GMBassem Amin
- 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 rating history
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FIDE tournaments
| Date | Tournament | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-12 | Lag-DM 2026-2027, div Elit R2 | Classical | ½ |
| 2026-10-09 | 1. Schachbundesliga 2026-2027 Oktober 2026 | Classical | 2 |
| 2026-10-03 | Egyptian League 2026 ( Elite) last | Classical | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1001 | 2020-06-30 | Titled Tuesday 30th June | chess.com INT | 3 | Bassem Amin | Alexander Gelman | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 1002 | 2020-06-30 | Titled Tuesday 30th June | chess.com INT | 2 | Bassem Amin | Ivan Aldokhin | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 1003 | 2020-06-30 | Titled Tuesday 30th June | chess.com INT | 10 | Tuan Minh Le | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 26 | Open |
| 1004 | 2020-06-23 | Titled Tuesday 23rd June | chess.com INT | 9 | Kirill Shevchenko | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 23 | Open |
| 1005 | 2020-06-23 | Titled Tuesday 23rd June | chess.com INT | 8 | Bassem Amin | Gata Kamsky | 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 1006 | 2020-06-23 | Titled Tuesday 23rd June | chess.com INT | 7 | Bassem Amin | Vojtech Zwardon | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 1007 | 2020-06-23 | Titled Tuesday 23rd June | chess.com INT | 6 | Arman Hakemi | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 29 | Open |
| 1008 | 2020-06-23 | Titled Tuesday 23rd June | chess.com INT | 5 | Bassem Amin | Santosh Gujrathi Vidit | 0-1 | 46 | Open |
| 1009 | 2020-06-23 | Titled Tuesday 23rd June | chess.com INT | 4 | Bassem Amin | Mikhail Golubev | 1-0 | 30 | Open |
| 1010 | 2020-06-23 | Titled Tuesday 23rd June | chess.com INT | 3 | Sergey Kim | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 27 | Open |
| 1011 | 2020-06-23 | Titled Tuesday 23rd June | chess.com INT | 2 | Le Thao Nguyen Pham | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 60 | Open |
| 1012 | 2020-06-23 | Titled Tuesday 23rd June | chess.com INT | 1 | Bassem Amin | Mathias Womacka | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 1013 | 2020-06-23 | Titled Tuesday 23rd June | chess.com INT | 10 | Bassem Amin | A.R. Saleh Salem | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 1014 | 2020-06-16 | Titled Tuesday 16th June | chess.com INT | 1 | Bassem Amin | Natalia Zhukova | 0-1 | 41 | Open |
| 1015 | 2020-06-13 | World Stars Sharjah Int | ICC INT | 9.1 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 23 | Open |
| 1016 | 2020-06-13 | World Stars Sharjah Int | ICC INT | 8.2 | Bassem Amin | Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 0-1 | 32 | Open |
| 1017 | 2020-06-13 | World Stars Sharjah Int | ICC INT | 7.1 | Pentala Harikrishna | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 1018 | 2020-06-13 | World Stars Sharjah Int | ICC INT | 6.2 | Bassem Amin | A.R. Saleh Salem | 1/2-1/2 | 68 | Open |
| 1019 | 2020-06-13 | World Stars Sharjah Int | ICC INT | 10.1 | Bassem Amin | Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 1/2-1/2 | 37 | Open |
| 1020 | 2020-06-12 | World Stars Sharjah Int | ICC INT | 5.2 | Rustam Kasimdzhanov | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 67 | Open |
| 1021 | 2020-06-12 | World Stars Sharjah Int | ICC INT | 4.1 | Bassem Amin | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 1/2-1/2 | 40 | Open |
| 1022 | 2020-06-12 | World Stars Sharjah Int | ICC INT | 3.2 | Radoslaw Wojtaszek | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 1023 | 2020-06-12 | World Stars Sharjah Int | ICC INT | 2.3 | Bassem Amin | Pentala Harikrishna | 0-1 | 38 | Open |
