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: 2026-11-09 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1401 | 2018-01-28 | 80th Tata Steel GpB | Wijk aan Zee NED | 13.5 | Bassem Amin | Benjamin Bok | 1/2-1/2 | 109 | Open |
| 1402 | 2018-01-27 | 80th Tata Steel GpB | Wijk aan Zee NED | 12.4 | Michal Krasenkow | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 81 | Open |
| 1403 | 2018-01-26 | 80th Tata Steel GpB | Wijk aan Zee NED | 11.2 | Bassem Amin | Aryan Tari | 1/2-1/2 | 43 | Open |
| 1404 | 2018-01-24 | 80th Tata Steel GpB | Wijk aan Zee NED | 10.6 | Jorden Van Foreest | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 24 | Open |
| 1405 | 2018-01-23 | 80th Tata Steel GpB | Wijk aan Zee NED | 9.1 | Bassem Amin | Olga Girya | 1-0 | 71 | Open |
| 1406 | 2018-01-21 | 80th Tata Steel GpB | Wijk aan Zee NED | 8.1 | Anton Korobov | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 1407 | 2018-01-20 | 80th Tata Steel GpB | Wijk aan Zee NED | 7.6 | Bassem Amin | Jeffery Xiong | 1/2-1/2 | 19 | Open |
| 1408 | 2018-01-19 | 80th Tata Steel GpB | Wijk aan Zee NED | 6.3 | Matthias Bluebaum | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 66 | Open |
| 1409 | 2018-01-17 | 80th Tata Steel GpB | Wijk aan Zee NED | 5.5 | Bassem Amin | Dmitry Gordievsky | 1-0 | 27 | Open |
| 1410 | 2018-01-16 | 80th Tata Steel GpB | Wijk aan Zee NED | 4.6 | Lucas Van Foreest | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 1411 | 2018-01-15 | 80th Tata Steel GpB | Wijk aan Zee NED | 3.4 | Bassem Amin | Santosh Gujrathi Vidit | 0-1 | 59 | Open |
| 1412 | 2018-01-14 | 80th Tata Steel GpB | Wijk aan Zee NED | 2.5 | Erwin L'Ami | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 30 | Open |
| 1413 | 2018-01-13 | 80th Tata Steel GpB | Wijk aan Zee NED | 1.7 | Bassem Amin | Harika Dronavalli | 1/2-1/2 | 30 | Open |
| 1414 | 2017-12-30 | World Blitz 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 21.1 | Bassem Amin | Peter Leko | 1/2-1/2 | 11 | Open |
| 1415 | 2017-12-30 | World Blitz 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 20.13 | Chao b Li | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 52 | Open |
| 1416 | 2017-12-30 | World Blitz 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 19.11 | Bassem Amin | Xiangzhi Bu | 1/2-1/2 | 101 | Open |
| 1417 | 2017-12-30 | World Blitz 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 18.16 | Eltaj Safarli | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 64 | Open |
| 1418 | 2017-12-30 | World Blitz 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 17.23 | Bassem Amin | Dmitry Bocharov | 1-0 | 52 | Open |
| 1419 | 2017-12-30 | World Blitz 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 16.31 | Rinat Jumabayev | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 64 | Open |
| 1420 | 2017-12-30 | World Blitz 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 15.16 | Bassem Amin | Boris Savchenko | 0-1 | 67 | Open |
| 1421 | 2017-12-30 | World Blitz 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 14.13 | Zaven Andriasian | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 63 | Open |
| 1422 | 2017-12-30 | World Blitz 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 13.23 | Bassem Amin | Yuriy Kryvoruchko | 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 1423 | 2017-12-30 | World Blitz 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 12.1 | Pentala Harikrishna | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 61 | Open |
| 1424 | 2017-12-29 | World Blitz 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 9.5 | Peter Svidler | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 27 | Open |
| 1425 | 2017-12-29 | World Blitz 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 8.8 | Bassem Amin | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 1-0 | 75 | Open |
| 1426 | 2017-12-29 | World Blitz 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 7.3 | Bassem Amin | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 0-1 | 37 | Open |
| 1427 | 2017-12-29 | World Blitz 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 6.3 | Etienne Bacrot | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 49 | Open |
| 1428 | 2017-12-29 | World Blitz 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 5.2 | Sanan Sjugirov | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 46 | Open |
| 1429 | 2017-12-29 | World Blitz 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 4.2 | Bassem Amin | Yangyi Yu | 1-0 | 28 | Open |
| 1430 | 2017-12-29 | World Blitz 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 3.6 | Bassem Amin | Sergei Movsesian | 1-0 | 54 | Open |
| 1431 | 2017-12-29 | World Blitz 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 2.22 | Yan Dzhumagaliev | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 43 | Open |
| 1432 | 2017-12-29 | World Blitz 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 11.9 | Bassem Amin | Vladislav Artemiev | 1/2-1/2 | 46 | Open |
| 1433 | 2017-12-29 | World Blitz 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 10.1 | A.R. Saleh Salem | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 48 | Open |
| 1434 | 2017-12-29 | World Blitz 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 1.49 | Bassem Amin | Mahmood Lodhi | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 1435 | 2017-12-28 | World Rapid 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 15.46 | Pavel V. Tregubov | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 56 | Open |
| 1436 | 2017-12-28 | World Rapid 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 14.51 | Bassem Amin | Ahmed M Alghamdi | 1-0 | 32 | Open |
| 1437 | 2017-12-28 | World Rapid 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 13.46 | Mikheil Mchedlishvili | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 52 | Open |
| 1438 | 2017-12-28 | World Rapid 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 12.43 | Bassem Amin | Erald Dervishi | 1/2-1/2 | 71 | Open |
| 1439 | 2017-12-28 | World Rapid 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 11.45 | S.P. Sethuraman | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 70 | Open |
| 1440 | 2017-12-27 | World Rapid 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 9.21 | Sanan Sjugirov | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 54 | Open |
| 1441 | 2017-12-27 | World Rapid 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 8.25 | Bassem Amin | Sergei Zhigalko | 1/2-1/2 | 71 | Open |
| 1442 | 2017-12-27 | World Rapid 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 7.19 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 43 | Open |
| 1443 | 2017-12-27 | World Rapid 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 6.39 | Bassem Amin | Yan Dzhumagaliev | 1-0 | 78 | Open |
| 1444 | 2017-12-27 | World Rapid 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 10.3 | Bassem Amin | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 0-1 | 28 | Open |
| 1445 | 2017-12-26 | World Rapid 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 5.17 | Hao Wang | Bassem Amin | 1-0 | 24 | Open |
| 1446 | 2017-12-26 | World Rapid 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 4.41 | Bassem Amin | Vahap Sanal | 1-0 | 25 | Open |
| 1447 | 2017-12-26 | World Rapid 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 3.39 | Rasul Ibrahimov | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 20 | Open |
| 1448 | 2017-12-26 | World Rapid 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 2.11 | Bassem Amin | Tigran L. Petrosian | 0-1 | 38 | Open |
| 1449 | 2017-12-26 | World Rapid 2017 | Riyadh KSA | 1.56 | Emad Al Habeeb | Bassem Amin | 0-1 | 27 | Open |
| 1450 | 2017-12-10 | 2nd Bundesliga Sud 2017-18 | Germany GER | 6.2 | Igor Khenkin | Bassem Amin | 1/2-1/2 | 19 | Open |