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
401 2023-03-17 Riyadh Calendar Chess Riyadh KSA 4.2 Bilel Bellahcene Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 19 Open
402 2023-03-17 Riyadh Calendar Chess Riyadh KSA 3.2 Bassem Amin Kamel Njili 1-0 42 Open
403 2023-03-17 Riyadh Calendar Chess Riyadh KSA 2.2 Malek Saif Bassem Amin 0-1 27 Open
404 2023-03-17 Riyadh Calendar Chess Riyadh KSA 1.2 Bassem Amin Fahad A Al Turky 1-0 17 Open
405 2023-03-12 TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE 9.2 Bassem Amin Erik Blomqvist 1-0 48 Open
406 2023-03-11 TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE 8.5 Jacek Gdanski Bassem Amin 0-1 34 Open
407 2023-03-10 TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE 7.3 Bassem Amin Ralf Akesson 1/2-1/2 20 Open
408 2023-02-05 Bundesliga 2022-23 Remagen GER 6.8 Loek Van Wely Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 34 Open
409 2023-02-04 Bundesliga 2022-23 Remagen GER 5.8 Bassem Amin Theo Gungl 1-0 45 Open
410 2023-01-05 50th Rilton Cup Match Stockholm SWE 6 Nils Grandelius Bassem Amin 0-1 55 Open
411 2023-01-05 50th Rilton Cup Match Stockholm SWE 5 Bassem Amin Nils Grandelius 0-1 71 Open
412 2023-01-04 50th Rilton Cup Match Stockholm SWE 4 Nils Grandelius Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 40 Open
413 2023-01-04 50th Rilton Cup Match Stockholm SWE 3 Bassem Amin Nils Grandelius 1/2-1/2 99 Open
414 2023-01-03 50th Rilton Cup Match Stockholm SWE 2 Nils Grandelius Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 30 Open
415 2023-01-03 50th Rilton Cup Match Stockholm SWE 1 Bassem Amin Nils Grandelius 1/2-1/2 33 Open
416 2023-01-01 ch-SWE Blitz 2023 Stockholm SWE 9.2 Bassem Amin Arhan Chethan Anand 1-0 56 Open
417 2023-01-01 ch-SWE Blitz 2023 Stockholm SWE 8.3 Bassem Amin Elie Milikow 1-0 48 Open
418 2023-01-01 ch-SWE Blitz 2023 Stockholm SWE 7.1 Dominik Horvath Bassem Amin 1-0 54 Open
419 2023-01-01 ch-SWE Blitz 2023 Stockholm SWE 5.1 Pranesh M Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 52 Open
420 2023-01-01 ch-SWE Blitz 2023 Stockholm SWE 4.1 Bassem Amin Aditya Mittal 1-0 52 Open
421 2023-01-01 ch-SWE Blitz 2023 Stockholm SWE 3.1 Shaik Sumer Arsh Bassem Amin 0-1 42 Open
422 2023-01-01 ch-SWE Blitz 2023 Stockholm SWE 2.1 Bassem Amin Justin Sarkar 1-0 22 Open
423 2023-01-01 ch-SWE Blitz 2023 Stockholm SWE 13.1 Leon Livaic Bassem Amin 0-1 32 Open
424 2023-01-01 ch-SWE Blitz 2023 Stockholm SWE 12.1 Bassem Amin Yoav Milikow 1-0 52 Open
425 2023-01-01 ch-SWE Blitz 2023 Stockholm SWE 11.1 Bassem Amin Toivo Keinanen 1-0 43 Open
426 2023-01-01 ch-SWE Blitz 2023 Stockholm SWE 10.1 Bassem Amin Elham Amar 1-0 57 Open
427 2023-01-01 ch-SWE Blitz 2023 Stockholm SWE 1.1 Julia Ostensson Bassem Amin 0-1 18 Open
428 2022-12-30 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 21.13 Jakhongir Vakhidov Bassem Amin 1-0 61 Open
429 2022-12-30 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 20.16 Bassem Amin Zhamsaran Tsydypov 1-0 55 Open
430 2022-12-30 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 19.17 Bassem Amin Shant Sargsyan 1/2-1/2 23 Open
431 2022-12-30 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 18.25 Volodar Murzin Bassem Amin 0-1 51 Open
432 2022-12-30 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 17.31 Kazybek Nogerbek Bassem Amin 0-1 42 Open
433 2022-12-30 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 16.42 Bassem Amin Gabriel Sargissian 1-0 33 Open
434 2022-12-30 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 15.51 Bassem Amin Bobby Cheng 1-0 44 Open
435 2022-12-30 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 14.42 Vladislav Kovalev Bassem Amin 1-0 48 Open
436 2022-12-30 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 13.32 Rinat Jumabayev Bassem Amin 1-0 42 Open
437 2022-12-29 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 9.29 Bassem Amin Robert Hovhannisyan 0-1 54 Open
438 2022-12-29 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 8.15 Vincent Keymer Bassem Amin 1-0 38 Open
439 2022-12-29 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 7.28 Bassem Amin Alexander Donchenko 1-0 27 Open
440 2022-12-29 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 6.14 Bassem Amin Manuel Petrosyan 0-1 59 Open
441 2022-12-29 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 5.25 Boris Savchenko Bassem Amin 0-1 37 Open
442 2022-12-29 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 4.11 Bassem Amin Eric Hansen 0-1 49 Open
443 2022-12-29 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 3.8 Ahmed Adly Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 12 Open
444 2022-12-29 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 2.12 Bassem Amin Andrew Tang 1-0 36 Open
445 2022-12-29 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 12.4 Bassem Amin Valentin Dragnev 1-0 32 Open
446 2022-12-29 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 11.29 Bassem Amin Baadur Jobava 0-1 42 Open
447 2022-12-29 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 10.42 Evgeniy Najer Bassem Amin 0-1 38 Open
448 2022-12-29 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 1.17 Victor Bologan Bassem Amin 0-1 36 Open
449 2022-12-28 World Rapid 2022 Almaty KAZ 13.2 Bassem Amin Yangyi Yu 0-1 43 Open
450 2022-12-28 World Rapid 2022 Almaty KAZ 12.9 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Bassem Amin 1-0 55 Open