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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 | 2024-02-25 | Bundesliga 2023-24 | Viernheim GER | 11.4 | Bassem Amin | Hing Ting Lai | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 252 | 2024-02-24 | Bundesliga 2023-24 | Viernheim GER | 10.4 | Radoslaw Wojtaszek | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 21 | Open |
| 253 | 2024-02-04 | Bundesliga 2023-24 | Deizisau GER | 8.4 | Sebastian Bogner | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 45 | Open |
| 254 | 2024-02-03 | Bundesliga 2023-24 | Deizisau GER | 7.4 | Gudmundur Kjartansson | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 62 | Open |
| 255 | 2024-01-14 | Bundesliga 2023-24 | Neuwied GER | 6.6 | Bassem Amin | Lukasz Cyborowski | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 256 | 2024-01-13 | Bundesliga 2023-24 | Neuwied GER | 5.5 | Tomas Polak | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 62 | Open |
| 257 | 2023-12-03 | Bundesliga 2023-24 | Deizisau GER | 4.6 | Bassem Amin | Jesper Sondergaard Thybo | 1/2-1/2 | 23 | Open |
| 258 | 2023-12-02 | Bundesliga 2023-24 | Deizisau GER | 3.6 | Luis Engel | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 44 | Open |
| 259 | 2023-11-05 | FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 | Douglas IOM | 11.28 | Bassem Amin | Rinat Jumabayev | 1-0 | 54 | Open |
| 260 | 2023-11-04 | FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 | Douglas IOM | 10.37 | Varuzhan Akobian | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 37 | Open |
| 261 | 2023-11-03 | FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 | Douglas IOM | 9.38 | Bassem Amin | Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux | 1/2-1/2 | 30 | Open |
| 262 | 2023-11-02 | FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 | Douglas IOM | 8.41 | Abhimanyu Mishra | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 41 | Open |
| 263 | 2023-11-01 | FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 | Douglas IOM | 7.41 | Bassem Amin | Shamsiddin Vokhidov | 1/2-1/2 | 32 | Open |
| 264 | 2023-10-30 | FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 | Douglas IOM | 6.41 | Axel Bachmann | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 31 | Open |
| 265 | 2023-10-29 | FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 | Douglas IOM | 5.4 | Bassem Amin | Abhijeet Gupta | 1/2-1/2 | 32 | Open |
| 266 | 2023-10-28 | FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 | Douglas IOM | 4.31 | Nodirbek Yakubboev | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 267 | 2023-10-27 | FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 | Douglas IOM | 3.32 | Bassem Amin | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | 1/2-1/2 | 24 | Open |
| 268 | 2023-10-26 | FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 | Douglas IOM | 2.16 | Ramazan Zhalmakhanov | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 269 | 2023-10-25 | FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 | Douglas IOM | 1.34 | Bassem Amin | Dennis Wagner | 1-0 | 52 | Open |
| 270 | 2023-10-22 | Bundesliga 2023-24 | Viernheim GER | 2.3 | Bassem Amin | Theo Gungl | 1-0 | 56 | Open |
| 271 | 2023-10-21 | Bundesliga 2023-24 | Viernheim GER | 1.3 | Bassem Amin | Joerg Wegerle | 1/2-1/2 | 58 | Open |
| 272 | 2023-10-15 | TCh-SWE Elitserien | Sweden SWE | 3.2 | Bassem Amin | Marten Aronsson | 1-0 | 28 | Open |
| 273 | 2023-10-14 | TCh-SWE Elitserien | Sweden SWE | 2.3 | Kristian Soholm | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 20 | Open |
