7.1 Bassem Amin Gadir Guseinov 1-0 59 Open
1188 2016-06-12 Sharjah 21 Rapid Op 2016 Sharjah UAE 6.3 Bassem Amin Vasily Papin 1-0 50 Open
1189 2016-06-12 Sharjah 21 Rapid Op 2016 Sharjah UAE 5.2 Vladimir Akopian Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 23 Open
1190 2016-06-12 Sharjah 21 Rapid Op 2016 Sharjah UAE 4.4 Bassem Amin Marat Dzhumaev 1-0 29 Open
1191 2016-06-12 Sharjah 21 Rapid Op 2016 Sharjah UAE 3.4 Bassem Amin Nodirbek Yakubboev 1-0 70 Open
1192 2016-06-12 Sharjah 21 Rapid Op 2016 Sharjah UAE 2.4 Israel Franklin Alterado Bassem Amin 0-1 27 Open
1193 2016-04-19 18th Dubai Open 2016 Dubai UAE 9.13 Deepan Chakkravarthy J. Bassem Amin 0-1 53 Open
1194 2016-04-18 18th Dubai Open 2016 Dubai UAE 8.18 Bassem Amin Petr Kostenko 1-0 51 Open
1195 2016-04-17 18th Dubai Open 2016 Dubai UAE 7.15 Mishra Swayams Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 65 Open
1196 2016-04-16 18th Dubai Open 2016 Dubai UAE 6.23 Bassem Amin Eesha Karavade 1-0 35 Open
1197 2016-04-16 18th Dubai Open 2016 Dubai UAE 5.12 P. Karthikeyan Bassem Amin 1-0 54 Open
1198 2016-04-14 18th Dubai Open 2016 Dubai UAE 4.5 Bassem Amin Zaur Mammadov 1/2-1/2 38 Open
1199 2016-04-13 18th Dubai Open 2016 Dubai UAE 3.22 Rout Padmini Bassem Amin 0-1 42 Open
1200 2016-04-12 18th Dubai Open 2016 Dubai UAE 2.9 Bassem Amin Arghyadip Das 1/2-1/2 34 Open