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
651 2022-08-24 28th Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 8.19 Ziaur Rahman Bassem Amin 0-1 36 Open
652 2022-08-23 28th Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 7.9 Bassem Amin Shamsiddin Vokhidov 0-1 33 Open
653 2022-08-22 28th Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 6.9 Temur Kuybokarov Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 48 Open
654 2022-08-20 28th Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 5.3 Bassem Amin Raunak Sadhwani 1/2-1/2 31 Open
655 2022-08-19 28th Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 4.2 Bassem Amin Nodirbek Yakubboev 1/2-1/2 31 Open
656 2022-08-18 28th Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 3.12 Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh Bassem Amin 0-1 55 Open
657 2022-08-18 28th Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 2.5 Bassem Amin Arjun Kalyan 1/2-1/2 77 Open
658 2022-08-17 28th Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 1.5 Edgar Mamedov Bassem Amin 0-1 38 Open
659 2022-08-09 44th Olympiad 2022 Chennai IND 11.14 Bassem Amin Baadur Jobava 1/2-1/2 43 Open
660 2022-08-08 44th Olympiad 2022 Chennai IND 10.25 Zvonko Stanojoski Bassem Amin 0-1 47 Open
661 2022-08-07 44th Olympiad 2022 Chennai IND 9.3 Bassem Amin Nderim Saraci 1/2-1/2 70 Open
662 2022-08-06 44th Olympiad 2022 Chennai IND 8.18 Francisco Vallejo Pons Bassem Amin 1-0 45 Open
663 2022-08-05 44th Olympiad 2022 Chennai IND 7.23 Bassem Amin Alexander Baburin 1-0 32 Open
664 2022-08-03 44th Olympiad 2022 Chennai IND 6.24 Kenneth Terence Solomon Bassem Amin 0-1 48 Open
665 2022-08-02 44th Olympiad 2022 Chennai IND 5.33 Bassem Amin David Silva 1-0 35 Open
666 2022-08-01 44th Olympiad 2022 Chennai IND 4.27 Bassem Amin Gillan Bwalya 1/2-1/2 54 Open
667 2022-07-31 44th Olympiad 2022 Chennai IND 3.12 Gabriel Sargissian Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 44 Open
668 2022-07-30 44th Olympiad 2022 Chennai IND 2.38 Roberto Carlos Sanchez Alvarez Bassem Amin 1-0 33 Open
669 2022-07-10 Bundesliga 2021-22 Berlin GER 15.6 Zdenko Kozul Bassem Amin 0-1 40 Open
670 2022-07-09 Bundesliga 2021-22 Berlin GER 14.6 Bassem Amin Alexei Shirov 1/2-1/2 21 Open
671 2022-07-09 Bundesliga 2021-22 Berlin GER 13.3 Alexander Naumann Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 55 Open
672 2022-07-08 Bundesliga 2021-22 Berlin GER 12.4 Bassem Amin Hampus Sorensen 1-0 44 Open
673 2022-06-19 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2022 Chartres FRA 4.3 Anton Korobov Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 45 Open
674 2022-06-18 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2022 Chartres FRA 3.3 Bassem Amin Maxim Rodshtein 0-1 53 Open
675 2022-06-17 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2022 Chartres FRA 2.4 Sergei Tiviakov Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 15 Open
676 2022-06-16 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2022 Chartres FRA 1.4 Bassem Amin Nijat Abasov 1-0 33 Open
677 2022-06-15 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2022 Chartres FRA 7.4 Vladimir Hamitevici Bassem Amin 0-1 26 Open
678 2022-06-14 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2022 Chartres FRA 6.1 Bassem Amin Sergei Movsesian 0-1 38 Open
679 2022-06-12 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2022 Chartres FRA 4.2 Cyril Marzolo Bassem Amin 0-1 24 Open
680 2022-06-11 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2022 Chartres FRA 3.3 Bassem Amin Nihal Sarin 1/2-1/2 30 Open
681 2022-06-10 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2022 Chartres FRA 2.2 Bassem Amin Thomas Dionisi 1-0 49 Open
682 2022-06-09 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2022 Chartres FRA 1.3 Bassem Amin Mathieu Ternault 1-0 70 Open
683 2022-05-29 Bundesliga 2021-22 Bremen GER 10.5 Bassem Amin Romain Edouard 1/2-1/2 54 Open
684 2022-05-28 Bundesliga 2021-22 Bremen GER 9.6 Mihail Saltaev Bassem Amin 0-1 34 Open
685 2022-05-15 TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE 9.1 Bassem Amin Christian Jepson 1-0 33 Open
686 2022-05-14 TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE 8.3 Erik Blomqvist Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 38 Open
687 2022-05-13 TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE 7.2 Martin Lokander Bassem Amin 1-0 56 Open
688 2022-05-01 Bundesliga 2021-22 Solingen GER 6.3 Nikita Meshkovs Bassem Amin 1-0 44 Open
689 2022-04-30 Bundesliga 2021-22 Solingen GER 5.4 Bassem Amin Sipke Ernst 1-0 51 Open
690 2022-04-10 Bundesliga 2021-22 Munich GER 4.8 Bassem Amin Dominik Horvath 1-0 23 Open
691 2022-04-09 Bundesliga 2021-22 Munich GER 3.8 Alvar Alonso Rosell Bassem Amin 0-1 47 Open
692 2022-03-20 TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE 5.5 Bassem Amin Bengt Lindberg 1-0 40 Open
693 2022-03-19 TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE 4.3 Axel Smith Bassem Amin 0-1 36 Open
694 2022-03-18 TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE 3.3 Mladen Gajic Bassem Amin 0-1 45 Open
695 2022-03-06 Bundesliga 2021-22 Viernheim GER 2.2 Bassem Amin Mateusz Bartel 1/2-1/2 42 Open
696 2022-03-05 Bundesliga 2021-22 Viernheim GER 1.1 Franz Braeuer Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 30 Open
697 2021-12-30 World Blitz 2021 Warsaw POL 21.23 Bassem Amin Evgeniy Najer 1-0 36 Open
698 2021-12-30 World Blitz 2021 Warsaw POL 20.12 Nihal Sarin Bassem Amin 1-0 157 Open
699 2021-12-30 World Blitz 2021 Warsaw POL 19.1 Bassem Amin Magnus Carlsen 0-1 58 Open
700 2021-12-30 World Blitz 2021 Warsaw POL 18.13 Manuel Petrosyan Bassem Amin 0-1 49 Open