CHESS PLAYER

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 different languages on Wikipedia. Bassem Amin is the 413th most popular chess player (down from 410th in 2019), the 633rd most popular biography from Egypt (up 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 413 out of 461Before 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, Igor Kurnosov, and Ruan Lufei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Bassem Amin ranks 1,190Before him are Víctor Pérez, Meryem Boz, Masato Fukui, Sebastian Langkamp, Mahamane Traoré, and Juan José Lobato. After him are Issiaka Ouédraogo, Morhad Amdouni, Artūrs Kulda, Alexandra Camenșcic, Amanda Jenssen, and Alexis Vuillermoz.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Bassem Amin ranks 633 out of 642Before him are Saad Samir (1989), Mohamed Abdel Shafy (1985), Ahmed El-Ahmar (1984), Ayman Ashraf (1991), Feryal Abdelaziz (1999), and Ahmed El Shenawy (1991). After him are Hedaya Malak (1993), Ramadan Darwish (1988), Yahia Omar (1997), Mahmoud Hamdy (1995), Regan Smith (null), and Emam Ashour (1998).

Among CHESS PLAYERS In Egypt

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