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
1872

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
551 2023-03-17 Riyadh Calendar Chess Riyadh KSA 5.3 Bassem Amin Essam El Gindy 1-0 29 Open
552 2023-03-17 Riyadh Calendar Chess Riyadh KSA 4.2 Bilel Bellahcene Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 19 Open
553 2023-03-17 Riyadh Calendar Chess Riyadh KSA 3.2 Bassem Amin Kamel Njili 1-0 42 Open
554 2023-03-17 Riyadh Calendar Chess Riyadh KSA 2.2 Malek Saif Bassem Amin 0-1 27 Open
555 2023-03-17 Riyadh Calendar Chess Riyadh KSA 1.2 Bassem Amin Fahad A Al Turky 1-0 17 Open
556 2023-03-12 TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE 9.2 Bassem Amin Erik Blomqvist 1-0 48 Open
557 2023-03-11 TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE 8.5 Jacek Gdanski Bassem Amin 0-1 34 Open
558 2023-03-10 TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE 7.3 Bassem Amin Ralf Akesson 1/2-1/2 20 Open
559 2023-02-28 Titled Tue 28th Feb Early chess.com INT 7 Olexandr Bortnyk Bassem Amin 1-0 46 Open
560 2023-02-28 Titled Tue 28th Feb Early chess.com INT 6 Bassem Amin Karina Ambartsumova 1-0 30 Open
561 2023-02-28 Titled Tue 28th Feb Early chess.com INT 5 Aleksandr Shimanov Bassem Amin 1-0 34 Open
562 2023-02-28 Titled Tue 28th Feb Early chess.com INT 4 Bassem Amin Jens E Ingebretsen 1-0 62 Open
563 2023-02-28 Titled Tue 28th Feb Early chess.com INT 3 David Paravyan Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 39 Open
564 2023-02-28 Titled Tue 28th Feb Early chess.com INT 2 Oleg Kislov Bassem Amin 0-1 42 Open
565 2023-02-28 Titled Tue 28th Feb Early chess.com INT 1 Bassem Amin Grigory Seletsky 1-0 46 Open
566 2023-02-05 Bundesliga 2022-23 Remagen GER 6.8 Loek Van Wely Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 34 Open
567 2023-02-04 Bundesliga 2022-23 Remagen GER 5.8 Bassem Amin Theo Gungl 1-0 45 Open
568 2023-01-05 50th Rilton Cup Match Stockholm SWE 6 Nils Grandelius Bassem Amin 0-1 55 Open
569 2023-01-05 50th Rilton Cup Match Stockholm SWE 5 Bassem Amin Nils Grandelius 0-1 71 Open
570 2023-01-04 50th Rilton Cup Match Stockholm SWE 4 Nils Grandelius Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 40 Open
571 2023-01-04 50th Rilton Cup Match Stockholm SWE 3 Bassem Amin Nils Grandelius 1/2-1/2 99 Open
572 2023-01-03 50th Rilton Cup Match Stockholm SWE 2 Nils Grandelius Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 30 Open
573 2023-01-03 50th Rilton Cup Match Stockholm SWE 1 Bassem Amin Nils Grandelius 1/2-1/2 33 Open
574 2023-01-01 ch-SWE Blitz 2023 Stockholm SWE 9.2 Bassem Amin Arhan Chethan Anand 1-0 56 Open
575 2023-01-01 ch-SWE Blitz 2023 Stockholm SWE 8.3 Bassem Amin Elie Milikow 1-0 48 Open
576 2023-01-01 ch-SWE Blitz 2023 Stockholm SWE 7.1 Dominik Horvath Bassem Amin 1-0 54 Open
577 2023-01-01 ch-SWE Blitz 2023 Stockholm SWE 5.1 Pranesh M Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 52 Open
578 2023-01-01 ch-SWE Blitz 2023 Stockholm SWE 4.1 Bassem Amin Aditya Mittal 1-0 52 Open
579 2023-01-01 ch-SWE Blitz 2023 Stockholm SWE 3.1 Shaik Sumer Arsh Bassem Amin 0-1 42 Open
580 2023-01-01 ch-SWE Blitz 2023 Stockholm SWE 2.1 Bassem Amin Justin Sarkar 1-0 22 Open
581 2023-01-01 ch-SWE Blitz 2023 Stockholm SWE 13.1 Leon Livaic Bassem Amin 0-1 32 Open
582 2023-01-01 ch-SWE Blitz 2023 Stockholm SWE 12.1 Bassem Amin Yoav Milikow 1-0 52 Open
583 2023-01-01 ch-SWE Blitz 2023 Stockholm SWE 11.1 Bassem Amin Toivo Keinanen 1-0 43 Open
584 2023-01-01 ch-SWE Blitz 2023 Stockholm SWE 10.1 Bassem Amin Elham Amar 1-0 57 Open
585 2023-01-01 ch-SWE Blitz 2023 Stockholm SWE 1.1 Julia Ostensson Bassem Amin 0-1 18 Open
586 2022-12-30 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 21.13 Jakhongir Vakhidov Bassem Amin 1-0 61 Open
587 2022-12-30 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 20.16 Bassem Amin Zhamsaran Tsydypov 1-0 55 Open
588 2022-12-30 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 19.17 Bassem Amin Shant Sargsyan 1/2-1/2 23 Open
589 2022-12-30 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 18.25 Volodar Murzin Bassem Amin 0-1 51 Open
590 2022-12-30 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 17.31 Kazybek Nogerbek Bassem Amin 0-1 42 Open
591 2022-12-30 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 16.42 Bassem Amin Gabriel Sargissian 1-0 33 Open
592 2022-12-30 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 15.51 Bassem Amin Bobby Cheng 1-0 44 Open
593 2022-12-30 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 14.42 Vladislav Kovalev Bassem Amin 1-0 48 Open
594 2022-12-30 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 13.32 Rinat Jumabayev Bassem Amin 1-0 42 Open
595 2022-12-29 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 9.29 Bassem Amin Robert Hovhannisyan 0-1 54 Open
596 2022-12-29 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 8.15 Vincent Keymer Bassem Amin 1-0 38 Open
597 2022-12-29 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 7.28 Bassem Amin Alexander Donchenko 1-0 27 Open
598 2022-12-29 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 6.14 Bassem Amin Manuel Petrosyan 0-1 59 Open
599 2022-12-29 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 5.25 Boris Savchenko Bassem Amin 0-1 37 Open
600 2022-12-29 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 4.11 Bassem Amin Eric Hansen 0-1 49 Open