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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1201 | 2019-08-02 | Belt and Road Hunan Op A | Changsha CHN | 5.4 | S.P. Sethuraman | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 37 | Open |
| 1202 | 2019-08-01 | Belt and Road Hunan Op A | Changsha CHN | 4.5 | Bassem Amin | Chongsheng Zeng | 1-0 | 47 | Open |
| 1203 | 2019-07-31 | Belt and Road Hunan Op A | Changsha CHN | 3.13 | Bassem Amin | Tingjie Lei | 1-0 | 72 | Open |
| 1204 | 2019-07-30 | Belt and Road Hunan Op A | Changsha CHN | 2.11 | Zhongyi Tan | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 74 | Open |
| 1205 | 2019-07-29 | Belt and Road Hunan Op A | Changsha CHN | 1.5 | Bassem Amin | Mihajlo Radovanovic | 1/2-1/2 | 46 | Open |
| 1206 | 2019-07-17 | ch-Africa 2019 | Hammamet TUN | 9.2 | Bassem Amin | Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo | 1/2-1/2 | 32 | Open |
| 1207 | 2019-07-16 | ch-Africa 2019 | Hammamet TUN | 8.2 | Adlane Arab | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 25 | Open |
| 1208 | 2019-07-15 | ch-Africa 2019 | Hammamet TUN | 7.2 | Bassem Amin | Essam El Gindy | 1/2-1/2 | 18 | Open |
| 1209 | 2019-07-14 | ch-Africa 2019 | Hammamet TUN | 6.1 | Adham Fawzy | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 28 | Open |
| 1210 | 2019-07-13 | ch-Africa 2019 | Hammamet TUN | 5.1 | Bassem Amin | Ahmed Adly | 1-0 | 72 | Open |
| 1211 | 2019-07-12 | ch-Africa 2019 | Hammamet TUN | 4.3 | Stanley Chumfwa | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 95 | Open |
| 1212 | 2019-07-11 | ch-Africa 2019 | Hammamet TUN | 3.1 | Bassem Amin | Bilel Bellahcene | 0-1 | 79 | Open |
| 1213 | 2019-07-10 | ch-Africa 2019 | Hammamet TUN | 2.1 | Mohamed Ali Boudriga | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 30 | Open |
| 1214 | 2019-07-09 | ch-Africa 2019 | Hammamet TUN | 1.1 | Bassem Amin | Prince Daniel Mulenga | 1-0 | 24 | Open |
| 1215 | 2019-07-07 | 10th Danzhou GM 2019 | Danzhou CHN | 7.1 | Bassem Amin | Vladislav Artemiev | 1/2-1/2 | 65 | Open |
| 1216 | 2019-07-06 | 10th Danzhou GM 2019 | Danzhou CHN | 6.4 | Yangyi Yu | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 63 | Open |
| 1217 | 2019-07-05 | 10th Danzhou GM 2019 | Danzhou CHN | 5.2 | Bassem Amin | Hao Wang | 1/2-1/2 | 55 | Open |
| 1218 | 2019-07-03 | 10th Danzhou GM 2019 | Danzhou CHN | 4.3 | Richard Rapport | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 44 | Open |
| 1219 | 2019-07-02 | 10th Danzhou GM 2019 | Danzhou CHN | 3.3 | Bassem Amin | Yi Wei | 0-1 | 43 | Open |
| 1220 | 2019-07-01 | 10th Danzhou GM 2019 | Danzhou CHN | 2.2 | Santosh Gujrathi Vidit | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 33 | Open |
| 1221 | 2019-06-30 | 10th Danzhou GM 2019 | Danzhou CHN | 1.4 | Bassem Amin | Ernesto Inarkiev | 0-1 | 54 | Open |
| 1222 | 2019-05-28 | TCh-FRA Top 12 2019 | Brest FRA | 11.3 | Bassem Amin | Paul Velten | 1-0 | 52 | Open |
| 1223 | 2019-05-27 | TCh-FRA Top 12 2019 | Brest FRA | 10.6 | Eltaj Safarli | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 28 | Open |
| 1224 | 2019-05-26 | TCh-FRA Top 12 2019 | Brest FRA | 9.2 | Bassem Amin | Alexander Donchenko | 1/2-1/2 | 83 | Open |
| 1225 | 2019-05-25 | TCh-FRA Top 12 2019 | Brest FRA | 8.4 | Maxim Rodshtein | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 1226 | 2019-05-24 | TCh-FRA Top 12 2019 | Brest FRA | 7.6 | Bassem Amin | Alexei Fedorov | 1-0 | 39 | Open |
| 1227 | 2019-05-23 | TCh-FRA Top 12 2019 | Brest FRA | 6.3 | Pavel Eljanov | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 1228 | 2019-05-22 | TCh-FRA Top 12 2019 | Brest FRA | 5.3 | Bassem Amin | Nihal Sarin | 1-0 | 30 | Open |
