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
151 2025-03-23 Bundesliga 2024-25 Muelheim GER 11.1 Valentin Buckels Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 99 Open
152 2025-03-09 TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE 9.26 Bassem Amin Christian Jepson 1/2-1/2 42 Open
153 2025-03-08 TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE 8.17 Bassem Amin Tiger Hillarp Persson 1-0 27 Open
154 2025-03-07 TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE 7.17 Bassem Amin Jung Min Seo 1-0 59 Open
155 2025-02-23 Djerba Masters 2025 Djerba TUN 9.2 Bassem Amin Etienne Bacrot 1/2-1/2 27 Open
156 2025-02-22 Djerba Masters 2025 Djerba TUN 8.4 MarcAndria Maurizzi Bassem Amin 1-0 57 Open
157 2025-02-21 Djerba Masters 2025 Djerba TUN 7.3 Bassem Amin Jules Moussard 1-0 45 Open
158 2025-02-20 Djerba Masters 2025 Djerba TUN 6.3 Vasyl Ivanchuk Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 16 Open
159 2025-02-18 Djerba Masters 2025 Djerba TUN 5.4 Bassem Amin Daniel Dardha 1/2-1/2 47 Open
160 2025-02-18 Djerba Masters 2025 Djerba TUN 4.2 Faustino Oro Bassem Amin 0-1 65 Open
161 2025-02-17 Djerba Masters 2025 Djerba TUN 3.5 Bassem Amin Volodar Murzin 1/2-1/2 35 Open
162 2025-02-16 Djerba Masters 2025 Djerba TUN 2.1 David Navara Bassem Amin 1-0 41 Open
163 2025-02-15 Djerba Masters 2025 Djerba TUN 1.5 Parham Maghsoodloo Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 25 Open
164 2025-02-02 Bundesliga 2024-25 Viernheim GER 8.3 Bassem Amin Boban Bogosavljevic 0-1 48 Open
165 2025-02-01 Bundesliga 2024-25 Viernheim GER 7.3 Martin Lokander Bassem Amin 0-1 56 Open
166 2025-01-05 52nd Rilton Cup 2024-25 Stockholm SWE 9.1 Leonardo Costa Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 31 Open
167 2025-01-04 52nd Rilton Cup 2024-25 Stockholm SWE 8.1 Bassem Amin Leon Livaic 1-0 56 Open
168 2025-01-03 52nd Rilton Cup 2024-25 Stockholm SWE 7.1 Jakub Seemann Bassem Amin 0-1 54 Open
169 2025-01-02 52nd Rilton Cup 2024-25 Stockholm SWE 6.3 Bassem Amin Alexander Khripachenko 1-0 56 Open
170 2024-12-31 52nd Rilton Cup 2024-25 Stockholm SWE 5.5 Yasin Sari Bassem Amin 0-1 39 Open
171 2024-12-30 52nd Rilton Cup 2024-25 Stockholm SWE 4.9 Bassem Amin Joar Ostlund 1-0 28 Open
172 2024-12-29 52nd Rilton Cup 2024-25 Stockholm SWE 3.2 Vidar Seiger Bassem Amin 0-1 29 Open
173 2024-12-28 52nd Rilton Cup 2024-25 Stockholm SWE 2.1 Axel Falkevall Bassem Amin 1-0 35 Open
174 2024-12-27 52nd Rilton Cup 2024-25 Stockholm SWE 1.1 Bassem Amin Oleg M Romanishin 1-0 48 Open
175 2024-12-01 Bundesliga 2024-25 Heimbach-Weis GER 4.6 Bassem Amin Lucas Van Foreest 0-1 45 Open
176 2024-11-30 Bundesliga 2024-25 Heimbach-Weis GER 3.6 Aljoscha Feuerstack Bassem Amin 0-1 34 Open
177 2024-11-03 TCh-HUN 2024-25 Hungary HUN 2.3 Albert Bokros Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 50 Open
178 2024-11-02 TCh-HUN 2024-25 Hungary HUN 1.3 Bassem Amin Gabor Papp 1-0 51 Open
179 2024-10-13 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2024 Melilla ESP 2.8 Jorden Van Foreest Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 55 Open
180 2024-10-12 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2024 Melilla ESP 1.14 Bassem Amin Kirill Shevchenko 1-0 36 Open
181 2024-10-06 TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE 3.11 Bassem Amin Lars Walinder 1-0 34 Open
182 2024-10-05 TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE 2.26 Kristian Stuvik Holm Bassem Amin 0-1 47 Open
183 2024-10-04 TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE 1.9 Orce Danchevski Bassem Amin 0-1 31 Open
184 2024-09-22 45th Olympiad 2024 Budapest HUN 11.3 Bassem Amin Erzhan Zhakshylykov 1-0 52 Open
185 2024-09-21 45th Olympiad 2024 Budapest HUN 10.31 Osvaldo Zambrana Bassem Amin 0-1 33 Open
186 2024-09-19 45th Olympiad 2024 Budapest HUN 8.31 A.R. Saleh Salem Bassem Amin 1-0 41 Open
187 2024-09-18 45th Olympiad 2024 Budapest HUN 7.17 Bassem Amin Ivan Cheparinov 1/2-1/2 22 Open
188 2024-09-16 Lag DM Elit 2024-25 Stockholm SWE 1.1 Oskar Von Bahr Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 59 Open
189 2024-08-24 30th Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 9.46 Bassem Amin Michael Jr. Concio 1/2-1/2 95 Open
190 2024-08-23 30th Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 8.45 Sauat Nurgaliyev Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 24 Open
191 2024-08-22 30th Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 7.44 Kushagra Mohan Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 45 Open
192 2024-08-21 30th Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 6.42 Bassem Amin Soham Kamotra 1/2-1/2 26 Open
193 2024-08-20 30th Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 5.42 Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 115 Open
194 2024-08-19 30th Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 4.2 Bassem Amin Daniel Quizon 0-1 36 Open
195 2024-08-18 30th Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 3.37 Al Taher Abdulrahman Mohammad Bassem Amin 0-1 36 Open
196 2024-08-16 30th Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 2.36 Karthik Rajaa Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 40 Open
197 2024-08-15 30th Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 1.6 Bassem Amin Artin Ashraf 1/2-1/2 34 Open
198 2024-07-21 ch-HUN Rapid 2024 Ajka HUN 9.3 Bassem Amin Alexei Shirov 1/2-1/2 40 Open
199 2024-07-21 ch-HUN Rapid 2024 Ajka HUN 8.6 Leon Livaic Bassem Amin 0-1 25 Open
200 2024-07-21 ch-HUN Rapid 2024 Ajka HUN 7.9 Bassem Amin Boris Golubovic 1-0 49 Open