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.

Live rankings

FIDE rating history

Published rating lists through Nov 2026.

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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
1301 2014-06-19 FIDE World Blitz 2014 Dubai UAE 7.38 Bassem Amin Vasif Durarbayli 1-0 39 Open
1302 2014-06-19 FIDE World Blitz 2014 Dubai UAE 6.31 Peter Michalik Bassem Amin 1-0 52 Open
1303 2014-06-19 FIDE World Blitz 2014 Dubai UAE 5.14 Bassem Amin Rauf Mamedov 0-1 32 Open
1304 2014-06-19 FIDE World Blitz 2014 Dubai UAE 4.33 Sandipan Chanda Bassem Amin 0-1 63 Open
1305 2014-06-19 FIDE World Blitz 2014 Dubai UAE 3.32 Bassem Amin Eric Hansen 1/2-1/2 113 Open
1306 2014-06-19 FIDE World Blitz 2014 Dubai UAE 2.41 Jakhongir Vakhidov Bassem Amin 0-1 50 Open
1307 2014-06-19 FIDE World Blitz 2014 Dubai UAE 11.25 Bassem Amin Ivan Sokolov 1-0 37 Open
1308 2014-06-19 FIDE World Blitz 2014 Dubai UAE 10.26 Maxim Matlakov Bassem Amin 0-1 22 Open
1309 2014-06-19 FIDE World Blitz 2014 Dubai UAE 1.41 Bassem Amin Das Debashis 0-1 69 Open
1310 2014-06-18 FIDE World Rapid 2014 Dubai UAE 15.28 Bassem Amin Vladimir Potkin 0-1 59 Open
1311 2014-06-18 FIDE World Rapid 2014 Dubai UAE 14.24 Yuriy Kryvoruchko Bassem Amin 1-0 45 Open
1312 2014-06-18 FIDE World Rapid 2014 Dubai UAE 13.28 Volodymyr Onyshchuk Bassem Amin 0-1 47 Open
1313 2014-06-18 FIDE World Rapid 2014 Dubai UAE 12.29 Bassem Amin Markus Ragger 1/2-1/2 44 Open
1314 2014-06-18 FIDE World Rapid 2014 Dubai UAE 11.4 Bassem Amin Pavel Maletin 1-0 42 Open
1315 2014-06-17 FIDE World Rapid 2014 Dubai UAE 9.3 Bassem Amin Rauf Mamedov 1/2-1/2 36 Open
1316 2014-06-17 FIDE World Rapid 2014 Dubai UAE 8.22 Georg Meier Bassem Amin 1-0 41 Open
1317 2014-06-17 FIDE World Rapid 2014 Dubai UAE 7.26 Bassem Amin Alexander Moiseenko 1-0 40 Open
1318 2014-06-17 FIDE World Rapid 2014 Dubai UAE 6.41 Basheer Al Qudaimi Bassem Amin 0-1 29 Open
1319 2014-06-17 FIDE World Rapid 2014 Dubai UAE 10.35 Vadim Milov Bassem Amin 1-0 27 Open
1320 2014-06-16 FIDE World Rapid 2014 Dubai UAE 5.28 Hao Wang Bassem Amin 1-0 50 Open
1321 2014-06-16 FIDE World Rapid 2014 Dubai UAE 3.14 Bassem Amin Radoslaw Wojtaszek 1/2-1/2 48 Open
1322 2014-06-16 FIDE World Rapid 2014 Dubai UAE 1.13 Bassem Amin Teimour Radjabov 1-0 43 Open
1323 2014-06-03 TCh-FRA Top 12 2014 Saint-Quentin FRA 11.4 Benoit Taddei Bassem Amin 0-1 45 Open
1324 2014-06-02 TCh-FRA Top 12 2014 Saint-Quentin FRA 10.2 Bassem Amin Sergey A. Fedorchuk 0-1 54 Open
1325 2014-06-01 TCh-FRA Top 12 2014 Saint-Quentin FRA 9.1 Laurent Fressinet Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 62 Open