| 1229 | 2019-05-21 | TCh-FRA Top 12 2019 | Brest FRA | 4.5 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 1230 | 2019-05-20 | TCh-FRA Top 12 2019 | Brest FRA | 3.5 | Bassem Amin | Miguel Santos Ruiz | 1/2-1/2 | 39 | Open |
| 1231 | 2019-05-18 | TCh-FRA Top 12 2019 | Brest FRA | 1.5 | Murali Karthikeyan | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 1232 | 2019-05-12 | Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019 | Abidjan CIV | 18.2 | Bassem Amin | Wesley So | 1/2-1/2 | 29 | Open |
| 1233 | 2019-05-12 | Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019 | Abidjan CIV | 17.4 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 1234 | 2019-05-12 | Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019 | Abidjan CIV | 16.5 | Bassem Amin | Sergey Karjakin | 0-1 | 59 | Open |
| 1235 | 2019-05-12 | Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019 | Abidjan CIV | 15.5 | Veselin Topalov | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 60 | Open |
| 1236 | 2019-05-12 | Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019 | Abidjan CIV | 14.4 | Bassem Amin | Liren Ding | 1-0 | 93 | Open |
| 1237 | 2019-05-12 | Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019 | Abidjan CIV | 13.2 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 37 | Open |
| 1238 | 2019-05-12 | Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019 | Abidjan CIV | 12.4 | Yi Wei | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 57 | Open |
| 1239 | 2019-05-12 | Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019 | Abidjan CIV | 11.3 | Bassem Amin | Hikaru Nakamura | 1/2-1/2 | 40 | Open |
| 1240 | 2019-05-12 | Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019 | Abidjan CIV | 10.1 | Magnus Carlsen | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 1241 | 2019-05-11 | Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019 | Abidjan CIV | 9.2 | Wesley So | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 40 | Open |
| 1242 | 2019-05-11 | Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019 | Abidjan CIV | 8.4 | Bassem Amin | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 0-1 | 58 | Open |
| 1243 | 2019-05-11 | Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019 | Abidjan CIV | 7.5 | Sergey Karjakin | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 97 | Open |
| 1244 | 2019-05-11 | Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019 | Abidjan CIV | 6.5 | Bassem Amin | Veselin Topalov | 1-0 | 30 | Open |
| 1245 | 2019-05-11 | Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019 | Abidjan CIV | 5.4 | Liren Ding | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 1246 | 2019-05-11 | Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019 | Abidjan CIV | 4.1 | Bassem Amin | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 1247 | 2019-05-11 | Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019 | Abidjan CIV | 3.4 | Bassem Amin | Yi Wei | 0-1 | 43 | Open |
| 1248 | 2019-05-11 | Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019 | Abidjan CIV | 2.3 | Hikaru Nakamura | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 47 | Open |
| 1249 | 2019-05-11 | Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019 | Abidjan CIV | 1.1 | Bassem Amin | Magnus Carlsen | 1/2-1/2 | 56 | Open |
| 1250 | 2019-05-10 | Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019 | Abidjan CIV | 9.2 | Bassem Amin | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 0-1 | 34 | Open |