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

2614.0 +8.0

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
1869

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: 2026-11-09 (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
201 2025-05-03 3rd Annual Kuwait Rapid Kuwait City KUW 7.6 G.A. Stany Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 103 Open
202 2025-05-03 3rd Annual Kuwait Rapid Kuwait City KUW 6.9 Bassem Amin Omran Al Hosani 1-0 32 Open
203 2025-05-02 3rd Annual Kuwait Rapid Kuwait City KUW 5.14 Moustafa Ahmed Moustafa Bassem Amin 0-1 20 Open
204 2025-05-02 3rd Annual Kuwait Rapid Kuwait City KUW 4.4 Bassem Amin Almas Rakhmatullaev 0-1 29 Open
205 2025-05-02 3rd Annual Kuwait Rapid Kuwait City KUW 3.4 Ava Suleimanova Bassem Amin 0-1 26 Open
206 2025-05-02 3rd Annual Kuwait Rapid Kuwait City KUW 2.4 Bassem Amin Hlal Wahid 1-0 44 Open
207 2025-05-02 3rd Annual Kuwait Rapid Kuwait City KUW 1.4 Yusef AbuAdas Bassem Amin 0-1 31 Open
208 2025-04-27 Bundesliga 2024-25 Deggendorf GER 15.8 Bassem Amin Raunak Sadhwani 1/2-1/2 20 Open
209 2025-04-26 Bundesliga 2024-25 Deggendorf GER 14.8 Georg Halvax Bassem Amin 0-1 29 Open
210 2025-04-25 Bundesliga 2024-25 Deggendorf GER 13.7 Jakub Kosakowski Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 46 Open
211 2025-03-24 Bundesliga 2024-25 Muelheim GER 12.1 Bassem Amin Zoran Jovanovic 1-0 30 Open
212 2025-03-23 Bundesliga 2024-25 Muelheim GER 11.1 Valentin Buckels Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 99 Open
213 2025-03-09 TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE 9.26 Bassem Amin Christian Jepson 1/2-1/2 42 Open
214 2025-03-08 TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE 8.17 Bassem Amin Tiger Hillarp Persson 1-0 27 Open
215 2025-03-07 TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE 7.17 Bassem Amin Jung Min Seo 1-0 59 Open
216 2025-02-23 Djerba Masters 2025 Djerba TUN 9.2 Bassem Amin Etienne Bacrot 1/2-1/2 27 Open
217 2025-02-22 Djerba Masters 2025 Djerba TUN 8.4 MarcAndria Maurizzi Bassem Amin 1-0 57 Open
218 2025-02-21 Djerba Masters 2025 Djerba TUN 7.3 Bassem Amin Jules Moussard 1-0 45 Open
219 2025-02-20 Djerba Masters 2025 Djerba TUN 6.3 Vasyl Ivanchuk Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 16 Open
220 2025-02-18 Djerba Masters 2025 Djerba TUN 5.4 Bassem Amin Daniel Dardha 1/2-1/2 47 Open
221 2025-02-18 Djerba Masters 2025 Djerba TUN 4.2 Faustino Oro Bassem Amin 0-1 65 Open
222 2025-02-17 Djerba Masters 2025 Djerba TUN 3.5 Bassem Amin Volodar Murzin 1/2-1/2 35 Open
223 2025-02-16 Djerba Masters 2025 Djerba TUN 2.1 David Navara Bassem Amin 1-0 41 Open
224 2025-02-15 Djerba Masters 2025 Djerba TUN 1.5 Parham Maghsoodloo Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 25 Open
225 2025-02-02 Bundesliga 2024-25 Viernheim GER 8.3 Bassem Amin Boban Bogosavljevic 0-1 48 Open
226 2025-02-01 Bundesliga 2024-25 Viernheim GER 7.3 Martin Lokander Bassem Amin 0-1 56 Open
227 2025-01-05 52nd Rilton Cup 2024-25 Stockholm SWE 9.1 Leonardo Costa Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 31 Open
228 2025-01-04 52nd Rilton Cup 2024-25 Stockholm SWE 8.1 Bassem Amin Leon Livaic 1-0 56 Open
229 2025-01-03 52nd Rilton Cup 2024-25 Stockholm SWE 7.1 Jakub Seemann Bassem Amin 0-1 54 Open
230 2025-01-02 52nd Rilton Cup 2024-25 Stockholm SWE 6.3 Bassem Amin Alexander Khripachenko 1-0 56 Open
231 2024-12-31 52nd Rilton Cup 2024-25 Stockholm SWE 5.5 Yasin Sari Bassem Amin 0-1 39 Open
232 2024-12-30 52nd Rilton Cup 2024-25 Stockholm SWE 4.9 Bassem Amin Joar Ostlund 1-0 28 Open
233 2024-12-29 52nd Rilton Cup 2024-25 Stockholm SWE 3.2 Vidar Seiger Bassem Amin 0-1 29 Open
234 2024-12-28 52nd Rilton Cup 2024-25 Stockholm SWE 2.1 Axel Falkevall Bassem Amin 1-0 35 Open
235 2024-12-27 52nd Rilton Cup 2024-25 Stockholm SWE 1.1 Bassem Amin Oleg M Romanishin 1-0 48 Open
236 2024-12-01 Bundesliga 2024-25 Heimbach-Weis GER 4.6 Bassem Amin Lucas Van Foreest 0-1 45 Open
237 2024-11-30 Bundesliga 2024-25 Heimbach-Weis GER 3.6 Aljoscha Feuerstack Bassem Amin 0-1 34 Open
238 2024-11-03 TCh-HUN 2024-25 Hungary HUN 2.3 Albert Bokros Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 50 Open
239 2024-11-02 TCh-HUN 2024-25 Hungary HUN 1.3 Bassem Amin Gabor Papp 1-0 51 Open
240 2024-10-13 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2024 Melilla ESP 2.8 Jorden Van Foreest Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 55 Open
241 2024-10-12 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2024 Melilla ESP 1.14 Bassem Amin Kirill Shevchenko 1-0 36 Open
242 2024-10-06 TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE 3.11 Bassem Amin Lars Walinder 1-0 34 Open
243 2024-10-05 TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE 2.26 Kristian Stuvik Holm Bassem Amin 0-1 47 Open
244 2024-10-04 TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE 1.9 Orce Danchevski Bassem Amin 0-1 31 Open
245 2024-09-28 Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 L chess.com INT 2.2 Bassem Amin Boris Gelfand 0-1 32 Open
246 2024-09-28 Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 L chess.com INT 2.1 Boris Gelfand Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 48 Open
247 2024-09-27 Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 W chess.com INT 1.5 Bassem Amin David Navara 1/2-1/2 55 Open
248 2024-09-27 Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 W chess.com INT 1.4 Bassem Amin David Navara 0-1 35 Open
249 2024-09-27 Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 W chess.com INT 1.3 David Navara Bassem Amin 0-1 55 Open
250 2024-09-27 Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 W chess.com INT 1.2 Bassem Amin David Navara 0-1 37 Open