| 1024 | 2020-06-12 | World Stars Sharjah Int | ICC INT | 1.2 | A.R. Saleh Salem | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 1025 | 2020-06-02 | Titled Tuesday 2nd June | chess.com INT | 9 | Bassem Amin | Grzegorz Nasuta | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 1026 | 2020-06-02 | Titled Tuesday 2nd June | chess.com INT | 8 | Rishi Sardana | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 1027 | 2020-06-02 | Titled Tuesday 2nd June | chess.com INT | 7 | Bassem Amin | Fabiano Caruana | 0-1 | 55 | Open |
| 1028 | 2020-06-02 | Titled Tuesday 2nd June | chess.com INT | 5 | Alexander Zubov | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 1029 | 2020-06-02 | Titled Tuesday 2nd June | chess.com INT | 4 | Bassem Amin | Mohamed Ezat | 1-0 | 60 | Open |
| 1030 | 2020-06-02 | Titled Tuesday 2nd June | chess.com INT | 3 | Daniel Barria Zuniga | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 31 | Open |
| 1031 | 2020-06-02 | Titled Tuesday 2nd June | chess.com INT | 2 | Bassem Amin | Altay Eynullayev | 1-0 | 26 | Open |
| 1032 | 2020-06-02 | Titled Tuesday 2nd June | chess.com INT | 1 | Kirill Burdalev | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 63 | Open |
| 1033 | 2020-06-02 | Titled Tuesday 2nd June | chess.com INT | 10 | Danila Pavlov | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 60 | Open |
| 1034 | 2020-05-19 | Titled Tuesday 19th May | chess.com INT | 7 | Bassem Amin | Eltaj Safarli | 0-1 | 38 | Open |
| 1035 | 2020-05-19 | Titled Tuesday 19th May | chess.com INT | 6 | Bassem Amin | Grzegorz Nasuta | 1-0 | 15 | Open |
| 1036 | 2020-05-19 | Titled Tuesday 19th May | chess.com INT | 5 | Dmitry Goltsev | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 41 | Open |
| 1037 | 2020-05-19 | Titled Tuesday 19th May | chess.com INT | 4 | Bassem Amin | Joshua Grabinsky | 0-1 | 43 | Open |
| 1038 | 2020-05-19 | Titled Tuesday 19th May | chess.com INT | 3 | Vojtech Zwardon | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 29 | Open |
| 1039 | 2020-05-19 | Titled Tuesday 19th May | chess.com INT | 2 | Bassem Amin | Gianmarco Leiva | 1-0 | 54 | Open |
| 1040 | 2020-05-19 | Titled Tuesday 19th May | chess.com INT | 1 | Cristian-Clement Daianu | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 46 | Open |
| 1041 | 2020-05-09 | Online Nations Cup Prelim | chess.com INT | 9.1 | Bassem Amin | Dmitry Andreikin | 0-1 | 37 | Open |
| 1042 | 2020-05-09 | Online Nations Cup Prelim | chess.com INT | 10.3 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 53 | Open |
| 1043 | 2020-05-08 | Online Nations Cup Prelim | chess.com INT | 8.3 | Fabiano Caruana | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 1044 | 2020-05-07 | Online Nations Cup Prelim | chess.com INT | 6.2 | Bassem Amin | Yangyi Yu | 1/2-1/2 | 56 | Open |
| 1045 | 2020-05-07 | Online Nations Cup Prelim | chess.com INT | 5.3 | Bassem Amin | Anish Giri | 1-0 | 53 | Open |
| 1046 | 2020-05-06 | Online Nations Cup Prelim | chess.com INT | 3.3 | Wesley So | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 60 | Open |
| 1047 | 2020-05-05 | Online Nations Cup Prelim | chess.com INT | 1.2 | Yangyi Yu | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 1048 | 2020-03-04 | Arab Cities 2020 | Hammamet TUN | 2.1 | Al Khatib Ahmad | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 59 | Open |
| 1049 | 2020-03-03 | Arab Cities 2020 | Hammamet TUN | 1.3 | Adham Fawzy | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 44 | Open |
| 1050 | 2020-03-02 | PRO League KO Stage 2020 | chess.com INT | 1 | Alexander Grischuk | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 45 | Open |