| 274 | 2023-10-13 | TCh-SWE Elitserien | Sweden SWE | 1.2 | Bassem Amin | Andrey Sumets | 1-0 | 44 | Open |
| 275 | 2023-10-07 | 38th ECC Open 2023 | Durres ALB | 7.6 | Pedro Antonio Gines Esteo | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 34 | Open |
| 276 | 2023-10-06 | 38th ECC Open 2023 | Durres ALB | 6.4 | Bassem Amin | Mustafa Yilmaz | 1/2-1/2 | 37 | Open |
| 277 | 2023-10-05 | 38th ECC Open 2023 | Durres ALB | 5.3 | Bassem Amin | Maxime Lagarde | 1/2-1/2 | 33 | Open |
| 278 | 2023-10-04 | 38th ECC Open 2023 | Durres ALB | 4.1 | Viswanathan Anand | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 52 | Open |
| 279 | 2023-10-03 | 38th ECC Open 2023 | Durres ALB | 3.5 | Bassem Amin | Alexei Shirov | 1/2-1/2 | 51 | Open |
| 280 | 2023-10-02 | 38th ECC Open 2023 | Durres ALB | 2.5 | Gabor Nagy | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 35 | Open |
| 281 | 2023-09-24 | TCh-ESP Rapid 2023 | Ubeda ESP | 9.2 | Kirill Alekseenko | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 60 | Open |
| 282 | 2023-09-24 | TCh-ESP Rapid 2023 | Ubeda ESP | 8.5 | Eduardo Lopez Quevedo | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 26 | Open |
| 283 | 2023-09-24 | TCh-ESP Rapid 2023 | Ubeda ESP | 7.4 | Bassem Amin | Jaime Rey Martinez | 1/2-1/2 | 69 | Open |
| 284 | 2023-09-24 | TCh-ESP Rapid 2023 | Ubeda ESP | 6.4 | Alvaro Buendia Pinar | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 64 | Open |
| 285 | 2023-09-23 | TCh-ESP Rapid 2023 | Ubeda ESP | 5.2 | Bassem Amin | Ivan Cheparinov | 1/2-1/2 | 44 | Open |
| 286 | 2023-09-23 | TCh-ESP Rapid 2023 | Ubeda ESP | 4.4 | Bassem Amin | Angel De Nacimiento Montano | 0-1 | 48 | Open |
| 287 | 2023-09-23 | TCh-ESP Rapid 2023 | Ubeda ESP | 2.4 | Bassem Amin | Victor Moreno Royano | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 288 | 2023-09-23 | TCh-ESP Rapid 2023 | Ubeda ESP | 1.4 | Sergio Guerrero Olmos | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 33 | Open |
| 289 | 2023-09-22 | TCh-ESP Div Honor 2023 | Linares ESP | 7.2 | Arkadij Naiditsch | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 41 | Open |
| 290 | 2023-09-21 | TCh-ESP Div Honor 2023 | Linares ESP | 6.3 | Bassem Amin | Kirill Shevchenko | 1/2-1/2 | 30 | Open |
| 291 | 2023-09-20 | TCh-ESP Div Honor 2023 | Linares ESP | 5.3 | Haik M. Martirosyan | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 48 | Open |
| 292 | 2023-09-19 | TCh-ESP Div Honor 2023 | Linares ESP | 4.2 | Bassem Amin | Vladimir Fedoseev | 1/2-1/2 | 15 | Open |
| 293 | 2023-09-18 | TCh-ESP Div Honor 2023 | Linares ESP | 3.4 | Narayanan S L | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 44 | Open |
| 294 | 2023-09-17 | TCh-ESP Div Honor 2023 | Linares ESP | 2.1 | Bassem Amin | Jaime Santos Latasa | 1/2-1/2 | 26 | Open |
| 295 | 2023-09-16 | TCh-ESP Div Honor 2023 | Linares ESP | 1.4 | Bassem Amin | Alexei Shirov | 1/2-1/2 | 55 | Open |
| 296 | 2023-08-07 | FIDE World Cup 2023 | Baku AZE | 3.4 | Bassem Amin | Nils Grandelius | 1/2-1/2 | 72 | Open |
| 297 | 2023-08-07 | FIDE World Cup 2023 | Baku AZE | 3.3 | Nils Grandelius | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 65 | Open |
| 298 | 2023-08-06 | FIDE World Cup 2023 | Baku AZE | 3.2 | Bassem Amin | Nils Grandelius | 1/2-1/2 | 30 | Open |
| 299 | 2023-08-05 | FIDE World Cup 2023 | Baku AZE | 3.1 | Nils Grandelius | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 32 | Open |
| 300 | 2023-08-04 | FIDE World Cup 2023 | Baku AZE | 2.4 | Bassem Amin | Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera | 1/2-1/2 | 40 | Open |