1326 2014-05-31 TCh-FRA Top 12 2014 Saint-Quentin FRA 8.3 Bassem Amin Grzegorz Gajewski 1/2-1/2 24 Open
1327 2014-05-30 TCh-FRA Top 12 2014 Saint-Quentin FRA 7.3 Rainer Buhmann Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 16 Open
1328 2014-05-29 TCh-FRA Top 12 2014 Saint-Quentin FRA 6.1 Bassem Amin Dariusz Swiercz 1-0 44 Open
1329 2014-05-28 TCh-FRA Top 12 2014 Saint-Quentin FRA 5.3 Vladimir Baklan Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 52 Open
1330 2014-05-27 TCh-FRA Top 12 2014 Saint-Quentin FRA 4.2 Yannick Pelletier Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 64 Open
1331 2014-05-26 TCh-FRA Top 12 2014 Saint-Quentin FRA 3.4 Bassem Amin Jonathan Dourerassou 1/2-1/2 71 Open
1332 2014-05-25 TCh-FRA Top 12 2014 Saint-Quentin FRA 2.1 Bassem Amin Aleksander Mista 0-1 28 Open
1333 2014-04-15 16th Dubai Open 2014 Dubai UAE 9.7 Ante Brkic Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 58 Open
1334 2014-04-14 16th Dubai Open 2014 Dubai UAE 8.7 Bassem Amin Ehsan Ghaem Maghami 1/2-1/2 44 Open
1335 2014-04-13 16th Dubai Open 2014 Dubai UAE 7.13 Das Debashis Bassem Amin 0-1 62 Open
1336 2014-04-12 16th Dubai Open 2014 Dubai UAE 6.19 Bassem Amin Jamshed Isaev 1-0 53 Open
1337 2014-04-12 16th Dubai Open 2014 Dubai UAE 5.28 Fareed Ahmed Bassem Amin 0-1 25 Open
1338 2014-04-10 16th Dubai Open 2014 Dubai UAE 4.15 Bassem Amin Nico Georgiadis 0-1 60 Open
1339 2014-04-09 16th Dubai Open 2014 Dubai UAE 3.6 Anuar Ismagambetov Bassem Amin 1-0 42 Open
1340 2014-04-08 16th Dubai Open 2014 Dubai UAE 2.7 Bassem Amin Mikhail Ekdyshman 1-0 53 Open
1341 2014-04-07 16th Dubai Open 2014 Dubai UAE 1.9 Dorsa Derakhshani Bassem Amin 0-1 43 Open
1342 2014-03-12 N1 Reykjavik Open 2014 Reykjavik ISL 10.7 Raja Panjwani Bassem Amin 1-0 28 Open
1343 2014-03-11 N1 Reykjavik Open 2014 Reykjavik ISL 9.3 Robin Van Kampen Bassem Amin 1-0 49 Open
1344 2014-03-10 N1 Reykjavik Open 2014 Reykjavik ISL 8.1 Bassem Amin Chao b Li 0-1 36 Open
1345 2014-03-09 N1 Reykjavik Open 2014 Reykjavik ISL 7.1 Bassem Amin Erwin L'Ami 1-0 61 Open
1346 2014-03-08 N1 Reykjavik Open 2014 Reykjavik ISL 6.3 Ferenc Berkes Bassem Amin 0-1 65 Open
1347 2014-03-07 N1 Reykjavik Open 2014 Reykjavik ISL 5.3 Bassem Amin Eric Hansen 1-0 28 Open
1348 2014-03-06 N1 Reykjavik Open 2014 Reykjavik ISL 4.3 Harika Dronavalli Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 46 Open
1349 2014-03-05 N1 Reykjavik Open 2014 Reykjavik ISL 3.4 Bassem Amin Sachdev Tania 1-0 44 Open
1350 2014-03-05 N1 Reykjavik Open 2014 Reykjavik ISL 2.4 Eric Vaarala Bassem Amin 0-1 48 Open