GMBassem Amin

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
1251 2014-11-28 Zonal 4.2 2014 Cairo EGY 8.1 Bassem Amin Haruna Nsubuga 1-0 54 Open
1252 2014-11-27 Zonal 4.2 2014 Cairo EGY 7.1 Theotime Rutaremara Bassem Amin 0-1 40 Open
1253 2014-11-26 Zonal 4.2 2014 Cairo EGY 6.1 Bassem Amin Hatem Eldesoky 1-0 52 Open
1254 2014-11-26 Zonal 4.2 2014 Cairo EGY 5.1 Walaa Sarwat Bassem Amin 0-1 44 Open
1255 2014-11-24 Zonal 4.2 2014 Cairo EGY 4.1 Bassem Amin Mohamed Ezat 1/2-1/2 23 Open
1256 2014-11-24 Zonal 4.2 2014 Cairo EGY 3.1 Khaled Abdel Razik Bassem Amin 0-1 33 Open
1257 2014-11-23 Zonal 4.2 2014 Cairo EGY 2.1 Bassem Amin Abdelrahman Hesham 1-0 35 Open
1258 2014-11-22 Zonal 4.2 2014 Cairo EGY 1.1 Ashraf Amin Bassem Amin 0-1 47 Open
1259 2014-09-15 30th ECC Open 2014 Bilbao ESP 2.8 Markus Ragger Bassem Amin 1-0 37 Open
1260 2014-09-09 9th Mediterranean Cup Chania GRE 9.1 Bassem Amin Vasilios Kotronias 1-0 26 Open
1261 2014-09-08 9th Mediterranean Cup Chania GRE 8.2 Betul Cemre Yildiz Kadioglu Bassem Amin 0-1 40 Open
1262 2014-09-07 9th Mediterranean Cup Chania GRE 7.4 Bassem Amin Konstantinos-Spyros Liodakis 1-0 24 Open
1263 2014-09-06 9th Mediterranean Cup Chania GRE 6.2 Adel Choukri Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 38 Open
1264 2014-09-06 9th Mediterranean Cup Chania GRE 5.5 Bassem Amin Argirios Papadopoulos 1-0 52 Open
1265 2014-09-05 9th Mediterranean Cup Chania GRE 4.1 Aziz Mert Erdogdu Bassem Amin 1-0 45 Open
1266 2014-09-04 9th Mediterranean Cup Chania GRE 3.1 Bassem Amin Nassim Sakr 1-0 26 Open
1267 2014-09-04 9th Mediterranean Cup Chania GRE 2.1 Alda Shabanaj Bassem Amin 0-1 41 Open
1268 2014-08-28 21st Abu Dhabi Masters 2014 Abu Dhabi UAE 9.1 Bassem Amin Suri Vaibhav 0-1 33 Open
1269 2014-08-27 21st Abu Dhabi Masters 2014 Abu Dhabi UAE 8.9 Surya Shekhar Ganguly Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 62 Open
1270 2014-08-26 21st Abu Dhabi Masters 2014 Abu Dhabi UAE 7.14 Bassem Amin Shardul Gagare 1-0 38 Open
1271 2014-08-25 21st Abu Dhabi Masters 2014 Abu Dhabi UAE 6.21 Mohamed Tissir Bassem Amin 0-1 42 Open
1272 2014-08-24 21st Abu Dhabi Masters 2014 Abu Dhabi UAE 5.1 Bassem Amin Murali Karthikeyan 0-1 37 Open
1273 2014-08-23 21st Abu Dhabi Masters 2014 Abu Dhabi UAE 4.1 Bassem Amin Alin-Mile Berescu 1/2-1/2 34 Open
1274 2014-08-23 21st Abu Dhabi Masters 2014 Abu Dhabi UAE 3.11 Diptayan Ghosh Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 30 Open
1275 2014-08-21 21st Abu Dhabi Masters 2014 Abu Dhabi UAE 2.1 Bassem Amin Sundar M. Shyam 1/2-1/2 75 Open
