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
751 2021-12-09 Hamdan bin Rashid Blitz Dubai UAE 8.2 Bassem Amin Parham Maghsoodloo 1-0 45 Open
752 2021-12-09 Hamdan bin Rashid Blitz Dubai UAE 7.2 Nihal Sarin Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 23 Open
753 2021-12-09 Hamdan bin Rashid Blitz Dubai UAE 6.2 Bassem Amin A.R. Saleh Salem 1-0 39 Open
754 2021-12-09 Hamdan bin Rashid Blitz Dubai UAE 5.4 Gabriel Sargissian Bassem Amin 0-1 69 Open
755 2021-12-09 Hamdan bin Rashid Blitz Dubai UAE 4.2 Bassem Amin Vladimir Fedoseev 0-1 66 Open
756 2021-12-09 Hamdan bin Rashid Blitz Dubai UAE 3.4 Mikheil Mchedlishvili Bassem Amin 0-1 67 Open
757 2021-12-09 Hamdan bin Rashid Blitz Dubai UAE 2.7 Bassem Amin Bilel Bellahcene 1-0 32 Open
758 2021-12-09 Hamdan bin Rashid Blitz Dubai UAE 11.2 Denis Kadric Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 49 Open
759 2021-12-09 Hamdan bin Rashid Blitz Dubai UAE 10.2 Bassem Amin Rinat Jumabayev 1/2-1/2 64 Open
760 2021-12-09 Hamdan bin Rashid Blitz Dubai UAE 1.1 Zhansaya Abdumalik Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 72 Open
761 2021-12-08 Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Dubai UAE 8.9 Bassem Amin Daniel Fridman 1/2-1/2 120 Open
762 2021-12-08 Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Dubai UAE 7.7 A.R. Saleh Salem Bassem Amin 1-0 53 Open
763 2021-12-07 Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Dubai UAE 6.1 Bassem Amin Zhansaya Abdumalik 1-0 72 Open
764 2021-12-07 Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Dubai UAE 5.11 Bassem Amin Ishaq Saeed 1-0 56 Open
765 2021-12-07 Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Dubai UAE 4.8 Denis Kadric Bassem Amin 1-0 35 Open
766 2021-12-06 Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Dubai UAE 3.7 Alan Pichot Bassem Amin 1-0 52 Open
767 2021-12-06 Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Dubai UAE 2.1 Bassem Amin Irine Kharisma Sukandar 1-0 55 Open
768 2021-12-06 Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Dubai UAE 1.8 Miguel Santos Ruiz Bassem Amin 1-0 43 Open
769 2021-12-05 Djerba Blitz Masters KO Europe-Echecs INT 1.3 Gata Kamsky Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 49 Open
770 2021-12-05 Djerba Blitz Masters KO Europe-Echecs INT 1.2 Bassem Amin Gata Kamsky 0-1 59 Open
771 2021-12-05 Djerba Blitz Masters KO Europe-Echecs INT 1.1 Gata Kamsky Bassem Amin 1-0 76 Open
772 2021-12-04 Djerba Blitz Masters 2021 Europe-Echecs INT 9 Romain Edouard Bassem Amin 0-1 32 Open
773 2021-12-04 Djerba Blitz Masters 2021 Europe-Echecs INT 8 Bassem Amin Gata Kamsky 1/2-1/2 9 Open
774 2021-12-04 Djerba Blitz Masters 2021 Europe-Echecs INT 7 Clement Kuhn Bassem Amin 0-1 53 Open
775 2021-12-04 Djerba Blitz Masters 2021 Europe-Echecs INT 6 Bassem Amin Vasyl Ivanchuk 0-1 18 Open
776 2021-12-04 Djerba Blitz Masters 2021 Europe-Echecs INT 5 Parham Maghsoodloo Bassem Amin 0-1 40 Open
777 2021-12-04 Djerba Blitz Masters 2021 Europe-Echecs INT 4 Bassem Amin Rauf Mamedov 1/2-1/2 84 Open
778 2021-12-04 Djerba Blitz Masters 2021 Europe-Echecs INT 3 Bilel Bellahcene Bassem Amin 1-0 48 Open
779 2021-12-04 Djerba Blitz Masters 2021 Europe-Echecs INT 2 Bassem Amin Baadur Jobava 1-0 60 Open
780 2021-12-04 Djerba Blitz Masters 2021 Europe-Echecs INT 1 Ahmed Adly Bassem Amin 0-1 56 Open
781 2021-12-04 Djerba Blitz Masters 2021 Europe-Echecs INT 11 Bassem Amin Marco Materia 1/2-1/2 27 Open
782 2021-12-04 Djerba Blitz Masters 2021 Europe-Echecs INT 10 Timothe Razafindratsima Bassem Amin 0-1 52 Open
783 2021-10-16 Bundesliga 2019-20 Berlin GER 14.8 Bassem Amin Alexander Areshchenko 1/2-1/2 69 Open
784 2021-10-15 Bundesliga 2019-20 Berlin GER 12.2 Bassem Amin Mads Andersen 1-0 57 Open
785 2021-10-15 Bundesliga 2019-20 Berlin GER 11.2 Michael Feygin Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 38 Open
786 2021-10-14 Bundesliga 2019-20 Berlin GER 9.6 Radoslaw Wojtaszek Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 33 Open
787 2021-10-14 Bundesliga 2019-20 Berlin GER 10.6 Bassem Amin Michal Krasenkow 1/2-1/2 47 Open
788 2021-09-25 4th Sharjah Masters 2021 Sharjah UAE 9.13 Bassem Amin Burak Firat 0-1 43 Open
789 2021-09-24 4th Sharjah Masters 2021 Sharjah UAE 8.14 Aram Hakobyan Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 43 Open
790 2021-09-23 4th Sharjah Masters 2021 Sharjah UAE 7.2 Bassem Amin Mohamed Ezat 1-0 51 Open
791 2021-09-22 4th Sharjah Masters 2021 Sharjah UAE 6.24 Ali Farahat Bassem Amin 0-1 34 Open
792 2021-09-21 4th Sharjah Masters 2021 Sharjah UAE 5.2 Bassem Amin Jolanta Zawadzka 0-1 74 Open
793 2021-09-20 4th Sharjah Masters 2021 Sharjah UAE 4.15 Hans Moke Niemann Bassem Amin 1-0 34 Open
794 2021-09-19 4th Sharjah Masters 2021 Sharjah UAE 3.11 Bassem Amin Sebastian Bogner 1/2-1/2 17 Open
795 2021-09-18 4th Sharjah Masters 2021 Sharjah UAE 2.13 Bassem Amin Javokhir Sindarov 1/2-1/2 20 Open
796 2021-09-17 4th Sharjah Masters 2021 Sharjah UAE 1.1 Tigran K. Harutyunyan Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 27 Open
797 2021-07-20 FIDE World Cup 2021 Krasnaya Polyana RUS 3.4 Etienne Bacrot Bassem Amin 1-0 60 Open
798 2021-07-20 FIDE World Cup 2021 Krasnaya Polyana RUS 3.3 Bassem Amin Etienne Bacrot 1/2-1/2 65 Open
799 2021-07-19 FIDE World Cup 2021 Krasnaya Polyana RUS 3.2 Bassem Amin Etienne Bacrot 1/2-1/2 31 Open
800 2021-07-18 FIDE World Cup 2021 Krasnaya Polyana RUS 3.1 Etienne Bacrot Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 42 Open