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
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
501 2023-05-05 Olympic Esports Prelims chess.com INT 4.1 Bassem Amin Emin Ohanyan 1/2-1/2 123 Open
502 2023-05-05 Olympic Esports Prelims chess.com INT 3.4 Aleksandr Rakhmanov Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 85 Open
503 2023-05-05 Olympic Esports Prelims chess.com INT 3.3 Bassem Amin Aleksandr Rakhmanov 0-1 44 Open
504 2023-05-05 Olympic Esports Prelims chess.com INT 3.2 Aleksandr Rakhmanov Bassem Amin 0-1 37 Open
505 2023-05-05 Olympic Esports Prelims chess.com INT 3.1 Bassem Amin Aleksandr Rakhmanov 1-0 48 Open
506 2023-05-04 Olympic Esports Prelims chess.com INT 2.4 Samvel Ter-Sahakyan Bassem Amin 1-0 39 Open
507 2023-05-04 Olympic Esports Prelims chess.com INT 2.3 Bassem Amin Samvel Ter-Sahakyan 1/2-1/2 59 Open
508 2023-05-04 Olympic Esports Prelims chess.com INT 2.2 Samvel Ter-Sahakyan Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 62 Open
509 2023-05-04 Olympic Esports Prelims chess.com INT 2.1 Bassem Amin Samvel Ter-Sahakyan 1/2-1/2 71 Open
510 2023-05-04 Olympic Esports Prelims chess.com INT 1.5 Bassem Amin Pranesh M 1-0 64 Open
511 2023-05-04 Olympic Esports Prelims chess.com INT 1.4 Pranesh M Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 38 Open
512 2023-05-04 Olympic Esports Prelims chess.com INT 1.3 Bassem Amin Pranesh M 0-1 3 Open
513 2023-05-04 Olympic Esports Prelims chess.com INT 1.2 Pranesh M Bassem Amin 1-0 24 Open
514 2023-05-04 Olympic Esports Prelims chess.com INT 1.1 Bassem Amin Pranesh M 1/2-1/2 29 Open
515 2023-05-01 ChessKid Cup Play-In chess.com INT 9.49 Leandro Krysa Bassem Amin 0-1 53 Open
516 2023-05-01 ChessKid Cup Play-In chess.com INT 8.46 Bassem Amin Srihari L R 0-1 39 Open
517 2023-05-01 ChessKid Cup Play-In chess.com INT 7.49 Miguel Santos Ruiz Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 43 Open
518 2023-05-01 ChessKid Cup Play-In chess.com INT 6.39 Bassem Amin Gadir Guseinov 0-1 24 Open
519 2023-05-01 ChessKid Cup Play-In chess.com INT 5.25 Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh Bassem Amin 1-0 46 Open
520 2023-05-01 ChessKid Cup Play-In chess.com INT 4.22 Bassem Amin Igor Lysyj 1/2-1/2 35 Open
521 2023-05-01 ChessKid Cup Play-In chess.com INT 3.1 Levon Aronian Bassem Amin 1-0 44 Open
522 2023-05-01 ChessKid Cup Play-In chess.com INT 2.4 Vladimir Zakhartsov Bassem Amin 0-1 66 Open
523 2023-05-01 ChessKid Cup Play-In chess.com INT 1.24 Bassem Amin Francisco Vallejo Pons 1-0 31 Open
524 2023-04-30 Bundesliga 2022-23 Viernheim GER 15.1 Ante Saric Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 20 Open
525 2023-04-29 Bundesliga 2022-23 Viernheim GER 14.1 Arkadij Naiditsch Bassem Amin 0-1 67 Open
526 2023-03-28 Sharjah Blitz 2023 Sharjah UAE 9.2 Marvin Marcos Bassem Amin 0-1 27 Open
527 2023-03-28 Sharjah Blitz 2023 Sharjah UAE 8.2 Bassem Amin Efstratios Grivas 1-0 38 Open
528 2023-03-28 Sharjah Blitz 2023 Sharjah UAE 7.1 A.R. Saleh Salem Bassem Amin 1-0 37 Open
529 2023-03-28 Sharjah Blitz 2023 Sharjah UAE 6.1 Bassem Amin Adam Tukhaev 1-0 28 Open
530 2023-03-28 Sharjah Blitz 2023 Sharjah UAE 5.1 Azamat Utegaliyev Bassem Amin 0-1 70 Open
531 2023-03-28 Sharjah Blitz 2023 Sharjah UAE 4.1 Bassem Amin Maria Gevorgyan 1-0 22 Open
532 2023-03-28 Sharjah Blitz 2023 Sharjah UAE 3.1 Dandel Fernandez Bassem Amin 0-1 35 Open
533 2023-03-28 Sharjah Blitz 2023 Sharjah UAE 2.1 Bassem Amin Salem Abdulrahim 1-0 28 Open
534 2023-03-28 Sharjah Blitz 2023 Sharjah UAE 1.1 Saqar Essa Khamis Bassem Amin 0-1 12 Open
535 2023-03-27 Sharjah Rapid 2023 Sharjah UAE 9.5 Omran Al Hosani Bassem Amin 1-0 47 Open
536 2023-03-27 Sharjah Rapid 2023 Sharjah UAE 8.3 Bassem Amin Mokhliss El Adnani 0-1 22 Open
537 2023-03-27 Sharjah Rapid 2023 Sharjah UAE 7.2 Bassem Amin Igor Miladinovic 1-0 26 Open
538 2023-03-27 Sharjah Rapid 2023 Sharjah UAE 6.1 Viorel Iordachescu Bassem Amin 1-0 59 Open
539 2023-03-26 Sharjah Rapid 2023 Sharjah UAE 5.2 Bassem Amin Basheer Al Qudaimi 1-0 22 Open
540 2023-03-26 Sharjah Rapid 2023 Sharjah UAE 4.2 Aziz Mert Erdogdu Bassem Amin 0-1 45 Open
541 2023-03-26 Sharjah Rapid 2023 Sharjah UAE 3.2 Bassem Amin Adrian Daniel Suarez Figueras 1-0 17 Open
542 2023-03-26 Sharjah Rapid 2023 Sharjah UAE 2.2 Abdelrahman Ahmed Bassem Amin 0-1 21 Open
543 2023-03-26 Sharjah Rapid 2023 Sharjah UAE 1.2 Bassem Amin Dinmukhamed Sergazy 1-0 27 Open
544 2023-03-18 Riyadh Calendar Chess Riyadh KSA 9.2 Bassem Amin Husain Aziz 1-0 33 Open
545 2023-03-18 Riyadh Calendar Chess Riyadh KSA 8.3 Ahmed Adly Bassem Amin 0-1 56 Open
546 2023-03-18 Riyadh Calendar Chess Riyadh KSA 7.1 Bassem Amin A.R. Saleh Salem 0-1 35 Open
547 2023-03-18 Riyadh Calendar Chess Riyadh KSA 6.2 Mohd Al-Mudahka Bassem Amin 0-1 35 Open
548 2023-03-17 Riyadh Calendar Chess Riyadh KSA 5.3 Bassem Amin Essam El Gindy 1-0 29 Open
549 2023-03-17 Riyadh Calendar Chess Riyadh KSA 4.2 Bilel Bellahcene Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 19 Open
550 2023-03-17 Riyadh Calendar Chess Riyadh KSA 3.2 Bassem Amin Kamel Njili 1-0 42 Open