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

2615.0 +9.0

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
1446

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: 2026-11-10 (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
351 2023-06-23 Olympic Esports Final GpB Singapore SGP 3.3 Alexey Sarana Bassem Amin 1-0 23 Open
352 2023-06-23 Olympic Esports Final GpB Singapore SGP 3.2 Bassem Amin Alexey Sarana 1-0 47 Open
353 2023-06-23 Olympic Esports Final GpB Singapore SGP 3.1 Alexey Sarana Bassem Amin 1-0 59 Open
354 2023-06-23 Olympic Esports Final GpB Singapore SGP 2.3 Bassem Amin Irine Kharisma Sukandar 1-0 19 Open
355 2023-06-23 Olympic Esports Final GpB Singapore SGP 2.2 Irine Kharisma Sukandar Bassem Amin 0-1 58 Open
356 2023-06-23 Olympic Esports Final GpB Singapore SGP 2.1 Bassem Amin Irine Kharisma Sukandar 1-0 42 Open
357 2023-06-11 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2023 Chartres FRA 4.3 Nils Grandelius Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 88 Open
358 2023-06-10 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2023 Chartres FRA 3.4 Bassem Amin Samvel Ter-Sahakyan 1/2-1/2 21 Open
359 2023-06-09 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2023 Chartres FRA 2.2 Bassem Amin Vasyl Ivanchuk 1/2-1/2 26 Open
360 2023-06-08 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2023 Chartres FRA 1.1 Nikita Vitiugov Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 44 Open
361 2023-06-07 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2023 Chartres FRA 7.1 Ivan Saric Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 23 Open
362 2023-06-06 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2023 Chartres FRA 6.1 Bassem Amin Francois Godart 1-0 38 Open
363 2023-06-05 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2023 Chartres FRA 5.1 Narayanan S L Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 17 Open
364 2023-06-03 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2023 Chartres FRA 3.1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 31 Open
365 2023-06-02 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2023 Chartres FRA 2.1 Visakh N R Bassem Amin 0-1 48 Open
366 2023-06-01 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2023 Chartres FRA 1.1 Bassem Amin Pedro Ramon Martinez Reyes 1-0 54 Open
367 2023-05-13 ch-Africa 2023 Giza EGY 9.2 Bassem Amin Kenneth Terence Solomon 1-0 36 Open
368 2023-05-12 ch-Africa 2023 Giza EGY 8.2 Adham Kandil Bassem Amin 0-1 42 Open
369 2023-05-11 ch-Africa 2023 Giza EGY 7.3 Bassem Amin Mohamed Ezat 1-0 37 Open
370 2023-05-10 ch-Africa 2023 Giza EGY 6.2 Ahmed Adly Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 23 Open
371 2023-05-09 ch-Africa 2023 Giza EGY 5.3 Bassem Amin Sameh Sadek 1-0 55 Open
372 2023-05-08 ch-Africa 2023 Giza EGY 4.1 Bilel Bellahcene Bassem Amin 1-0 26 Open
373 2023-05-07 ch-Africa 2023 Giza EGY 3.1 Bassem Amin Ahmed Hassan 1-0 33 Open
374 2023-05-07 ch-Africa 2023 Giza EGY 2.1 Massinas Djabri Bassem Amin 0-1 43 Open
375 2023-05-06 ch-Africa 2023 Giza EGY 1.1 Bassem Amin Gavin Albert Anderson 1-0 31 Open
376 2023-04-30 Bundesliga 2022-23 Viernheim GER 15.1 Ante Saric Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 20 Open
377 2023-04-29 Bundesliga 2022-23 Viernheim GER 14.1 Arkadij Naiditsch Bassem Amin 0-1 67 Open
378 2023-03-28 Sharjah Blitz 2023 Sharjah UAE 9.2 Marvin Marcos Bassem Amin 0-1 27 Open
379 2023-03-28 Sharjah Blitz 2023 Sharjah UAE 8.2 Bassem Amin Efstratios Grivas 1-0 38 Open
380 2023-03-28 Sharjah Blitz 2023 Sharjah UAE 7.1 A.R. Saleh Salem Bassem Amin 1-0 37 Open
381 2023-03-28 Sharjah Blitz 2023 Sharjah UAE 6.1 Bassem Amin Adam Tukhaev 1-0 28 Open
382 2023-03-28 Sharjah Blitz 2023 Sharjah UAE 5.1 Azamat Utegaliyev Bassem Amin 0-1 70 Open
383 2023-03-28 Sharjah Blitz 2023 Sharjah UAE 4.1 Bassem Amin Maria Gevorgyan 1-0 22 Open
384 2023-03-28 Sharjah Blitz 2023 Sharjah UAE 3.1 Dandel Fernandez Bassem Amin 0-1 35 Open
385 2023-03-28 Sharjah Blitz 2023 Sharjah UAE 2.1 Bassem Amin Salem Abdulrahim 1-0 28 Open
386 2023-03-28 Sharjah Blitz 2023 Sharjah UAE 1.1 Saqar Essa Khamis Bassem Amin 0-1 12 Open
387 2023-03-27 Sharjah Rapid 2023 Sharjah UAE 9.5 Omran Al Hosani Bassem Amin 1-0 47 Open
388 2023-03-27 Sharjah Rapid 2023 Sharjah UAE 8.3 Bassem Amin Mokhliss El Adnani 0-1 22 Open
389 2023-03-27 Sharjah Rapid 2023 Sharjah UAE 7.2 Bassem Amin Igor Miladinovic 1-0 26 Open
390 2023-03-27 Sharjah Rapid 2023 Sharjah UAE 6.1 Viorel Iordachescu Bassem Amin 1-0 59 Open
391 2023-03-26 Sharjah Rapid 2023 Sharjah UAE 5.2 Bassem Amin Basheer Al Qudaimi 1-0 22 Open
392 2023-03-26 Sharjah Rapid 2023 Sharjah UAE 4.2 Aziz Mert Erdogdu Bassem Amin 0-1 45 Open
393 2023-03-26 Sharjah Rapid 2023 Sharjah UAE 3.2 Bassem Amin Adrian Daniel Suarez Figueras 1-0 17 Open
394 2023-03-26 Sharjah Rapid 2023 Sharjah UAE 2.2 Abdelrahman Ahmed Bassem Amin 0-1 21 Open
395 2023-03-26 Sharjah Rapid 2023 Sharjah UAE 1.2 Bassem Amin Dinmukhamed Sergazy 1-0 27 Open
396 2023-03-18 Riyadh Calendar Chess Riyadh KSA 9.2 Bassem Amin Husain Aziz 1-0 33 Open
397 2023-03-18 Riyadh Calendar Chess Riyadh KSA 8.3 Ahmed Adly Bassem Amin 0-1 56 Open
398 2023-03-18 Riyadh Calendar Chess Riyadh KSA 7.1 Bassem Amin A.R. Saleh Salem 0-1 35 Open
399 2023-03-18 Riyadh Calendar Chess Riyadh KSA 6.2 Mohd Al-Mudahka Bassem Amin 0-1 35 Open
400 2023-03-17 Riyadh Calendar Chess Riyadh KSA 5.3 Bassem Amin Essam El Gindy 1-0 29 Open