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Bassem Amin

1988 - Today

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Bassem Amin (Arabic: باسم أمين; born 9 September 1988) is an Egyptian chess grandmaster and medical doctor. He was awarded the Grandmaster title by FIDE in 2006. Amin is the highest rated Egyptian and African player and the only medical doctor to have a FIDE peak rating of 2700+. Amin has also won the African chess championship seven times, doing so in 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, and 2024. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Bassem Amin is the 443rd most popular chess player (down from 410th in 2024), the 655th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 637th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Egyptian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Bassem Amin ranks 443 out of 461. Before him are Mateusz Bartel, Zhao Xue, Erald Dervishi, Ni Hua, Nadezhda Kosintseva, and Arianne Caoili. After him are Salome Melia, Constantin Lupulescu, Alexander Ipatov, Nidjat Mamedov, Vincent Keymer, and Igor Kurnosov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Bassem Amin ranks 1,271. Before him are Víctor Pérez, Meryem Boz, Masato Fukui, Sebastian Langkamp, Mahamane Traoré, and Juan José Lobato. After him are Issiaka Ouédraogo, Nicolás Sánchez, Morhad Amdouni, Artūrs Kulda, Michael Almebäck, and Alexandra Camenșcic.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Bassem Amin ranks 655 out of 642. Before him are Ahmed El-Ahmar (1984), Ayman Ashraf (1991), Feryal Abdelaziz (1999), Ahmed El Shenawy (1991), Ayten Amin (null), and Taco Hemingway (1990). After him are Hedaya Malak (1993), Ramadan Darwish (1988), Mahmoud Fathalla (1982), Mona Seif (1986), Yasser Ibrahim (1993), and Yahia Omar (1997).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Egypt

Among chess players born in Egypt, Bassem Amin ranks 2. Before him are Ahmed Adly (1987).

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