GMBassem AminLIVE

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
1869

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
451 2023-07-16 56th Biel GM Rapid 2023 Biel SUI 6.3 Bassem Amin Vincent Keymer 1/2-1/2 60 Open
452 2023-07-16 56th Biel GM Rapid 2023 Biel SUI 5.3 Bogdan-Daniel Deac Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 42 Open
453 2023-07-16 56th Biel GM Rapid 2023 Biel SUI 4.2 Bassem Amin Jules Moussard 1/2-1/2 20 Open
454 2023-07-16 56th Biel GM Rapid 2023 Biel SUI 3.4 Erigaisi Arjun Bassem Amin 0-1 47 Open
455 2023-07-16 56th Biel GM Rapid 2023 Biel SUI 2.1 Bassem Amin Quang Liem Le 1-0 47 Open
456 2023-07-16 56th Biel GM Rapid 2023 Biel SUI 1.4 Bassem Amin David Navara 0-1 41 Open
457 2023-07-15 56th Biel Chess960 2023 Biel SUI 7.3 Bassem Amin Quang Liem Le 0-1 33 Open
458 2023-07-15 56th Biel Chess960 2023 Biel SUI 6.2 David Navara Bassem Amin 1-0 12 Open
459 2023-07-15 56th Biel Chess960 2023 Biel SUI 5.4 Bassem Amin Jules Moussard 0-1 36 Open
460 2023-07-15 56th Biel Chess960 2023 Biel SUI 4.1 Yangyi Yu Bassem Amin 1-0 46 Open
461 2023-07-15 56th Biel Chess960 2023 Biel SUI 3.4 Vincent Keymer Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 52 Open
462 2023-07-15 56th Biel Chess960 2023 Biel SUI 2.2 Bassem Amin Bogdan-Daniel Deac 0-1 27 Open
463 2023-07-15 56th Biel Chess960 2023 Biel SUI 1.3 Erigaisi Arjun Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 68 Open
464 2023-06-23 Olympic Esports Final GpB Singapore SGP 5.4 Bassem Amin Samvel Ter-Sahakyan 0-1 42 Open
465 2023-06-23 Olympic Esports Final GpB Singapore SGP 5.3 Samvel Ter-Sahakyan Bassem Amin 1-0 38 Open
466 2023-06-23 Olympic Esports Final GpB Singapore SGP 5.2 Bassem Amin Samvel Ter-Sahakyan 1/2-1/2 45 Open
467 2023-06-23 Olympic Esports Final GpB Singapore SGP 5.1 Samvel Ter-Sahakyan Bassem Amin 0-1 39 Open
468 2023-06-23 Olympic Esports Final GpB Singapore SGP 4.4 Aleksandr Rakhmanov Bassem Amin 1-0 42 Open
469 2023-06-23 Olympic Esports Final GpB Singapore SGP 4.3 Bassem Amin Aleksandr Rakhmanov 1-0 43 Open
470 2023-06-23 Olympic Esports Final GpB Singapore SGP 4.2 Aleksandr Rakhmanov Bassem Amin 1-0 55 Open
471 2023-06-23 Olympic Esports Final GpB Singapore SGP 4.1 Bassem Amin Aleksandr Rakhmanov 1/2-1/2 65 Open
472 2023-06-23 Olympic Esports Final GpB Singapore SGP 3.4 Bassem Amin Alexey Sarana 0-1 62 Open
473 2023-06-23 Olympic Esports Final GpB Singapore SGP 3.3 Alexey Sarana Bassem Amin 1-0 23 Open
474 2023-06-23 Olympic Esports Final GpB Singapore SGP 3.2 Bassem Amin Alexey Sarana 1-0 47 Open
475 2023-06-23 Olympic Esports Final GpB Singapore SGP 3.1 Alexey Sarana Bassem Amin 1-0 59 Open
476 2023-06-23 Olympic Esports Final GpB Singapore SGP 2.3 Bassem Amin Irine Kharisma Sukandar 1-0 19 Open
477 2023-06-23 Olympic Esports Final GpB Singapore SGP 2.2 Irine Kharisma Sukandar Bassem Amin 0-1 58 Open
478 2023-06-23 Olympic Esports Final GpB Singapore SGP 2.1 Bassem Amin Irine Kharisma Sukandar 1-0 42 Open
479 2023-06-11 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2023 Chartres FRA 4.3 Nils Grandelius Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 88 Open
480 2023-06-10 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2023 Chartres FRA 3.4 Bassem Amin Samvel Ter-Sahakyan 1/2-1/2 21 Open
481 2023-06-09 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2023 Chartres FRA 2.2 Bassem Amin Vasyl Ivanchuk 1/2-1/2 26 Open
482 2023-06-08 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2023 Chartres FRA 1.1 Nikita Vitiugov Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 44 Open
483 2023-06-07 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2023 Chartres FRA 7.1 Ivan Saric Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 23 Open
484 2023-06-06 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2023 Chartres FRA 6.1 Bassem Amin Francois Godart 1-0 38 Open
485 2023-06-05 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2023 Chartres FRA 5.1 Narayanan S L Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 17 Open
486 2023-06-03 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2023 Chartres FRA 3.1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 31 Open
487 2023-06-02 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2023 Chartres FRA 2.1 Visakh N R Bassem Amin 0-1 48 Open
488 2023-06-01 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2023 Chartres FRA 1.1 Bassem Amin Pedro Ramon Martinez Reyes 1-0 54 Open
489 2023-05-13 ch-Africa 2023 Giza EGY 9.2 Bassem Amin Kenneth Terence Solomon 1-0 36 Open
490 2023-05-12 ch-Africa 2023 Giza EGY 8.2 Adham Kandil Bassem Amin 0-1 42 Open
491 2023-05-11 ch-Africa 2023 Giza EGY 7.3 Bassem Amin Mohamed Ezat 1-0 37 Open
492 2023-05-10 ch-Africa 2023 Giza EGY 6.2 Ahmed Adly Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 23 Open
493 2023-05-09 ch-Africa 2023 Giza EGY 5.3 Bassem Amin Sameh Sadek 1-0 55 Open
494 2023-05-08 ch-Africa 2023 Giza EGY 4.1 Bilel Bellahcene Bassem Amin 1-0 26 Open
495 2023-05-07 ch-Africa 2023 Giza EGY 3.1 Bassem Amin Ahmed Hassan 1-0 33 Open
496 2023-05-07 ch-Africa 2023 Giza EGY 2.1 Massinas Djabri Bassem Amin 0-1 43 Open
497 2023-05-06 ch-Africa 2023 Giza EGY 1.1 Bassem Amin Gavin Albert Anderson 1-0 31 Open
498 2023-05-05 Olympic Esports Prelims chess.com INT 4.4 Emin Ohanyan Bassem Amin 0-1 35 Open
499 2023-05-05 Olympic Esports Prelims chess.com INT 4.3 Bassem Amin Emin Ohanyan 0-1 29 Open
500 2023-05-05 Olympic Esports Prelims chess.com INT 4.2 Emin Ohanyan Bassem Amin 0-1 44 Open