1276 2014-08-20 21st Abu Dhabi Masters 2014 Abu Dhabi UAE 1.1 Shah Fenil Bassem Amin 0-1 24 Open
1277 2014-08-14 41st Olympiad Open 2014 Tromso NOR 11.17 Bassem Amin Hannes Stefansson 1-0 50 Open
1278 2014-08-12 41st Olympiad Open 2014 Tromso NOR 10.24 Ehsan Ghaem Maghami Bassem Amin 0-1 67 Open
1279 2014-08-11 41st Olympiad Open 2014 Tromso NOR 9.33 Bassem Amin Carlos Guevara 1-0 39 Open
1280 2014-08-10 41st Olympiad Open 2014 Tromso NOR 8.19 Yannick Pelletier Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 35 Open
1281 2014-08-09 41st Olympiad Open 2014 Tromso NOR 7.16 Bassem Amin Frode Elsness 1-0 50 Open
1282 2014-08-08 41st Olympiad Open 2014 Tromso NOR 6.8 Yue Wang Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 41 Open
1283 2014-08-06 41st Olympiad Open 2014 Tromso NOR 5.21 Bassem Amin Miguel Munoz Sanchez 1-0 34 Open
1284 2014-08-05 41st Olympiad Open 2014 Tromso NOR 4.37 Jose Lisandro Munoz Santana Bassem Amin 0-1 40 Open
1285 2014-08-04 41st Olympiad Open 2014 Tromso NOR 3.32 Oscar De La Riva Aguado Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 44 Open
1286 2014-08-03 41st Olympiad Open 2014 Tromso NOR 2.27 Bassem Amin Ivan Saric 0-1 42 Open
1287 2014-08-02 41st Olympiad Open 2014 Tromso NOR 1.37 Bassem Amin Casanova Romario Sanches 1-0 37 Open
1288 2014-06-29 Coupe De France 2014 Nice FRA 2.1 Adrien Demuth Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 55 Open
1289 2014-06-28 Coupe De France 2014 Nice FRA 1.1 Bassem Amin Michal Krasenkow 1/2-1/2 57 Open
1290 2014-06-20 FIDE World Blitz 2014 Dubai UAE 21.28 Bassem Amin Mohd Al-Mudahka 0-1 36 Open
1291 2014-06-20 FIDE World Blitz 2014 Dubai UAE 20.23 Vladimir Fedoseev Bassem Amin 1-0 46 Open
1292 2014-06-20 FIDE World Blitz 2014 Dubai UAE 19.17 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Bassem Amin 1-0 33 Open
1293 2014-06-20 FIDE World Blitz 2014 Dubai UAE 18.14 Bassem Amin Teimour Radjabov 0-1 34 Open
1294 2014-06-20 FIDE World Blitz 2014 Dubai UAE 17.9 Pentala Harikrishna Bassem Amin 1-0 48 Open
1295 2014-06-20 FIDE World Blitz 2014 Dubai UAE 16.14 Bassem Amin Peter Svidler 1-0 25 Open
1296 2014-06-20 FIDE World Blitz 2014 Dubai UAE 15.15 Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen Bassem Amin 0-1 78 Open
1297 2014-06-20 FIDE World Blitz 2014 Dubai UAE 14.1 Radoslaw Wojtaszek Bassem Amin 1-0 41 Open
1298 2014-06-20 FIDE World Blitz 2014 Dubai UAE 13.1 Bassem Amin Etienne Bacrot 1/2-1/2 58 Open
1299 2014-06-19 FIDE World Blitz 2014 Dubai UAE 9.17 Bassem Amin Viswanathan Anand 0-1 21 Open
1300 2014-06-19 FIDE World Blitz 2014 Dubai UAE 8.32 Sundar M. Shyam Bassem Amin 0-1 40 Open