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
901 2020-11-03 Titled Tuesday 3rd Nov chess.com INT 5 Aditya Mittal Bassem Amin 0-1 33 Open
902 2020-11-03 Titled Tuesday 3rd Nov chess.com INT 4 Bassem Amin Daniil Dubov 0-1 28 Open
903 2020-11-03 Titled Tuesday 3rd Nov chess.com INT 3 Bassem Amin Ruslan Kavyev 1-0 40 Open
904 2020-11-03 Titled Tuesday 3rd Nov chess.com INT 2 L M S T De Silva Bassem Amin 0-1 44 Open
905 2020-11-03 Titled Tuesday 3rd Nov chess.com INT 1 Bassem Amin Atousa Pourkashiyan 1-0 18 Open
906 2020-10-25 Capechecs Online Trophy Europe-Chess INT 1.4 Ivan Cheparinov Bassem Amin 1-0 46 Open
907 2020-10-25 Capechecs Online Trophy Europe-Chess INT 1.3 Bassem Amin Ivan Cheparinov 1/2-1/2 82 Open
908 2020-10-25 Capechecs Online Trophy Europe-Chess INT 1.2 Ivan Cheparinov Bassem Amin 0-1 39 Open
909 2020-10-25 Capechecs Online Trophy Europe-Chess INT 1.1 Bassem Amin Ivan Cheparinov 0-1 54 Open
910 2020-10-24 Capechecs Online Trophy A Europe-Chess INT 9 Romain Edouard Bassem Amin 0-1 74 Open
911 2020-10-24 Capechecs Online Trophy A Europe-Chess INT 8 Bassem Amin Antoaneta Stefanova 1/2-1/2 50 Open
912 2020-10-24 Capechecs Online Trophy A Europe-Chess INT 14 Parham Maghsoodloo Bassem Amin 1-0 36 Open
913 2020-10-24 Capechecs Online Trophy A Europe-Chess INT 13 Bassem Amin Marie Sebag 1/2-1/2 54 Open
914 2020-10-24 Capechecs Online Trophy A Europe-Chess INT 12 Bassem Amin Nihal Sarin 1/2-1/2 23 Open
915 2020-10-24 Capechecs Online Trophy A Europe-Chess INT 11 Sabrina Vega Gutierrez Bassem Amin 0-1 48 Open
916 2020-10-24 Capechecs Online Trophy A Europe-Chess INT 10 Bassem Amin Aleksandra Goryachkina 1/2-1/2 40 Open
917 2020-10-23 Capechecs Online Trophy A Europe-Chess INT 7 Bassem Amin Parham Maghsoodloo 1-0 40 Open
918 2020-10-23 Capechecs Online Trophy A Europe-Chess INT 6 Marie Sebag Bassem Amin 1-0 37 Open
919 2020-10-23 Capechecs Online Trophy A Europe-Chess INT 5 Nihal Sarin Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 70 Open
920 2020-10-23 Capechecs Online Trophy A Europe-Chess INT 4 Bassem Amin Sabrina Vega Gutierrez 1-0 48 Open
921 2020-10-23 Capechecs Online Trophy A Europe-Chess INT 3 Aleksandra Goryachkina Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 50 Open
922 2020-10-23 Capechecs Online Trophy A Europe-Chess INT 2 Bassem Amin Romain Edouard 1-0 24 Open
923 2020-10-23 Capechecs Online Trophy A Europe-Chess INT 1 Antoaneta Stefanova Bassem Amin 1-0 68 Open
924 2020-09-29 Titled Tuesday 29th Sept chess.com INT 9 Bassem Amin Boris Grachev 1-0 29 Open
925 2020-09-29 Titled Tuesday 29th Sept chess.com INT 8 Bassem Amin A.R. Saleh Salem 1/2-1/2 8 Open
926 2020-09-29 Titled Tuesday 29th Sept chess.com INT 7 Bogdan-Daniel Deac Bassem Amin 0-1 32 Open
927 2020-09-29 Titled Tuesday 29th Sept chess.com INT 6 Robert Baskin Bassem Amin 0-1 60 Open
928 2020-09-29 Titled Tuesday 29th Sept chess.com INT 4 Arghyadip Das Bassem Amin 0-1 10 Open
929 2020-09-29 Titled Tuesday 29th Sept chess.com INT 3 Bassem Amin Sergey Shtyka 1-0 31 Open
930 2020-09-29 Titled Tuesday 29th Sept chess.com INT 2 Juan Cruz Arias Bassem Amin 1-0 17 Open
931 2020-09-29 Titled Tuesday 29th Sept chess.com INT 1 Bassem Amin Orest Vovk 1-0 21 Open
932 2020-09-29 Titled Tuesday 29th Sept chess.com INT 10 Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara Bassem Amin 1-0 26 Open
933 2020-09-20 ch-Schachbundesliga 2020 Karlsruhe GER 7.1 Bassem Amin Francisco Vallejo Pons 0-1 41 Open
934 2020-09-19 ch-Schachbundesliga 2020 Karlsruhe GER 6.1 Vincent Keymer Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 85 Open
935 2020-09-19 ch-Schachbundesliga 2020 Karlsruhe GER 5.3 Bassem Amin Christian, Dr. Seel 1-0 60 Open
936 2020-09-17 ch-Schachbundesliga 2020 Karlsruhe GER 3.1 Predrag Nikolic Bassem Amin 0-1 37 Open
937 2020-09-16 ch-Schachbundesliga 2020 Karlsruhe GER 1.3 Bassem Amin Noel Studer 1-0 36 Open
938 2020-09-08 Titled Tuesday 8th Sept chess.com INT 9 Andrew Tang Bassem Amin 1-0 45 Open
939 2020-09-08 Titled Tuesday 8th Sept chess.com INT 8 Bassem Amin Viachaslau Zarubitski 1-0 32 Open
940 2020-09-08 Titled Tuesday 8th Sept chess.com INT 7 Boris Grachev Bassem Amin 1-0 20 Open
941 2020-09-08 Titled Tuesday 8th Sept chess.com INT 6 Bassem Amin Pedro Ramon Martinez Reyes 1-0 44 Open
942 2020-09-08 Titled Tuesday 8th Sept chess.com INT 5 Alibek Igambergenov Bassem Amin 0-1 38 Open
943 2020-09-08 Titled Tuesday 8th Sept chess.com INT 4 Bassem Amin Felix Hindermann 1-0 44 Open
944 2020-09-08 Titled Tuesday 8th Sept chess.com INT 3 Marcell Szabo Bassem Amin 0-1 42 Open
945 2020-09-08 Titled Tuesday 8th Sept chess.com INT 2 Bassem Amin Emin Ohanyan 0-1 41 Open
946 2020-08-25 Titled Tue 25th Aug chess.com INT 2 Nadya Toncheva Bassem Amin 0-1 43 Open
947 2020-08-23 Online Olym Top DivC 2020 chess.com INT 9.1 Levon Aronian Bassem Amin 1-0 25 Open
948 2020-08-23 Online Olym Top DivC 2020 chess.com INT 8.1 Bassem Amin Marin Bosiocic 0-1 45 Open
949 2020-08-23 Online Olym Top DivC 2020 chess.com INT 7.1 Ian Nepomniachtchi Bassem Amin 1-0 41 Open
950 2020-08-22 Online Olym Top DivC 2020 chess.com INT 6.1 Bassem Amin Vahap Sanal 1/2-1/2 114 Open